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|lshtext=<b>mācĕro</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. prob. from [[root]] μαγ-, [[μάσσω]], to [[knead]]; [[through]] an adj. mācerus; v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 395; cf. also măcer,<br /><b>I</b> to [[make]] [[soft]] or [[tender]], to [[soften]] by steeping, to [[soak]], [[steep]], macerate (not in Cic. or Cæs.).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: brassicam in aquam, [[Cato]], R. R. 156, 5: salsamenta, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 27: in [[piscina]] lupinum, Col. 1, 6, 21: [[semen]] [[lacte]], id. 11, 3, 51: (ramos genistae) marinā aquā, Plin. 24, 9, 40, § 66: (siliginem) [[novem]] diebus maceratum ... subigunt, id. 18, 11, 27, § 106: grana (cacaliae) in [[oleo]], id. 25, 11, 85, § 135: [[intestina]] piscium [[sale]], id. 31, 7, 43, § 93: podagrici crura macerantes, Vitr. 18, 3.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., to [[weaken]] in [[body]] or [[mind]], to [[waste]] [[away]], [[enervate]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Of the [[body]]: multos [[iste]] [[morbus]] homines macerat, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 22; Liv. 26, 13: [[quam]] lentis macerer ignibus, Hor. C. 1, 13, 8; cf.: [[Macedo]] siti maceratus, Curt. 5, 13, 24: [[pars]] [[exercitus]] ad utilitatem nostram macerata perductaque ad exitiabilem famem, Vell. 2, 112, 4: [[Fabius]] sic maceravit Hannibalem, ut, etc., i. e. [[Hannibal]]'s [[army]], Flor. 2, 6, 28: [[muscus]] crura [[vitium]] situ et veterno macerat, Col. 4, 22, 6: cor [[solum]] viscerum vitiis non maceratur, Plin. 11, 37, 69, § 182.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Of the [[mind]], to [[fret]], [[vex]], [[torment]], [[distress]], [[torture]], [[pain]] (syn.: [[crucio]], [[torqueo]]): egemet me [[concoquo]] et [[macero]] et [[defatigo]], [[fret]] [[myself]], Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 2: quor me [[excrucio]]? quor me [[macero]]? quor meam senectutem [[sollicito]]? Ter. And. 5, 3, 15; cf. id. Eun. 1, 2, 107: noli te macerare, id. And. 4, 2, 2: [[cura]] [[satis]] me lacrumis maceravi, Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 8: hoc me [[facinus]] miserum macerat, id. Mil. 3, 1, 21: [[infelix]] [[sollicitudo]] persequitur nec oratorem macerat et coquit, * Quint. 12, 10, 77: quae vos macerent desiderio, Liv. 5, 54, 3; 26, 13, 8.—Poet., [[with]] a causal [[object]]-[[clause]]: consimili ratione ab [[eodem]] [[saepe]] timore macerat [[invidia]], [[ante]] oculos illum esse potentem, Lucr. 3, 75.— Mid., to [[vex]], [[torment]] one's [[self]]: maceror [[interdum]], [[quod]] sim [[tibi]] [[causa]] dolendi, Ov. H. 2, 125: unum hoc maceror et [[doleo]] [[tibi]] deesse, Terenti, C. Caes. ap. Suet. Vit. Ter. fin.: ex desiderio [[magis]] magisque maceror, Afran. ap. [[Charis]]. p. 182 P.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>mācĕrō</b>,¹¹ āvī, ātum, āre (cf. [[μάσσω]]), tr.,<br /><b>1</b> rendre doux, amollir en humectant, faire macérer : Pl. Pœn. 242 ; [[Cato]] Agr. 156, 6 ; Col. Rust. 1, 6, 21 ; Plin. 24, 66<br /><b>2</b> <b> a)</b> affaiblir [le corps], énerver, épuiser : Pl. Capt. 554 ; Liv. 26, 13 ; Vell. 2, 112, 4 ; <b> b)</b> consumer, miner, tourmenter [l’esprit] : Pl. Pœn. 98 ; Ps. 4 ; Ter. Andr. 685 ; Eun. 187 ; Lucr. 3, 75 ; Liv. 5, 54, 3 ; 26, 13, 8 ; Quint. 12, 10, 77 ; unum [[hoc]] maceror et [[doleo]] [[tibi]] deesse Cæs. d. Suet. Vita Ter. 108, c’[[est]] la seule chose dont je m’afflige et déplore que tu sois privé ; <b> c)</b> mortifier : Eccl.
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{{Georges
|georg=mācero, āvī, ātum, āre (vgl. [[μάσσω]], [[ich]] knete, [[μαγίς]], Backtrog), 1) [[mürbe]] [[machen]], [[wässern]], [[einweichen]], [[beizen]], salsamenta, Ter.: [[lupinum]], [[Varro]]: [[lini]] virgas, [[rösten]], Plin.: calcem, [[calcis]] glebas, [[wässern]], den [[Kalk]] [[durch]] Bedecken [[mit]] angefeuchtetem Sande [[löschen]], Vitr.: [[fimum]] [[assiduo]] liquore, Colum.: alqd [[fumo]], Plin. – II) übtr., [[mürbe]] [[machen]], d.i. 1) [[körperlich]], [[schwächen]], [[entkräften]], [[abmergeln]], multos [[iste]] [[morbus]] macerat, Plaut.: alqm fame, Liv.: siti [[maceratus]], Curt. – 2) [[geistig]], [[abhärmen]], [[abgrämen]], [[abquälen]] (vgl. Drak. Liv. 5, 54, 3), illorum me [[alter]] cruciat [[alter]] macerat, Plaut.: me macerat [[Phryne]], Hor.: [[nec]] ([[infelix]] [[sollicitudo]]) oratorem macerat et coquit, Quint.: [[quae]] [[vos]], cum reliqueritis, macerent desiderio, Liv.: im [[Passiv]] macerari, abgehärmt [[werden]], [[oft]] medial = [[sich]] [[abhärmen]], [[abgrämen]], [[abängstigen]], macerari desiderio, Sen.: ex desiderio [[magis]] magisque, Afran. fr.: macerari [[lentis]] ignibus, vom Liebesfeuer abgezehrt [[werden]], Hor.: quā [[nunc]] [[ego]] maceror unā, die [[ich]] [[einzig]] (u. [[heftig]]) [[nur]] liebe, Calp.: excrucior, [[male]] [[mihi]] est, [[male]] maceror, Plaut.: maceror, [[quod]] etc., Ov.: unum [[hoc]] maceror et [[doleo]] [[tibi]] deesse, Caes. fr. – u. refl. macerare se, zB. [[cur]] me [[excrucio]]? [[cur]] me [[macero]]? Ter.: [[egomet]] me [[coquo]] et [[macero]] et [[defetigo]], Plaut. – bildl., [[non]] [[tamen]] exspectationem vostram macerabo singulos producendo, eure E. [[auf]] die [[Folter]] [[spannen]] = allzulange [[hinhalten]], Sen. exc. contr. 4. praef. § 2.
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