macies

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.