macero

See also: maceró, and macerò

Catalan

Verb

macero

1. first-person singular present indicative of macerar

Ido

Noun

macero (plural maceri)

1. maceration, digestion

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.t͡ʃe.ro/
• Rhymes: -atʃero
• Hyphenation: mà‧ce‧ro

Etymology 1

Endingless past participle of macerare.

Adjective

macero (feminine macera, masculine plural maceri, feminine plural macere)

1. soaked, steeped, macerated
2. beaten, bruised

Etymology 2

Deverbal from macerare +‎ -o.

Noun

macero m (plural maceri)

1. maceration
2. pulping (of old books, etc.)

   carta da macero (figurative, pejorative) ― pulp (book or magazine)

3. vessel used for macerating

   Synonym: maceratoio

Etymology 3

Verb

macero

1. first-person singular present indicative of macerare

Anagrams

• Morace, acrome, camero, camerò, com'era, comare, corame, racemo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱeseh₂ti, from *meh₂ǵ-, *meh₂ḱ- (“to knead”). Cognate with Ancient Greek μάσσω (mássō, “knead”), Lithuanian makonė, Old Church Slavonic мокръ (mokrŭ, “wet”), Russian мочи́ть (močítʹ, “to wet”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmaː.ke.roː/, [ˈmäːkɛroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.t͡ʃe.ro/, [ˈmäːt͡ʃero]

Verb

mācerō (present infinitive mācerāre, perfect active mācerāvī, supine mācerātum); first conjugation

1. to soften, make tender by soaking or steeping
2. to weaken, waste away
3. (figuratively) to vex, torment, distress
   • Livius Andronicus, Odusia 8:

     namque nūllum peiius / mācerat hūmānum
     quamde mare saevom.

     For nought vexes man worse than the raging sea.

4. (Medieval Latin) to mortify (discipline, chastise, or subject to severe privation for the atonement of sins)
5. (Medieval Latin) to torture

Conjugation

Conjugation of mācerō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	mācerō	mācerās	mācerat	mācerāmus	mācerātis	mācerant
	imperfect	mācerābam	mācerābās	mācerābat	mācerābāmus	mācerābātis	mācerābant
	future	mācerābō	mācerābis	mācerābit	mācerābimus	mācerābitis	mācerābunt
	perfect	mācerāvī	mācerāvistī	mācerāvit	mācerāvimus	mācerāvistis	mācerāvērunt, mācerāvēre
	pluperfect	mācerāveram	mācerāverās	mācerāverat	mācerāverāmus	mācerāverātis	mācerāverant
	future perfect	mācerāverō	mācerāveris	mācerāverit	mācerāverimus	mācerāveritis	mācerāverint
passive	present	māceror	mācerāris, mācerāre	mācerātur	mācerāmur	mācerāminī	mācerantur
	imperfect	mācerābar	mācerābāris, mācerābāre	mācerābātur	mācerābāmur	mācerābāminī	mācerābantur
	future	mācerābor	mācerāberis, mācerābere	mācerābitur	mācerābimur	mācerābiminī	mācerābuntur
	perfect	mācerātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	mācerātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	mācerātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	mācerem	mācerēs	māceret	mācerēmus	mācerētis	mācerent
	imperfect	mācerārem	mācerārēs	mācerāret	mācerārēmus	mācerārētis	mācerārent
	perfect	mācerāverim	mācerāverīs	mācerāverit	mācerāverīmus	mācerāverītis	mācerāverint
	pluperfect	mācerāvissem	mācerāvissēs	mācerāvisset	mācerāvissēmus	mācerāvissētis	mācerāvissent
passive	present	mācerer	mācerēris, mācerēre	mācerētur	mācerēmur	mācerēminī	mācerentur
	imperfect	mācerārer	mācerārēris, mācerārēre	mācerārētur	mācerārēmur	mācerārēminī	mācerārentur
	perfect	mācerātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	mācerātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	mācerā	—	—	mācerāte	—
	future	—	mācerātō	mācerātō	—	mācerātōte	mācerantō
passive	present	—	mācerāre	—	—	mācerāminī	—
	future	—	mācerātor	mācerātor	—	—	mācerantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		mācerāre	mācerāvisse	mācerātūrum esse	mācerārī	mācerātum esse	mācerātum īrī
participles		mācerāns	—	mācerātūrus	—	mācerātus	mācerandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		mācerandī	mācerandō	mācerandum	mācerandō	mācerātum	mācerātū

Derived terms

• mācerātiō
• mācerēscō
• māceria

Descendants

Inherited:

• Catalan: maurar
• Old French: mairier
  • Middle French: mairer
    • French: mairer (regional, rare)
• Italian: macerare
• Old Galician-Portuguese: macerar
  • Galician: macerar
  • Portuguese: macerar

Borrowed:

• → Catalan: macerar
• → English: macerate
• → Franco-Provençal: macèrar
• → French: macérer
• → Occitan: macerar
• → Spanish: macerar

References

• “mācĕro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “macero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mācĕro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 934/1.
• “mācerō” on page 1,057/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “macerare”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 623/2

Portuguese

Verb

macero

1. first-person singular present indicative of macerar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /maˈθeɾo/ [maˈθe.ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /maˈseɾo/ [maˈse.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: ma‧ce‧ro

Etymology 1

From maza +‎ -ero.

Noun

macero m (plural maceros, feminine macera, feminine plural maceras)

1. mace-bearer

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

macero

1. first-person singular present indicative of macerar

Further reading

• “macero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28