maccus
Sunt verba voces quibus hunc lenire dolorem possis, magnam morbi deponere partem → Words will avail the wretched mind to ease and much abate the dismal black disease.
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
maccus, ī, m., un des personnages traditionnels des atellanes, sorte de niais grotesque analogue à Polichinelle : Diom. 490, 20 || un niais, un polichinelle, un imbécile : Apul. Apol. 81.
Latin > German (Georges)
maccus, ī, m. (v. μακκοάω), in den atellanischen Possenspielen der Narr, Hanswurst, Diom. 490, 20: dah. appelat. = Einfaltspinsel, Dummkopf, Apul. apol. 81.
