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|lshtext=<b>măcellum</b>: i (măcellus, i, m., Mart. 10, 96, 9), n. [[root]] μαχ->; cf. Gr. [[μάχομαι]]>, to [[fight]]; cf. [[μάχαιρα]], [[μάχη]]>, and mactāre; [[prop]]. [[butcher]]'s [[stall]], shambles; [[hence]], transf.,<br /><b>I</b> [[meat]]-[[market]], [[provision]]-[[market]] ([[where]] [[flesh]], [[fish]], and vegetables were sold).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[venio]] ad [[macellum]], [[rogito]] pisces, Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 3: [[apud]] [[emporium]] [[atque]] in macello, id. Am. 4, 1, 4: nostin' porticum [[apud]] [[macellum]] hac [[deorsum]]? Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 34: excandefacere annonam macelli, Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 16; cf.: putarem annonam in macello cariorem [[fore]], Cic. Div. 2, 27, 59: [[barathrum]] macelli, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 31: quae est ista [[laus]], quae possit e macello peti? Cic. Fin. 2, 15, 50: dispositis [[circa]] [[macellum]] custodibus, Suet. Caes. 43: cetariorum, Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 7: ad ipsum introitum exspectare macelli, Juv. 11, 10: retibus adsiduis [[penitus]] scrutante macello proxima, id. 5, 95.—In masc.: [[conturbator]] [[macellus]], Mart. 10, 96, 9.—Plur.: fercula nullis ornata macellis, Juv. 11, 64.—*<br /><b>II</b> Transf., [[meat]]: arcessitur [[inde]] [[macellum]], Manil. 5, 370.