mactaris
Dictionary entries
- Entry →macto, mactare, mactavi, mactatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
magnify, honor; sacrifice; slaughter, destroy;
sg. futperf. act. ind. 2ndsg. perf. act. subj. 2nd - Entry →macto, mactare, mactavi, mactatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
magnify, honor; sacrifice; slaughter, destroy;
sg. pres. pass. ind. 2nd - —
Syncopated perfect often drops the 'v' and contracts vowel
Examples
- T
Mostellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...operam compendi face, nisi te mala re magna mactari cupis. GR. Ervom daturin estis, bubus quod feram? date..." - M
In Catilinam I
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...duci, non ad mortem rapi, non summo supplicio mactari imperabis? [28] Quid tandem te impedit? mosne maiorum..."