mactatu

Latin

Verb

mactātū (hapax legomenon)

  1. ablative supine of mactō
    • c. 99 BCE – 55 BCE, Lucretius, De Rerum Natura 1.98, 99:
      sed casta inceste nubendi tempore in ipso hostia concideret mactatu maesta parentis
      but a clean maiden to fall by unclean hands at the very age of wedlock, a victim sorrowful slain by a father’s hand
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