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macellus

rather meagre

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Where it lives

Epigrammata 1 · 0.18/10k

What it meant

1. măcellus — Lewis & Short

măcellus, a, um,

I adj. dim. [1. macer; cf.: ut in his macer, macriculus, macellus; niger, nigriculus, nigellus, Varr. L. L. 8, § 79 Müll.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. altellus, p. 7 Müll.], rather meagre: homo, Lucil. ap. Non. 136, 32.

2. măcellus — Lewis & Short

măcellus, i, m., v. macellum

I init.

In the wild

macellus Martial, Epigrammata 10.96.9

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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