maccus

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δυνατὰ δὲ οἱ προύχοντες πράσσουσι καὶ οἱ ἀσθενεῖς ξυγχωροῦσιν → the strong do what they will; the weak do what they must | the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must | they that have odds of power exact as much as they can, and the weak yield to such conditions as they can get

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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.