Latin

Verb

mactō ‎(present infinitive mactāre, perfect active mactāvī, supine mactātum); first conjugation

1. I reward, honor.
2. I punish, trouble.
3. I slaughter, kill.
4. I offer, sacrifice, immolate.

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

Inflected forms of mactus.

Adjective

mactō

1. dative masculine singular of mactus
2. dative masculine singular of mactus
3. ablative neuter singular of mactus
4. ablative neuter singular of mactus

References

• macto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• macto in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “macto”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to slaughter victims: victimas (oxen), hostias (smaller animals, especially sheep) immolare, securi ferire, caedere, mactare