măcŭla (noun F) : for malocula, malcula, dim.; cf. Sanscr. mala, dirt
* A spot, mark, stain (class.).
* Lit.
* In gen., Plin. 37, 10, 56, § 155: (bos) maculis insignis et albo,i. e. with white spots,Verg. G. 3, 56: maculis albis equus,id. A. 9, 49: maculis auro squalentibus ardens (rex apum),id. G. 4, 91: in ipsis quasi maculis (terra), ubi habitatur, in those spots, i. e. small places, Cic. Rep. 6, 19 fin.: parcit cognatis maculis similis fera,Juv. 15, 160; cf. 5, 104.
* Trop. (acc. to I. B.), a blot, stain, stigma, blemish, fault in character: quem scis scire tuas omnes maculasque notasque, Lucil. ap. Non. 350, 13: inest amoris macula huic homini in pectore,Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 70: jam ego ex corpore exigam omnis maculas maerorum tibi,id. Capt. 4, 2, 61: vitium commune omnium est, Quod nimium ad rem in senecta attenti sumus: hanc maculam nos decet Effugere, * Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 31: delenda vobis est illa macula, Mithridatico bello suscepta,Cic. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7: est hujus saeculi labes quaedam et macula, virtuti invidere,id. Balb. 6, 15: vitae splendorem maculis aspergere,id. Planc. 12, 30: furtorum et flagitiorum,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 46, § 121: adulescentiae,id. ib. 1, 4, 11: familiae,id. Clu. 5, 12: in oratione nitida notabile humilius verbum et velut macula,Quint. 8, 3, 18; 8, 5, 28: ne Claudiae genti eam inustam maculam vellent,Liv. 3, 58: plurima sunt nitidis maculam haesuram figentia rebus,enduring disgrace,Juv. 14, 2.
* In partic., a spot, stain, blot, blemish, mole, etc.: maculari corpus maculis luridis,Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 63: est corporis macula, naevus,Cic. N. D. 1, 28, 79: maculas auferre de vestibus,Ov. F. 3, 821: extrahere,Plin. 20, 13, 50, § 120: in veste facere,id. 12, 25, 54, § 123: e veste abluere,id. 28, 7, 23, § 109: mederi maculis corporis,id. 36, 19, 33, § 140; cf.: lentigines ac maculas e facie tollere,id. 20, 2, 4, § 9.

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