Definition of Macedonia
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Macedonia, Macedoniae
Macedo
Μακεδονία
noun (f., 1st declension)
  1. Macedonia, Macedon, a country between Thessaly and Thrace
Abbreviations
Macedones, um (Gr. acc. Macedonas, Auct. Her. 4, 32, 43; Liv. 26, 24, 5 et saep.; Sen. Ben. 5, 6, 1; Flor. 2, 8, 5; v. Neue, Formenl. 1, 328), m., = Μακεδόνες, the Macedonians, Mel. 2, 3, 1; Cic. Off. 2, 22, 76; Auct. Her. 4, 25, 34; 32; Liv. 7, 26; 30, 33 sq. et saep.

—Hyrcani Macedones, v. Hyrcani.

— In sing.: Macedo (Macedon, Luc. 8, 694), onis, m., a Macedonian: quid Macedo Alexander? i. e. Alexander the Great, Cic. Phil. 5, 17, 48; so Luc. 8, 694: diffidit urbium Portas vir Macedo, i. e. Philip of Macedon, Hor. C. 3, 16, 14: hostis, Liv. 9, 19, 14.

— Transf.: Macedonum robur, a body of men armed in the Macedonian manner in the army of Antiochus, Liv. 36, 18, 2; 4 and 5.

—Hence, Macedonia, ae, f., = Μακεδονία, Macedonia, Macedon, a country between Thessaly and Thrace, Mel. 1, 3, 4; 2, 3, 4; Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 33; Cic. Leg. Agr. 1, 2, 5; Liv. 9, 18; 27, 33; Vell. 1, 6, 5 et saep.

— Macedonicus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Macedonia, Macedonic, Macedonian: miles, Plaut. Rud. 1, 1, 49: mare, Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 51: legiones, Cic. Fam. 12, 23, 2: legio, Tac. H. 3, 22: cerasa, Plin. 15, 25, 30, § 104.

—Subst.: Macedonicus, i, m., a surname of Q. Caecilius Metellus, who made Macedonia a Roman province, Vell. 1, 11; Plin. 7, 44, 45, § 144; Val. Max. 4, 1, 12.

— Macedo-niensis, e, adj., Macedonian (ante-class.): vir, Plaut. Ps. 4, 4, 4.

— Macē^donius, a, um, adj., = Μακεδόνιος, Macedonian: Macedonia sarissa (with sec. syl. long, acc. to the Gr. Μακηδόνιος), Ov. M. 12, 466: militi Macedonio, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 112: colonia, Just. 11, 11 fin.
 
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