macies

Macies is primarily a Latin noun meaning slenderness or meagerness. In classical Latin, it can describe physical thinness or frailty, and it is also used figuratively to denote a lack of substance, vigor, or vitality in a person, argument, or style. The word appears in various ancient authors to convey notions of diminished fullness or strength.

Grammatically, macies is a feminine noun of the fifth declension. Its typical form in Latin texts indicates genitive maciei, with other case forms following the standard fifth-declension system. The term is used in historical or linguistic discussions rather than as a living term in modern languages, and its Latin usage is often examined in the context of vocabulary, rhetoric, or descriptions of physical or moral states.

In English usage, macies is rarely employed outside scholarly or philological writing. It does not name a contemporary concept, field, or widely used term in modern English, and most readers encounter it in discussions of Latin language, literature, or etymology.

Related concepts in English include words for lack of fullness or vitality, such as meagerness or slenderness, which capture similar ideas. The Latin macies is primarily of interest to students of Latin linguistics and classical literature as an example of a noun expressing physical and figurative insufficiency.