macto

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmak.toː/, [ˈmäkt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmak.to/, [ˈmäkt̪o]

Etymology 1

From mactus (“glorified, worshiped, honored, adored”) +‎ -ō.

Verb

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

1. to reward, honor
2. to punish, trouble
3. to offer, sacrifice, immolate
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.202:

     “[Lāocoōn] sollemnīs taurum ingentem mactābat ad ārās.”

     “[Laocoön] was sacrificing a massive bull at the solemn altars.” – Aeneas

4. (Medieval Latin) to break
5. (Medieval Latin) to kill

   Synonyms: caedō, concidō, consumō, deiciō, exanimō, interficiō, letō, mortificō, necō, occīdō

Conjugation

Conjugation of mactō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	mactō	mactās	mactat	mactāmus	mactātis	mactant
	imperfect	mactābam	mactābās	mactābat	mactābāmus	mactābātis	mactābant
	future	mactābō	mactābis	mactābit	mactābimus	mactābitis	mactābunt
	perfect	mactāvī	mactāvistī	mactāvit	mactāvimus	mactāvistis	mactāvērunt, mactāvēre
	pluperfect	mactāveram	mactāverās	mactāverat	mactāverāmus	mactāverātis	mactāverant
	future perfect	mactāverō	mactāveris	mactāverit	mactāverimus	mactāveritis	mactāverint
	sigmatic future1	mactāssō	mactāssis	mactāssit	mactāssimus	mactāssitis	mactāssint
passive	present	mactor	mactāris, mactāre	mactātur	mactāmur	mactāminī	mactantur
	imperfect	mactābar	mactābāris, mactābāre	mactābātur	mactābāmur	mactābāminī	mactābantur
	future	mactābor	mactāberis, mactābere	mactābitur	mactābimur	mactābiminī	mactābuntur
	perfect	mactātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	mactātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	mactātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	mactem	mactēs	mactet	mactēmus	mactētis	mactent
	imperfect	mactārem	mactārēs	mactāret	mactārēmus	mactārētis	mactārent
	perfect	mactāverim	mactāverīs	mactāverit	mactāverīmus	mactāverītis	mactāverint
	pluperfect	mactāvissem	mactāvissēs	mactāvisset	mactāvissēmus	mactāvissētis	mactāvissent
	sigmatic aorist1	mactāssim	mactāssīs	mactāssīt	mactāssīmus	mactāssītis	mactāssint
passive	present	macter	mactēris, mactēre	mactētur	mactēmur	mactēminī	mactentur
	imperfect	mactārer	mactārēris, mactārēre	mactārētur	mactārēmur	mactārēminī	mactārentur
	perfect	mactātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	mactātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	mactā	—	—	mactāte	—
	future	—	mactātō	mactātō	—	mactātōte	mactantō
passive	present	—	mactāre	—	—	mactāminī	—
	future	—	mactātor	mactātor	—	—	mactantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		mactāre	mactāvisse	mactātūrum esse	mactārī	mactātum esse	mactātum īrī
participles		mactāns	—	mactātūrus	—	mactātus	mactandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		mactandī	mactandō	mactandum	mactandō	mactātum	mactātū

¹At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").

Derived terms

• mactābilis
• mactātiō
• mactātor
• mactātus

 

Descendants

Descendants of macto

• Italo-Dalmatian:
  • Italian: mattare
• Old Occitan:
  • Catalan: matar
• Old French: macter
  • Middle French: macter
    • French: mater
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Friulian: maçâ
• West Iberian:
  • Extremaduran: matal
  • Mozarabic: متار (mattāri)
  • Navarro-Aragonese:
    • Aragonese: matar
  • Old Leonese:
    • Asturian: matar
    • Mirandese: matar
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: matar
    • Galician: matar
    • Portuguese: matar
      • Papiamentu: mata
  • Old Spanish: matar
    • Ladino: matar
    • Spanish: matar
• → English: mactate

Etymology 2

Inflected forms of mactus.

Adjective

mactō

1. dative/ablative masculine/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
• macto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to slaughter victims: victimas (oxen), hostias (smaller animals, especially sheep) immolare, securi ferire, caedere, mactare