macies

măcĭes, ēi, f. [maceo], 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.