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Mā̆cra, ae, m.

  1. I. A river in Italy, between Liguria and Etruria, now Magra, Plin. 3, 5, 7, § 48; Liv. 39, 32, 2; 40, 41, 3.
  2. II. Macra Cōmē, Gr. Μακρὰ κώμη, a town in Locris, on the border of Thessaly, Liv. 32, 13, 10.

mā̆cresco, crŭi, 3, v. inch. n. [1. macer], to grow lean, meagre: algor eas et famis macrescere cogit, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 15; 3, 5, 3: macrescit pecus, Col. 6, 3, 1: macrescunt animalia, Veg. Vet. 1, 7, 2: invidus alterius macrescit rebus opimis, grows thin at, pines away at, * Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 57: curionem agnum Plautus pro macro dixit, quasi cura macruisset, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. curionem, p. 60 Müll.

Macri Campi (also Campi Ma-cri, Varr. R. R. 2 praef. § 6, and Liv. 41, 18), = Μακροὶ Κάμποι, a region in Gallia Cispadana, on the river Macra, in the vicinity of Parma and Modena, Varr. R. R. 2 praef. § 6; Col. 7, 2, 3; Liv. 41, 18, 5; 45, 12, 11.

Macria, f., a small island near Eubœa, Plin. 2, 88, 90, § 204.

macrĭcŭlus, a, um, adj. dim. [1. macer], lean, Varr. L. L. 8, 40, § 79 Müll.

Mā̆crīnus, i, m., the name of a man.

  1. I. A friend of the poet Persius, Pers. 2, 1.
  2. II. A Roman emperor, Aus. Caes. 23.

Mā̆cris, ĭdis, f., = Μακρις, the name of several islands.

  1. I. In the Ægean Sea, near Ionia, Liv. 27, 13; 28; 29.
  2. II. An ancient name of the island of Eubœa, Plin. 4, 12, 21, § 64.
  3. III. Of Chios, Plin. 5, 31, 38, § 136.
  4. IV. Of Icarus, Plin. 4, 12, 23, § 68.

măcrĭtas, ātis, f. [1. macer], leanness, poorness, thinness (post-Aug. and rare for macies): arenae, Vitr. 2, 4: soli, Pall. Oct. 1, 2.

* mā̆crĭtūdo, ĭnis, f. [1. macer], leanness, thinness, meagreness (for macies): ossa atque pellis sum, miser macritudine, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 26 Weise (1, 2, 32 Brix and Fleck., who read aegritudine; acc. to Non. 136, 2).

Macrŏbĭi (Macrŏbĭoe, Schol. Juv. 10, 150), ōrum, m., = Μακρόβιοι (longlived).

  1. I. A people of Æthiopia, Mel. 3, 9, 1; Plin. 6, 30, 35, § 190; 7, 2, 2, § 28; Val. Max. 8, 13, 5 ext.
  2. II. The inhabitants of Apollonia, in Macedonia, Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 37.

Măcrŏbĭus, ii, m., = Μακρόβιος (living long): Aurelius Macrobius Ambrosius Theodosius, a Roman grammarian at the end of the fourth century, author of a commentary on Cicero’s Somnium Scipionis, and of a treatise entitled Convivia Saturna lia, cf. Jan. Proleg. ad Macr. p. 1 sq.

Macrŏcĕphăli, ōrum, m., = Μακρο, κέφαλοι (i. e. people with great heads), a people of Pontus, Mela, 1, 19, 11; Plin. 6, 4, 4, § 11.

† macrŏchēra, ae, f., = μακρόχειρα, having long sleeves, long-sleeved: tunica, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 33, 4.

† Măcrŏchīr, m., = Μακρόχειρ, Longhand, = Lat. Longimanus, a surname of king Artaxerxes, Nep. Reg. 1, 3 sq.; Amm. 30, 8, 4.

† măcrŏcōlum and măcrŏcol-lum, i, n., = μακρόκωλον, large-sized paper, royal paper, Cic. Att. 16, 3, 1; 13, 25, 3; Plin. 13, 12, 24, § 80.

Macrocremnii montes, a chain of mountains near the Dniester, Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 82.

† macrŏlŏgĭa, ae, f., = μακρολογία, tediousness in speech (Lat. longiloquium), Pomp. Gram. Com. in Donat. de Barb. 3, 1, p. 293 Keil (as Greek, trans., longior quam oportet sermo, Quint. 8, 3, 53).

Mā̆crōnes, um, m., v. Macerones and Machorones.