LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

maccis

maccis f (genitive maccidis)

Meaning

  1. femininea bogus spice
    nam egó cocilendrum quando in patinas indidi aut cepolendrum aut maccidem aut secaptidem, eaepse sese [patinae] fervefaciunt ilico. For when I’ve put cocilendrum into the skilletsthese skillets become hot in an instant.c. 191 BCE, Plautus, Pseudolus 830–832

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativemaccismaccidēs
genitivemaccidismaccidum
dativemaccidīmaccidibus
accusativemaccidemmaccidēs
ablativemaccidemaccidibus
vocativemaccismaccidēs

maccis, ĭdis, f.,
I. a fictitious spice, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 43 (al. macis).

Origins

Compare macir.

Quick answers

What does maccis mean in Latin?
maccis, a noun, means “a bogus spice”.
What is the genitive of maccis?
The genitive singular is maccidis. maccis is feminine, third declension.