* 1. măcellus, a, um, adj. dim. [1. macer; cf.: ut in his macer, macriculus, macellus; niger, nigriculus, nigellus, Varr. L. L. 8, § 79 Müll.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. altellus, p. 7 Müll.], rather meagre: homo, Lucil. ap. Non. 136, 32.