mactatus

ἀλλ' ἐπὶ καὶ θανάτῳ φάρμακον κάλλιστον ἑᾶς ἀρετᾶς ἅλιξιν εὑρέσθαι σὺν ἄλλοις → even at the price of death, the fairest way to win his own exploits together with his other companions | but even at the risk of death would find the finest elixir of excellence together with his other companions | but to find, together with other young men, the finest remedy — the remedy of one's own valor — even at the risk of death

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

mactātus: ūs, m. id.,
I a slaying, killing: mactatu parentis, Lucr. 1, 99.

(1) mactātus, a, um, part. de macto.
(2) mactātŭs,¹⁶ ūs, abl. ū, m., c. mactatio : Lucr. 1, 99.

mactātus, Abl. ū, m. (macto), das Opfern, Töten, Lucr. 1, 99.