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|lshtext=<b>maccus</b>: i, m. cf. Sanscr. mūkas, [[dumb]]; Gr. [[μῶκος]]>, [[mockery]]; also Μῶμος,<br /><b>I</b> a [[buffoon]], punchinello, macaroni, in the Atellane plays: in Atellana Oscae personae inducuntur, ut [[maccus]], Diom. p. 488 P.; cf. Inscr. Orell. 2621.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., a [[simpleton]], [[blockhead]]: macci et buccones, App. Mag. p. 325, 30.
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