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Machabaeus, i, m., a surname of Judas, Vulg. 1 Macc. 1, 2 et saep.
Hence, Machabaei, ōrum, m., the Maccabees, Aug. Civ. Dei, 18, 36; Hier. Ep. 7, 6.

† 1. măchaera, ae, f., = μάχαιρα, a sword (ante-class. and post-Aug.): machaera atque hasta, Enn. ap Fest. s. v. redhostire, p. 270 Müll. (Trag. v. 212 Müll.): succincti corda machaeris, id. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 678 (Ann. v. 392 ib.): eia machaeras, id. ib. 9, 38 (Ann. v. 585 ib.); Plaut. Curc. 3, 54: ni hebes machaera foret, id. Mil. 1, 1, 53; Sen. Ben. 5, 24 fin.; Suet. Claud. 15.
A weapon, in mal. part., Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 85.

2. Măchaera, ae, m., an auctioneer, Juv. 7, 9.

(măchaerĭum, ii, a false reading for machaeris, Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 9.)

† măchaerŏphŏrus, i, m., = μαχαιροφόρος, a sword-wearer, a satellite: machaerophoris centum sequentibus, i. e. soldiers armed in the Greek manner, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 10, 2.

† măchaerŏphyllon, i, n., = μαχαιρόφυλλον (sword-leaf), a plant (al. macrophyllon). App. Herb. 78.

Măchāon, ŏnis, m., = Μαχάων,

I. son of Æsculapius, a famous surgeon of the Greeks before Troy, Cels. praef.; Prop. 2, 1, 61; Verg. A. 2, 263; Ov. P. 3, 4, 7 al.
II. Transf., in plur., surgeons, physicians: quid tibi cum medicis? dimitte Machaonas omnes, Mart. 2, 16, 5.
Hence,

A. Ma-chāŏnĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Machaon: ars, i. e. the art of surgery, Sid. Ep. 2, 12.
B. Măchāŏnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Machaon, Machaonian, surgical: Machaoniā ope sanus, Ov. R. Am. 546: sucus, Stat. S. 1, 4, 114.

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