macero

See also: maceró and macerò

Catalan

Verb

macero

1. first-person singular present indicative of macerar

Ido

Noun

macero (plural maceri)

1. maceration, digestion

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.t͡ʃe.ro/
• Rhymes: -atʃero
• Hyphenation: mà‧ce‧ro

Etymology 1

Endingless past participle of macerare.

Adjective

macero (feminine macera, masculine plural maceri, feminine plural macere)

1. soaked, steeped, macerated
2. beaten, bruised

Etymology 2

Deverbal from macerare +‎ -o.

Noun

macero m (plural maceri)

1. maceration
2. pulping (of old books, etc.)

   carta da macero (figurative, pejorative) ― pulp (book or magazine)

3. vessel used for macerating

   Synonym: maceratoio

Etymology 3

Verb

macero

1. first-person singular present indicative of macerare

Anagrams

• Morace, acrome, camero, camerò, com'era, comare, corame, racemo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱeseh₂ti, from *meh₂ǵ-, *meh₂ḱ- (“to knead”). Cognate with Ancient Greek μάσσω (mássō, “knead”), Lithuanian makonė, Old Church Slavonic мокръ (mokrŭ, “wet”), Russian мочи́ть (močítʹ, “to wet”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmaː.ke.roː/, [ˈmäːkɛroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.t͡ʃe.ro/, [ˈmäːt͡ʃero]

Verb

mācerō (present infinitive mācerāre, perfect active mācerāvī, supine mācerātum); first conjugation

1. to soften, make tender by soaking or steeping
2. to weaken, waste away
3. (figuratively) to vex, torment, distress
   • Livius Andronicus, Odusia 8:

     namque nūllum peiius / mācerat hūmānum
     quamde mare saevom.

     For nought vexes man worse than the raging sea.

4. (Medieval Latin) to mortify (discipline, chastise, or subject to severe privation for the atonement of sins)
5. (Medieval Latin) to torture

Conjugation

   Conjugation of mācerō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	mācerō		mācerās		mācerat		mācerāmus		mācerātis		mācerant
	imperfect	mācerābam		mācerābās		mācerābat		mācerābāmus		mācerābātis		mācerābant
	future	mācerābō		mācerābis		mācerābit		mācerābimus		mācerābitis		mācerābunt
	perfect	mācerāvī		mācerāvistī		mācerāvit		mācerāvimus		mācerāvistis		mācerāvēre, mācerāvērunt
	pluperfect	mācerāveram		mācerāverās		mācerāverat		mācerāverāmus		mācerāverātis		mācerāverant
	future perfect	mācerāverō		mācerāveris		mācerāverit		mācerāverimus		mācerāveritis		mācerāverint
passive	present	māceror		mācerāre, mācerāris		mācerātur		mācerāmur		mācerāminī		mācerantur
	imperfect	mācerābar		mācerābāre, mācerābāris		mācerābātur		mācerābāmur		mācerābāminī		mācerābantur
	future	mācerābor		mācerābere, mācerāberis		mācerābitur		mācerābimur		mācerābiminī		mācerābuntur
	perfect	mācerātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	mācerātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	mācerātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	mācerem		mācerēs		māceret		mācerēmus		mācerētis		mācerent
	imperfect	mācerārem		mācerārēs		mācerāret		mācerārēmus		mācerārētis		mācerārent
	perfect	mācerāverim		mācerāverīs		mācerāverit		mācerāverīmus		mācerāverītis		mācerāverint
	pluperfect	mācerāvissem		mācerāvissēs		mācerāvisset		mācerāvissēmus		mācerāvissētis		mācerāvissent
passive	present	mācerer		mācerēre, mācerēris		mācerētur		mācerēmur		mācerēminī		mācerentur
	imperfect	mācerārer		mācerārēre, mācerārēris		mācerārētur		mācerārēmur		mācerārēminī		mācerārentur
	perfect	mācerātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	mācerātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		mācerā		—		—		mācerāte		—
	future	—		mācerātō		mācerātō		—		mācerātōte		mācerantō
passive	present	—		mācerāre		—		—		mācerāminī		—
	future	—		mācerātor		mācerātor		—		—		mācerantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		mācerāre			mācerārī			mācerāns			—
future		mācerātūrum esse			mācerātum īrī			mācerātūrus			mācerandus
perfect		mācerāvisse			mācerātum esse			—			mācerātus
future perfect		—			mācerātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		mācerātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		mācerandī		mācerandō		mācerandum		mācerandō		mācerātum		mācerātū

Derived terms

• mācerātiō
• mācerēscō
• māceria

Descendants

Inherited:

• Catalan: maurar
• Old French: mairier
  • Middle French: mairer
    • French: mairer (regional, rare)
• Italian: macerare
• Old Galician-Portuguese: macerar
  • Galician: macerar
  • Portuguese: macerar

Borrowed:

• → Catalan: macerar
• → English: macerate
• → Franco-Provençal: macèrar
• → French: macérer
• → Occitan: macerar
• → Spanish: macerar

References

• “mācĕro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “macero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mācĕro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 934/1.
• “mācerō” on page 1,057/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “macerare”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 623/2

Portuguese

Verb

macero

1. first-person singular present indicative of macerar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /maˈθeɾo/ [maˈθe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /maˈseɾo/ [maˈse.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: ma‧ce‧ro

Etymology 1

From maza +‎ -ero.

Noun

macero m (plural maceros, feminine macera, feminine plural maceras)

1. mace-bearer

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

macero

1. first-person singular present indicative of macerar

Further reading

• “macero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10