mactabat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →macto, mactare, mactavi, mactatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
magnify, honor; sacrifice; slaughter, destroy;
sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber Duodecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...captiua Pelasgum corpora frenatosque, pater, solacia sorti bellorum, mactabat equos; his arduus ignis palpitat, et gemitus tandem erupere..."Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...pater ipse petens responsa Latinus centum lanigeras mactabat rite bidentis, atque harum effultus tergo stratisque iacebat velleribus: subita..."