macrocollum
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin macrocollum.
Noun
editmacrocollum (uncountable)
- (historical) A variety of paper in Ancient Rome, measuring a foot and a half in width.
Alternative forms
editLatin
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek μακρόκωλον (makrókōlon), from μακρός (makrós). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “what are the Greek roots?”)
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ma.kroˈkol.lum/, [mäkrɔˈkɔlːʲʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ma.kroˈkol.lum/, [mäkroˈkɔlːum]
Noun
editmacrocollum n (genitive macrocollī); second declension
- large-sized paper, royal paper
- 68 BCE – 44 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum 13.25.3:
- Sed tamen ego non despero probatum iri Varroni, et id, quoniam impensam fecimus in macrocolla, facile patior teneri.
- However, I don't despair of winning Varro's approval; and, as I have gone to the expense of a large paper copy, I should like to stick to my plan.
- Sed tamen ego non despero probatum iri Varroni, et id, quoniam impensam fecimus in macrocolla, facile patior teneri.
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | macrocollum | macrocolla |
Genitive | macrocollī | macrocollōrum |
Dative | macrocollō | macrocollīs |
Accusative | macrocollum | macrocolla |
Ablative | macrocollō | macrocollīs |
Vocative | macrocollum | macrocolla |
References
edit- “macrocollum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “macrocollum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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