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toros (lit. "killer of bulls", from
Latin mactator, killer, slayer, from
mactare, to slay) is
considered to be both an
artist and an athlete, possessing...
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usurpatum tristi infandoque piaculo mutavit.
Siquidem humani generis hostias mactare aggressus foeda superis libamenta persolvit.
Gesta Danorum 3, Olrik's edition...
- quid ejus contrarium,
scito esse haec duo,
nempe viventia non
mactare, et ea
mactare;
quapropter virtuosa esse
nequit illorum carnium comestio. Qui scientiam...
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derived from a
combination of the
Vulgar Latin mattāre, from Late
Latin mactare (to slaughter, kill) and the
Latin -tor (which is
cognate with Gr**** τορ...
- know the will of a deity; the
hostia animalis, to
increase the
force (
mactare) of the deity. The
victim might also be
classified by
occasion and timing...
