macte

Latin

Etymology

Normally the vocative masculine singular form of mactus, the adjective became frozen and a quasi-interjection.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmak.te/, [ˈmak.tɛ]

Adjective

macte

  1. vocative masculine singular of mactus

Adjective

macte (indeclinable)

  1. (addressed to deities, macte estō with abl.) be blessed (with)
  2. (addressed to people, macte virtūte (estō)) be blessed for your courage, well done
  3. (macte (estō) with abl. or rarely gen. or acc.) be blessed (for), hurray (for)
  4. (quasi-interjection) bravo, well done

References
  • macte in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • macte in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • macte in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • macte in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) good luck to you: macte virtute (esto or te esse iubeo)
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