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macies

macies

English

Noun

macies (plurale tantum)

  1. (archaic, medicine) Emaciation; atrophy.

Latin

Etymology

From macer ("meager or poor").

Pronunciation

Noun

maciēs f (genitive maciēī); fifth declension

  1. leanness, thinness, meagerness
  2. poverty

Inflection

Fifth declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative maciēs maciēs
genitive maciēī maciērum
dative maciēī maciēbus
accusative maciem maciēs
ablative maciē maciēbus
vocative maciēs maciēs

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