mācerō āvī, ātus, āre 2 MAC-, to make soft, make tender, soften, soak, steep, macerate: salsamenta, T.
—To weaken, waste, enervate: nos fame, L.: macerari ignibus, H.: siti maceratus, Cn.
— To fret, vex, torment, distress, torture, pain: quor me macero? T.: vos desiderio, L.: Maceror interdum, quod, etc., am vexed, O.