maccus — Lewis and Short Latin Dictionary

maccus, i, m. cf. Sanscr. mūkas, dumb; Gr. μῶκος, mockery; also Μῶμος, a buffoon, punchinello, macaroni, in the Atellane plays: in Atellana Oscae personae inducuntur, ut maccus, Diom. p. 488 P.; cf. Inscr. Orell. 2621.— Transf., a simpleton, blockhead: macci et buccones, App. Mag. p. 325, 30.

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