I.lean, meagre.
A. Lit., of living beings (most freq. of animals): “taurus, opp. pinguis,” Verg. E. 3, 100: “boves,” Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 12; Juv. 14, 146: “turdi,” Hor. S. 1, 5, 72: “mustela,” id. Ep. 1, 7, 33: “ostreae inuberes et macrae,” Gell. 20, 8; Quint. 6, 3, 58.—Of parts of the body: “in macerrimis corporis partibus,” Sen. Ep. 78, 8.—Humorously of a person: “valeat res ludicra si me Palma negata macrum donata reducit opimum,” Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 181: “nec pharetris Veneris macer est,” Juv. 6, 138.—
B. Of inanimate things, thin, poor, barren: solum exile et macrum, * Cic. Agr. 2, 5, 67: “ager macrior,” Varr. R. R. 1, 24, 2: “macerrimi agri,” Col. 11, 2, 7: “stirpes,” id. 3, 10, 3: “vineae,” id. 8, 1, 2: “libellus,” meagre, thin, Mart. 2, 6, 10: “ut dignus venias hederis et imagine macra,” Juv. 7, 29.
