Măcĕtae (Măcĕdae), ārum, m., = Μακέται.
I (As a less usual form for Μακεδόνες,) Macedonians : Macetae locupletissimo imperio aucti, Gell. 9, 3, 1.— Gen. plur. Măcĕtūm. Stat. S. 4, 6, 106; Sil. 14, 5; Luc. 2, 647; Claud. ap. Rufin. 2, 279; Aus. de Clar. Urb. 2, 9.—
II (Because Antiochus the Great was a descendant of Seleucus Nicator) = Syri, Sil. 13, 878.