maceria
ἁρμονίη ἀφανὴς φανερῆς κρείττων → the hidden attunement is better than the obvious one, invisible connection is stronger than visible, harmony we can't see is stronger than harmony we can, unseen harmony is stronger than what we can see
Latin > English
maceria maceriae N F :: wall (of brick/stone); (esp. one enclosing a garden)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
mācĕrĭa: ae (post-class. form, mācĕ-rĭes, only nom. and acc., Afran. ap. Non. 138; Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 11; Prud. Hamart. 227; Inscr. Grut. 611, 13; Inscr. Orell. 4057), f. from macero, to soften; orig. a wall built of soft clay; cf. Gr. μάσσω,
I an enclosure, a wall (class.): maceriam sine calce ex caementis et silice altam pedes quinque facito, Cato, R. R. 15; cf. Varr. R. R. 1, 14, 4; 3, 5, 12: quid maceria illa ait in horto, quaest quae in noctes singulas latere fit minor? Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 49: hanc in horto maceriam jube dirui, Ter. Ad. 5, 7, 10: herba in maceriis nascens, Plin. 25, 5, 19, § 43: nulla maceria, nulla casa, Cic. Fam. 16, 18, 2: post villarum macerias, Sisenn. ap. Non. 141, 23: fossam et maceriam sex in altitudinem pedum praeduxerant, Caes. B. G. 7, 69; 7, 70: maceria ab laeva semitae paulum exstans a fundamenta, Liv. 42, 15.—
II Affliction: facere illi satis vis, quanta illius mors sit maceries tibi? Afran. ap. Non. 138, 13 (Com. Rel. v. 150 Rib.).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
mācĕrĭa,¹³ æ, Cic. Fam. 16, 18, 2 ; Cæs. G. 7, 69, qqf. mācĕrĭēs, ēī, f. (macero), Varro R. 3, 5, 11, mur de clôture [en pierres sèches ; primitt en une sorte de torchis : Don. Ad. 908 ].
Latin > German (Georges)
māceria, ae, f., eine Mauer aus Lehm usw., als Einfriedigung eines Gartens, Weinberges usw., horti, Plaut. u. Liv.: villarum, Sisenn. fr. nulla maceria, nulla casa, Cic.: maceriam sex in altitudinem pedum praeducere, Caes. – Nbf. māceriēs, ēī, f., Varro r. r. 3, 5, 11. Prud. ham. 226. Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 1463. Vgl. Georges Lexik. d. lat. Wortf. S. 399.
