mactans

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of mactō (“reward, sacrifice”)

Participle

mactāns (genitive mactantis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. rewarding, honoring.
2. punishing, troubling.
3. slaughtering, killing.
4. offering, sacrificing, immolating.

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	mactāns			mactantēs	mactantia
Genitive	mactantis			mactantium
Dative	mactantī			mactantibus
Accusative	mactantem	mactāns		mactantēs mactantīs	mactantia
Ablative	mactante mactantī1			mactantibus
Vocative	mactāns			mactantēs	mactantia

¹When used purely as an adjective.