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
Mostellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...operam compendi face, nisi te mala re magna mactari cupis. GR. Ervom daturin estis, bubus quod feram? date..."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..."
