Lewis & Short

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* măcĕo, ēre, v. n. [1. macer], to be lean, meagre: quia ossa atque pellis totust: ita cura macet, Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 28; cf. Non. 509, 11.

măco, ĕre, 3, v. a. [cf. macellum], to maul, beat, hack: namque nullum Pejus macit homonem quamde mare saevum, Naev. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 397 Müll. ad loc.: ut nunc saepe boves lucae ferro male mactae Diffugiunt, Lucr. 5, 1339 Munro ad loc.