macter

Latin

Verb

macter

first-person singular present passive subjunctive of mactō

Middle French

Etymology

Latin mactō (“to kill”)

Verb

macter

to kill; to immolate

Conjugation

Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of macter

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	macter
present participle¹ or gerund²	simple	mactant
present participle¹ or gerund²	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		macté
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	macte	mactes	macte	mactons	mactez	mactent
	imperfect	mactois, mactoys	mactois, mactoys	mactoit, mactoyt	mactions, mactyons	mactiez, mactyez	mactoient, mactoyent
	past historic	macta	mactas	macta	mactasmes	mactastes	macterent
	future	macterai, macteray	macteras	mactera	macterons	macterez	macteront
	conditional	macterois, macteroys	macterois, macteroys	macteroit, macteroyt	macterions, macteryons	macteriez, macteryez	macteroient, macteroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	macte	mactes	macte	mactons	mactez	mactent
(simple tenses)	imperfect	mactasse	mactasses	mactast	mactassions	mactassiez	mactassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	macte	—	mactons	mactez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
¹ The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
² The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Old French

Etymology

Latin mactō (“to kill”)

Verb

macter

to kill; to immolate

Conjugation

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