macter

Latin

Verb

macter

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of mactō

Middle French

Etymology

Latin mactō (“to kill”)

Verb

macter

1. 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	simple	macter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	mactant
	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
	imperfect	mactasse	mactasses	mactast	mactassions	mactassiez	mactassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	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

1. to kill; to immolate

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-cts, *-ctt are modified to cz, ct. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of macter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		macter			avoir macté
gerund		en mactant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		mactant
past participle		macté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	mact	mactes	macte	mactons	mactez	mactent
	imperfect	mactoie, macteie, mactoe, macteve	mactoies, macteies, mactoes, macteves	mactoit, macteit, mactot, macteve	mactiiens, mactiens	mactiiez, mactiez	mactoient, macteient, mactoent, mactevent
	preterite	mactai	mactas	macta	mactames	mactastes	macterent
	future	macterai	macteras	mactera	macterons	macteroiz, mactereiz, macterez	macteront
	conditional	macteroie, mactereie	macteroies, mactereies	macteroit, mactereit	macteriiens, macteriens	macteriiez, macteriez	macteroient, mactereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	mact	macz	mact	mactons	mactez	mactent
	imperfect	mactasse	mactasses	mactast	mactissons, mactissiens	mactissoiz, mactissez, mactissiez	mactassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	macte	—	mactons	mactez	—