maccus
From LSJ
Νόμος γονεῦσιν ἰσοθέους τιμὰς νέμειν → Iubet parentes lex coli iuxta deos → Die Eltern gleich den Göttern ehren ist Gesetz
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
maccus: i, m. cf. Sanscr. mūkas, dumb; Gr. μῶκος>, mockery; also Μῶμος,
I a buffoon, punchinello, macaroni, in the Atellane plays: in Atellana Oscae personae inducuntur, ut maccus, Diom. p. 488 P.; cf. Inscr. Orell. 2621.—
II Transf., a simpleton, blockhead: macci et buccones, App. Mag. p. 325, 30.
