- macellum
- măcellum, i ( măcellus, i, m., Mart. 10, 96, 9), n. [root mach-; cf. Gr. machomai, to fight; cf. machaira, machê, and mactāre; prop. butcher's stall, shambles; hence, transf.], meat-market, provision-market (where flesh, fish, and vegetables were sold).I.Lit.:* II.
venio ad macellum, rogito pisces,
Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 3:apud emporium atque in macello,
id. Am. 4, 1, 4:nostin' porticum apud macellum hac deorsum?
Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 34: excandefacere annonam macelli, [p. 1092] Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 16; cf.:putarem annonam in macello cariorem fore,
Cic. Div. 2, 27, 59:barathrum macelli,
Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 31:quae est ista laus, quae possit e macello peti?
Cic. Fin. 2, 15, 50:dispositis circa macellum custodibus,
Suet. Caes. 43:cetariorum,
Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 7:ad ipsum introitum exspectare macelli,
Juv. 11, 10:retibus adsiduis penitus scrutante macello proxima,
id. 5, 95.—In masc.:conturbator macellus,
Mart. 10, 96, 9.— Plur.:fercula nullis ornata macellis,
Juv. 11, 64.—Transf., meat:arcessitur inde macellum,
Manil. 5, 370.
Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.