macellus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From macer + -lus (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /maˈkel.lus/, [mäˈkɛlːʲʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /maˈt͡ʃel.lus/, [mäˈt͡ʃɛlːus]
Adjective[edit]
macellus (feminine macella, neuter macellum); first/second-declension adjective
- Diminutive of macer (“lean, skinny, meager”)
Declension[edit]
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[edit]
- “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.