māciēs —, abl. maciē, f
2 MAC-,
leanness, thinness, meagreness, atrophy
: homo grandi macie torridus: sedet in corpore
toto, O.: conrupti equi macie,
Cs.: macies Occupet malas, H.:
macie tenuant armenta, i. e.
privation of food
, V.: macies aegri veteris,
Iu.—Of the soil: (seges) neque deficiat macie,
O.—Of language,
poverty
, Ta.