maceria

mācĕrĭa, ae (post-class. form, mācĕ-rĭes, only nom. and acc., Afran. ap. Non. 138; Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 11; Prud. Hamart. 227; Inscr. Grut. 611, 13; Inscr. Orell. 4057), f. [from macero, to soften; orig. a wall built of soft clay; cf. Gr. μάσσω],

• an enclosure, a wall (class.): maceriam sine calce ex caementis et silice altam pedes quinque facito, Cato R. R. 15; cf. Varr. R. R. 1, 14, 4; 3, 5, 12: quid maceria illa ait in horto, quaest quae in noctes singulas latere fit minor? Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 49 (304): hanc in horto maceriam jube dirui, Ter. Ad. 908: herba in maceriis nascens, Plin. 25, 5, 19, § 43: nulla maceria, nulla casa, Cic. Fam. 16, 18, 2: post villarum macerias, Sisenn. ap. Non. 141, 23: fossam et maceriam sex in altitudinem pedum praeduxerant, Caes. B. G. 7, 69; 7, 70: maceria ab laeva semitae paulum exstans a fundamenta, Liv. 42, 15.—
• II Affliction: facere illi satis vis, quanta illius mors sit maceries tibi? Afran. ap. Non. 138, 13 (Com. Rel. v. 150 Rib.).

māceria, ae, f., eine Mauer aus Lehm usw., als Einfriedigung eines Gartens, Weinberges usw., horti, Plaut. u. Liv.: villarum, Sisenn. fr. nulla maceria, nulla casa, Cic.: maceriam sex in altitudinem pedum praeducere, Caes. – Nbf. māceriēs, ēī, f., Varro r. r. 3, 5, 11. Prud. ham. 226. Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 1463. Vgl. Georges Lexik. d. lat. Wortf. S. 399.

maceria, ~ies [CL] 1 wall: a (var.); b (of building); c (surrounding an enclosure, town, etc.); d (fig. & in fig. context). a Oceani gurgites ‥ in simulacro ~iae altrinsecus sequestrare Aldh. VirgP 4 p. 232 (cf. Exod. xiv 22: gl.: muri, stanweal); 762 (13c) usque in ~iam quae in aquilonali parte civitatis muro adjacet CS 192; sunt et alii lapides uno tantum latere foris prominentes in ~ia Anselm Misc. 315 (cf. ib.: medio parietis); hec ~ies, -ei vel hec ~ia, -e, G. mesere Garl. Comm. 199; facilis impulsus ~iam precipitat quam nec fundamentum solidat aut cementum J. Godard Ep. 220; [pluviarum] inundacionibus ‥ multe turres et ecclesie et antique †materie ‥ corruerunt Trevet Ann. 42.  b novies binos ‥ / ‥ / turris fregisse fragmina / cum inmensa maceria (Aldh.) Carm. Aldh. 1. 192 (cf. Luc. xiii 4); vidit per medias ~ies oratorii ac dormitorii monachos ‥ altare ‥ circumeuntes Eadmer V. Anselmi I 7; vidit ‥ per somnum aule regie sue tectum decidisse, camere ~ias ruisse Pass. Æthelb. 5; ejus domus ~ie adhuc superstites celo patuli tecto vacant W. Malm. GP V 217; s1256 unam [pallam] ‥ assignavit altari S. Albani ad pendendum et ~iam adornandum M. Par. Maj. V 574.  c in angusto ~iae vinearum Gildas EB 1 p. 27 (cf. Num. xxii 24); †1083 (12c) [qui] ab omni episcopi servitio sint liberi nisi forte ~ies civitatis sit reparanda Ch. Durh. 3 p. 8; singula ‥ domus diis sacrata sunt ut Veste limen ‥, ~ies que ambit domum Herceo Jovi Alb. Lond. DG 4. 4; ~ia vinee cinguntur Neckam NR II 167 p. 276.  d evangelicus populus ‥ in caverna ~ie [cf. Cant. ii 14] ‥ delitescit V. Birini 14; destructa protectionis Dei ~ia Gosc. Transl. Mild. 7; facta sunt ‥ in membris ejus [sc. Christi] vulnera et in ~ia corporis ejus caverna [cf. Cant. ii 14] Ailr. Inst. Inclus. 31 p. 671; c1337 universitatem ‥ nitebantur, pacis soluta ~ie et unitatis vinculo dissipato, totaliter demoliri FormOx 98; 1437 utinam ‥ dissentionis facula non talem ‥ invalescat in flammam, que ~iem domus Dei desolationis ducat in opprobrium Bekynton II 41. 2 (by misinterp.) leanness (cf. macies). ~ies, G. megresse (Garl. Unus gl.) Teaching Latin II 165.

mācĕrĭa, (13) æ, Cic. Fam. 16, 18, 2 ; Cæs. G. 7, 69, qqf. mācĕrĭēs, ēī, f. (macero), Varro R. 3, 5, 11, mur de clôture [en pierres sèches ; primit^t en une sorte de torchis : Don. Ad. 908 ].

maceria , ae. f.
淨石之墙。石墻。

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māceria ae, f

• 2 MAC-, a wall of soft clay, enclosure, wall: in horto, T.: nulla maceria, nulla casa: sex in altitudinem pedum, Cs.: paulum exstans a fundamento, L.