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MorphologyDictionary- Charlton T. Lewis: An Elementary Latin Dictionary
- Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
- măcellum, i (măcellus, i, m., Mart. 10, 96, 9), n. [root max-; cf. Gr. ma/xomai, to fight; cf. ma/xaira, ma/xh, and mactāre; prop. butcher's stall, shambles; hence, transf.], meat-market, provision-market (where flesh, fish, and vegetables were sold). I. Lit.:
venio ad macellum, rogito pisces
, Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 3: apud emporium atque in macello
, id. Am. 4, 1, 4: nostin' porticum apud macellum hac deorsum?
Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 34: excandefacere annonam macelli, Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 16; cf.: putarem annonam in macello cariorem fore
, Cic. Div. 2, 27, 59: barathrum macelli
, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 31: quae est ista laus, quae possit e macello peti?
Cic. Fin. 2, 15, 50: dispositis circa macellum custodibus
, Suet. Caes. 43: cetariorum
, Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 7: ad ipsum introitum exspectare macelli
, Juv. 11, 10: retibus adsiduis penitus scrutante macello proxima
, id. 5, 95.—In masc.: conturbator macellus
, Mart. 10, 96, 9.—Plur.: fercula nullis ornata macellis
, Juv. 11, 64.— II. Transf., meat: arcessitur inde macellum
, Manil. 5, 370.
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