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Verb
maculo
- first-person singular present indicative of macular
Italian
Adjective
maculo (feminine macula, masculine plural maculi, feminine plural macule)
- Synonym of pesto
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Latin
Etymology
From macula (“a spot, stain”).
Pronunciation
Verb
maculō (present infinitive maculāre, perfect active maculāvī, supine maculātum); first conjugation
- to stain, make spotted
- to defile, pollute
- Synonyms: polluō, inquinō, scelerō, contingō
- Antonyms: tergeō, abstergeō, pūrgō, luō, putō, effingō
- (figuratively) to dishonor
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References
- “maculo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “maculo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- maculo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to sully one's fair fame: vitae splendori(em) maculas(is) aspergere
Portuguese
Verb
maculo
- first-person singular present indicative of macular
Spanish
Verb
maculo
- first-person singular present indicative of macular