macrae
Dictionary entries
- Entry →macer, macra -macrum, macrior -or -us, macerrimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
thin (men, animals, plants), scraggy, lean, small, meager; thin (soil), poor;
dat. sg. (f.)gen. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (f.)voc. pl. (f.)
Examples
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Liber II
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...aquis radensque Salerni 425tesca Siler nullasque uado qui Macra moratus alnos uicinae procurrit in aequora Lunae). longior educto..." - D
Satura VII
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...carmina cella, ut dignus uenias hederis et imagine macra. spes nulla ulterior; didicit iam diues auarus tantum admirari..." Liber III
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...oleas quod uiri capellarum, et anatis habeas orthopygium macrae, senemque Cynicum uincat osseus cunnus; cum te lucerna balneator..."