Maecius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmae̯.ki.us/, [ˈmäe̯kiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.t͡ʃi.us/, [ˈmɛːt͡ʃius]

Proper noun

Maecius m sg (genitive Maeciī or Maecī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Spurius Maecius Tarpa, a Roman critic

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Maecius
genitive	Maeciī Maecī1
dative	Maeciō
accusative	Maecium
ablative	Maeciō
vocative	Maecī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

• Maecia

References

• “Maecius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Maecius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.