LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefifth declension

maciēs

maciēs f (genitive maciēī)
Classical[ˈma.ki.eːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈmaː.t͡ʃi.es]

Meaning

  1. leanness, thinness, meagerness
  2. poverty

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

tenuitās corporis extrēma
maciēs -ēī (f) — in Epistulae, ch. 14

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativemaciēsmaciēs
genitivemaciēīmaciērum
dativemaciēīmaciēbus
accusativemaciemmaciēs
ablativemaciēmaciēbus
vocativemaciēsmaciēs

măcĭes, ēi, f. maceo,
I. leanness, thinness, meagreness (class.).
I. Lit.
A. Of living beings and the parts of their bodies: profectus est (ad bellum) Hirtius consul: at quā imbecillitate? quā macie? Cic. Phil. 7, 4, 12; id. Agr. 2, 34, 93: hoc maciem facit, Plin. 30, 7, 20, § 60: reducere ad maciem, id. 24, 8, 30, § 46: equi macie corrupti, * Caes. B. C. 3, 58: corpus macie extabuit, Cic. poët. Tusc. 3, 12, 26: turpis macies decentes Occupet malas, Hor. C. 3, 27, 53: tenet ora profanae Foeda situ macies, Luc. 6, 515: macies aegri veteris, Juv. 9, 16; 15, 101.—
B. Of inanim, things: macies soli, poorness, barrenness, Col. 1, 4, 3: lapidosa aurosi pulveris, Pall. 1, 5, 1: jejuna corticis, id. Mart. 10, 21; so, corticis, Plin. 17, 27, 42, § 252: seges macie deficit, Ov. F. 1, 689.—
II. Transf., of water, diminution: aquarum, e. g. at the ebb, Sol. 23.— *
III. Trop., meagreness, poverty of language, Tac. Or. 21, 1.

Origins

From Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- (“to increase”), the same root as the adjective macer (“lean, meager”), + -iēs.

Quick answers

What does maciēs mean in Latin?
maciēs, a noun, means “leanness, thinness, meagerness; poverty”.
What is the genitive of maciēs?
The genitive singular is maciēī. maciēs is feminine, fifth declension.
How do you pronounce maciēs?
In classical Latin, [ˈma.ki.eːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈmaː.t͡ʃi.es].