mactans

== Latin == === Etymology === Present active participle of mactō (“reward, sacrifice”) === Participle === mactāns (genitive mactantis); third-declension one-termination participle rewarding, honoring. punishing, troubling. slaughtering, killing. offering, sacrificing, immolating. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension participle. 1When used purely as an adjective.