maccus

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain, perhaps from Ancient Greek μῶκος (môkos, “mockery”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmak.kus/, [ˈmäkːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmak.kus/, [ˈmäkːus]

Noun

maccus m (genitive maccī); second declension

1. buffoon; Punchinello or macaroni in the Atellan Farce
2. (derogatory) simpleton, blockhead, fool

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:homo stultus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	maccus	maccī
genitive	maccī	maccōrum
dative	maccō	maccīs
accusative	maccum	maccōs
ablative	maccō	maccīs
vocative	macce	maccī

References

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