Maccius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmak.ki.us/, [ˈmäkːiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmat.t͡ʃi.us/, [ˈmätː͡ʃius]

Proper noun

Maccius m sg (genitive Macciī or Maccī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Titus Maccius Plautus, a Roman playwright

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Maccius
Genitive	Macciī Maccī1
Dative	Macciō
Accusative	Maccium
Ablative	Macciō
Vocative	Maccī

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

Derived terms

• Maccia

References

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