māciēs -, abl. maciē, f 2 MAC-, leanness, thinness, meagreness, atrophy: homo grandi macie torridus: sedet in corpore toto, O.: conrupti equi macie, Cs.: macies Occupet malas, H.: macie tenuant armenta, i. e. privation of food, V.: macies aegri veteris, Iu.

—Of the soil: (seges) neque deficiat macie, O.

—Of language, poverty, Ta.