macellus

Latin

Etymology

From macer +‎ -lus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /maˈkel.lus/, [mäˈkɛlːʲʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /maˈt͡ʃel.lus/, [mäˈt͡ʃɛlːus]

Adjective

macellus (feminine macella, neuter macellum); first/second-declension adjective

1. diminutive of macer (“lean, skinny, meager”)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	macellus	macella	macellum		macellī	macellae	macella
Genitive	macellī	macellae	macellī		macellōrum	macellārum	macellōrum
Dative	macellō		macellō		macellīs
Accusative	macellum	macellam	macellum		macellōs	macellās	macella
Ablative	macellō	macellā	macellō		macellīs
Vocative	macelle	macella	macellum		macellī	macellae	macella

References

• “macellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• macellus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• macellus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.