Note 11 — CICERO AGAINST CATILINE
Reading edition
: mactari: the official word of sacrifice, “to slay a victim.” It is connected with old verb magere: probably “to strike:” cp. μάχη, hence “to kill.”
Reading edition
: mactari: the official word of sacrifice, “to slay a victim.” It is connected with old verb magere: probably “to strike:” cp. μάχη, hence “to kill.”