macta
Dictionary entries
- Entry →mactus, macta, mactum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
of the Gods, worshiped, honored;
abl. sg. (f.)acc. pl. (n.)nom. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. sg. (f.)voc. pl. (n.) - Entry →macto, mactare, mactavi, mactatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
magnify, honor; sacrifice; slaughter, destroy;
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
- T
Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...ferarum, ut nunc saepe boves Lucae ferro male mactae diffugiunt, fera facta suis cum multa dedere. Sed facere..." - L
Medea
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...Ancaeum uiolentus ictu saetiger; fratrem, Meleagre, matris impius mactas morerisque dextra matris iratae: meruere cuncti++ morte quod crimen..." - P
Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...nubigenas, invicte, bimembris Hylaeumque Pholumque manu, tu Cresia mactas prodigia et vastum Nemeae sub rupe leonem. te Stygii..." - P
Metamorphoses IV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...India Gange. Penthea tu, venerande, bipenniferumque Lycurgum sacrilegos mactas, Tyrrhenaque mittis in aequor corpora, tu biiugum pictis insignia..."