macrocollum

English

Etymology

From Latin macrocollum.

Noun

macrocollum (uncountable)

1. (historical) A variety of paper in Ancient Rome, measuring a foot and a half in width.

Alternative forms

• macrocolum

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μακρόκωλον (makrókōlon), from μακρός (makrós). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “what are the Greek roots?”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ma.kroˈkol.lum/, [mäkrɔˈkɔlːʲʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ma.kroˈkol.lum/, [mäkroˈkɔlːum]

Noun

macrocollum n (genitive macrocollī); second declension

1. large-sized paper, royal paper
   • 68 BCE – 44 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum 13.25.3:

     Sed tamen ego non despero probatum iri Varroni, et id, quoniam impensam fecimus in macrocolla, facile patior teneri.

     However, I don't despair of winning Varro's approval; and, as I have gone to the expense of a large paper copy, I should like to stick to my plan.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	macrocollum	macrocolla
genitive	macrocollī	macrocollōrum
dative	macrocollō	macrocollīs
accusative	macrocollum	macrocolla
ablative	macrocollō	macrocollīs
vocative	macrocollum	macrocolla

References

• “macrocollum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “macrocollum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers