The corpus record — Latin

maccus

maccus · m

a buffoon, punchinello, macaroni

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Where it lives

Asinaria 1 · 1.24/10k
Apologia 1 · 0.47/10k

What it meant

1. maccus — Lewis & Short

maccus, i, m.cf. Sanscr. mūkas, dumb; Gr. mw=kos, mockery; also *mw=mos,

I a buffoon, punchinello, macaroni, in the Atellane plays: in Atellana Oscae personae inducuntur, ut maccus, Diom. p. 488 P.; cf. Inscr. Orell. 2621.—

II Transf., a simpleton, blockhead: macci et buccones, App. Mag. p. 325, 30.

2. maccus — Walde–Hofmann

maccus, -; m. „Person der Atellana (Kroll RE, 14, 126), Narr, Alanswurst* (seit rep. Zt. [Atellanentitel], rom. vereinzelt [sard. makku ,Narr"]: durch osk. Vermittlung aus gr. *udkxoc, vgl puakkodu „bin stumpfsinnig^ (Aristoph.) und Mokxdi „Name einer einfältigen Frau* (Pauli KZ. 18, 14 nach Voss, Weise 25, Saalfeld 641, Bacherler Bl. bay. Cy. 64, 165, der noch o, Makkiis 'Maccius vergleicht; doch ist Maceus als … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. maccus, p. 907]

In the wild

Maccus Plautus, Asinaria prologue.pr
macci Apuleius, Apologia 81

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. maccus (scan p. 399; entry #6328).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. maccus (scan pp. 907-909; entry #1644). Root candidates: *mak-, *mas-, *mis-.

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