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..."- P
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..."