Latin edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From mactus (glorified, worshiped, honored, adored) +‎ .

Verb edit

mactō (present infinitive mactāre, perfect active mactāvī, supine mactātum); first conjugation

  1. to reward, honor
  2. to punish, trouble
  3. to offer, sacrifice, immolate
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.202:
      “[Lāocoōn] sollemnīs taurum ingentem mactābat ad ārās.”
      “[Laocoön] was sacrificing a massive bull at the solemn altars.” – Aeneas
  4. (Medieval Latin) to break
  5. (Medieval Latin) to kill
    Synonyms: caedō, concidō, consumō, deiciō, exanimō, interficiō, letō, mortificō, necō, occīdō
Conjugation edit
   Conjugation of mactō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present mactō mactās mactat mactāmus mactātis mactant
imperfect mactābam mactābās mactābat mactābāmus mactābātis mactābant
future mactābō mactābis mactābit mactābimus mactābitis mactābunt
perfect mactāvī mactāvistī mactāvit mactāvimus mactāvistis mactāvērunt,
mactāvēre
pluperfect mactāveram mactāverās mactāverat mactāverāmus mactāverātis mactāverant
future perfect mactāverō mactāveris mactāverit mactāverimus mactāveritis mactāverint
sigmatic future1 mactāssō mactāssis mactāssit mactāssimus mactāssitis mactāssint
passive present mactor mactāris,
mactāre
mactātur mactāmur mactāminī mactantur
imperfect mactābar mactābāris,
mactābāre
mactābātur mactābāmur mactābāminī mactābantur
future mactābor mactāberis,
mactābere
mactābitur mactābimur mactābiminī mactābuntur
perfect mactātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect mactātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect mactātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present mactem mactēs mactet mactēmus mactētis mactent
imperfect mactārem mactārēs mactāret mactārēmus mactārētis mactārent
perfect mactāverim mactāverīs mactāverit mactāverīmus mactāverītis mactāverint
pluperfect mactāvissem mactāvissēs mactāvisset mactāvissēmus mactāvissētis mactāvissent
sigmatic aorist1 mactāssim mactāssīs mactāssīt mactāssīmus mactāssītis mactāssint
passive present macter mactēris,
mactēre
mactētur mactēmur mactēminī mactentur
imperfect mactārer mactārēris,
mactārēre
mactārētur mactārēmur mactārēminī mactārentur
perfect mactātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect mactātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present mactā mactāte
future mactātō mactātō mactātōte mactantō
passive present mactāre mactāminī
future mactātor mactātor mactantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives mactāre mactāvisse mactātūrum esse mactārī mactātum esse mactātum īrī
participles mactāns mactātūrus mactātus mactandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
mactandī mactandō mactandum mactandō mactātum mactātū

1At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").

Derived terms edit
Descendants edit

Etymology 2 edit

Inflected forms of mactus.

Adjective edit

mactō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of mactus

References edit

  • macto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • macto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • macto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to slaughter victims: victimas (oxen), hostias (smaller animals, especially sheep) immolare, securi ferire, caedere, mactare