mactans

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of mactō (“reward, sacrifice”)

Participle

mactāns (genitive mactantis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. rewarding, honoring.
2. punishing, troubling.
3. slaughtering, killing.
4. offering, sacrificing, immolating.

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	mactāns			mactantēs	mactantia
genitive	mactantis			mactantium
dative	mactantī			mactantibus
accusative	mactantem	mactāns		mactantēs mactantīs	mactantia
ablative	mactante mactantī1			mactantibus
vocative	mactāns			mactantēs	mactantia

¹When used purely as an adjective.