(verb) : măcŭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, 1. macula
* To make spotted, to spot, speckle, variegate.
* Lit.
* In gen. (only poet.), to stain, tinge, dye: telas maculare ostro,Val. Fl. 4, 368: et multo maculatum murice tigrim,id. 6, 704.
* Trop. (acc. to I. B.), to defile, dishonor, disgrace, etc. (freq. in Cic.): rex ille optimi regis caede maculatus,Cic. Rep. 2, 25, 46; cf.: partus suos parricidio,Liv. 1, 13: nemora nefario stupro,Cic. Mil. 31, 85: Catonis splendorem,id. Sest. 28, 60: tuum maculavi crimine nomen,Verg. A. 10, 851: inde metus maculat poenarum praemia vitae,spoils,Lucr. 5, 1151: obsoleta quoque (verba) et maculantia ex sordidiore vulgi usu ponit,Gell. 16, 7, 4.—Hence, măcŭ-lātim, adv., in a spotted or mottled fashion (late Lat.), Aug. Gen. ad Lit. 5, 10.

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