"macies" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: [ˈma.ki.eːs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈmaː.t͡ʃi.es] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- (“to increase”), the same root as the adjective macer (“lean, meager”), + -iēs. Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*meh₂ḱ-}}, {{der|la|ine-pro|*meh₂ḱ-||to increase}} Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- (“to increase”), {{suffix|la||iēs|id2=noun}} + -iēs Head templates: {{la-noun|maciēs<5>}} maciēs f (genitive maciēī); fifth declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|maciēs<5>}} Forms: maciēs [canonical, feminine], maciēī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], maciēs [nominative, singular], maciēs [nominative, plural], maciēī [genitive, singular], maciērum [genitive, plural], maciēī [dative, singular], maciēbus [dative, plural], maciem [accusative, singular], maciēs [accusative, plural], maciē [ablative, singular], maciēbus [ablative, plural], maciēs [singular, vocative], maciēs [plural, vocative]
  1. leanness, thinness, meagerness Tags: declension-5
    Sense id: en-macies-la-noun-3YLhi3QV Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the fifth declension, Latin terms suffixed with -ies (noun) Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the fifth declension: 64 36 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -ies (noun): 72 28
  2. poverty Tags: declension-5
    Sense id: en-macies-la-noun-2Er94pzd
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: maciō, macilentus, ēmaciō Related terms: maceō, macer, macēscō, macor, macritās, macritūdō
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "maciō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "macilentus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ēmaciō"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*meh₂ḱ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*meh₂ḱ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to increase"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "",
        "3": "iēs",
        "id2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "+ -iēs",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- (“to increase”), the same root as the adjective macer (“lean, meager”), + -iēs.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "maciēs",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maciēī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maciēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maciēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maciēī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maciērum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maciēī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maciēbus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maciem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maciēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maciē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maciēbus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maciēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maciēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "maciēs<5>"
      },
      "expansion": "maciēs f (genitive maciēī); fifth declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "maciēs<5>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "maceō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "macer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "macēscō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "macor"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "macritās"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "macritūdō"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "94 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "64 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the fifth declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "72 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms suffixed with -ies (noun)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "leanness, thinness, meagerness"
      ],
      "id": "en-macies-la-noun-3YLhi3QV",
      "links": [
        [
          "leanness",
          "leanness"
        ],
        [
          "thinness",
          "thinness"
        ],
        [
          "meagerness",
          "meagerness"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-5"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "poverty"
      ],
      "id": "en-macies-la-noun-2Er94pzd",
      "links": [
        [
          "poverty",
          "poverty"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-5"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈma.ki.eːs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmaː.t͡ʃi.es]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "macies"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 3-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin feminine nouns",
    "Latin feminine nouns in the fifth declension",
    "Latin fifth declension nouns",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *meh₂ḱ-",
    "Latin terms suffixed with -ies (noun)",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "maciō"
    },
    {
      "word": "macilentus"
    },
    {
      "word": "ēmaciō"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*meh₂ḱ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*meh₂ḱ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to increase"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- (“to increase”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "",
        "3": "iēs",
        "id2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "+ -iēs",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- (“to increase”), the same root as the adjective macer (“lean, meager”), + -iēs.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "maciēs",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maciēī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maciēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maciēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maciēī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maciērum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maciēī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maciēbus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maciem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maciēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maciē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maciēbus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maciēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maciēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "maciēs<5>"
      },
      "expansion": "maciēs f (genitive maciēī); fifth declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "maciēs<5>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "maceō"
    },
    {
      "word": "macer"
    },
    {
      "word": "macēscō"
    },
    {
      "word": "macor"
    },
    {
      "word": "macritās"
    },
    {
      "word": "macritūdō"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "leanness, thinness, meagerness"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "leanness",
          "leanness"
        ],
        [
          "thinness",
          "thinness"
        ],
        [
          "meagerness",
          "meagerness"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-5"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "poverty"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "poverty",
          "poverty"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-5"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈma.ki.eːs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmaː.t͡ʃi.es]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "macies"
}

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