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mācĕrĭa , ae (post-class. form, mācĕ-rĭes , only nom. and acc., Afran. ap. Non. 138; Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 11; Prud. Hamart. 227; Inscr. Grut. 611, 13; Inscr. Orell. 4057), f. from macero, to soften; orig. a wall built of soft clay; cf. Gr. μάσσω,
I.an enclosure, a wall (class.): “maceriam sine calce ex caementis et silice altam pedes quinque facito,” Cato, R. R. 15; cf. Varr. R. R. 1, 14, 4; 3, 5, 12: “quid maceria illa ait in horto, quaest quae in noctes singulas latere fit minor?” Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 49: “hanc in horto maceriam jube dirui,” Ter. Ad. 5, 7, 10: “herba in maceriis nascens,” Plin. 25, 5, 19, § 43: “nulla maceria, nulla casa,” Cic. Fam. 16, 18, 2: post villarum macerias, Sisenn. ap. Non. 141, 23: “fossam et maceriam sex in altitudinem pedum praeduxerant,” Caes. B. G. 7, 69; 7, 70: “maceria ab laeva semitae paulum exstans a fundamenta,” Liv. 42, 15.—
II. Affliction: facere illi satis vis, quanta illius mors sit maceries tibi? Afran. ap. Non. 138, 13 (Com. Rel. v. 150 Rib.).
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (5):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 16.18.2
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 7.69
    • Plautus, Truculentus, 2.2
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 25.43
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 42, 15
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