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Măcĕdŏnes , um (
I.Gr. acc. Macedonas, Auct. Her. 4, 32, 43; Liv. 26, 24, 5 et saep.; Sen. Ben. 5, 6, 1; Flor. 2, 8, 5; v. Neue, Formenl. 1, 328), m., = Μακεδόνες, the Macedonians, Mel. 2, 3, 1; Cic. Off. 2, 22, 76; Auct. Her. 4, 25, 34; 32; Liv. 7, 26; 30, 33 sq. et saep.—Hyrcani Macedones, v. Hyrcani.— In sing.: Măcĕdo (Macedon, Luc. 8, 694), ŏnis, m., a Macedonian: “quid Macedo Alexander?” i. e. Alexander the Great, Cic. Phil. 5, 17, 48; so Luc. 8, 694: “diffidit urbium Portas vir Macedo,” i. e. Philip of Macedon, Hor. C. 3, 16, 14: “hostis,Liv. 9, 19, 14.—
B. Transf.: “Macedonum robur,a body of men armed in the Macedonian manner in the army of Antiochus, Liv. 36, 18, 2; 4 and 5.—Hence,
II.
A. Măcĕdŏnĭa , ae, f., = Μακεδονία, Macedonia, Macedon, a country between Thessaly and Thrace, Mel. 1, 3, 4; 2, 3, 4; Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 33; Cic. Leg. Agr. 1, 2, 5; Liv. 9, 18; 27, 33; Vell. 1, 6, 5 et saep.—
B. Măcĕdŏnĭcus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Macedonia, Macedonic, Macedonian: “miles,Plaut. Rud. 1, 1, 49: “mare,Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 51: “legiones,Cic. Fam. 12, 23, 2: “legio,Tac. H. 3, 22: “cerasa,Plin. 15, 25, 30, § 104.—Subst.: Măcĕdŏnĭcus , i, m., a surname of Q. Cæcilius Metellus, who made Macedonia a Roman province, Vell. 1, 11; Plin. 7, 44, 45, § 144; Val. Max. 4, 1, 12.—
C. Măcĕdŏ-nĭensis , e, adj., Macedonian (ante-class.): “vir,Plaut. Ps. 4, 4, 4.—
D. Măcē^dŏnĭus , a, um, adj., = Μακεδόνιος, Macedonian: Macedonia sarissa (with sec. syl. long, acc. to the Gr. Μακηδόνιος), Ov. M. 12, 466: “militi Macedonio,Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 112: “colonia,Just. 11, 11 fin.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (22):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 12.23.2
    • Cicero, Philippics, 5.17.48
    • Cicero, On the Agrarian Law, 1.2.5
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 12.466
    • Plautus, Pseudolus, 1.3
    • Plautus, Pseudolus, 4.4
    • Plautus, Rudens, 1.1
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 3.22
    • Lucan, Civil War, 8.694
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 4.33
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 4.51
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 30, 33
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 9, 19
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 9, 18
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 26, 24.5
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 7, 26
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 36, 18
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 4
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 27, 33
    • Seneca, de Beneficiis, 5.6.1
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 2.22
    • Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 4.1.12
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