maculosus
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Latin > English
maculosus maculosa, maculosum ADJ :: spotted; disreputable
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
măcŭlōsus: a, um, adj. id.,
I full of spots, spotted, speckled, dappled, mottled, variegated.
I Lit.
A In gen. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): maculosae tegmine lyncis, Verg. A. 1, 323: color, Col. 6, 37, 6: marmor, Plin. 36, 6, 5, § 44: luna, id. 2, 9, 6, § 46: corium, variegated, striped, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 30.—
B In partic., in a bad sense, spotted, blotted, stained, defiled: vestis Pompeii non multa, eaque maculosa, Cic. Phil. 2, 29, 73: maculosae sanguine harenae, Ov. A. A. 3, 395: litora suffusas quod habet maculosa lituras, id. Tr. 3, 1, 15. —
II Trop., defiled, polluted, filthy: senatores, in bad repute, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 3: maculosas commodat aedes, Juv. 7, 40: vir omni dedecore, Tac. H. 3, 38: avaritia et libidine foedus ac maculosus, id. H. 1, 7: adulescentia, Aur. Vict. Caes. 11: nefas, unnatural, abominable, Hor. C. 4, 5, 22.— * Comp.: maculosiora quam nutricis pallium, Front. de Or. 3 Mai.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
măcŭlōsus,¹² a, um (macula),
1 plein de taches, tacheté, moucheté : Virg. En. 1, 323 ; Col. Rust. 6, 37, 6 ; Plin. 36, 44
2 taché, sali, souillé : Cic. Phil. 2, 73 ; Hor. O. 4, 5, 22 ; Ov. Ars 3, 395 || [fig.] flétri : Cic. Att. 1, 16, 3 ; Tac. H. 3, 38 || -sior Fronto Orat. 162, 2.
Latin > German (Georges)
maculōsus, a, um (macula), voller Flecke, I) = gefleckt, bunt, corium, Plaut.: lynx, Verg.: marmor, Plin.: color, Colum.: luna, Plin. – II) insbes., im üblen Sinne, befleckt = beschmutzt, besudelt, vestis, Cic.: maculosae sanguine arenae, Ov.: Vatinium fuisse strumosā facie et maculoso corpore, Schol. Bob.: maculosiora quam nutricis pallium, Fronto de orat. p. 162, 2 N. – bildl., befleckt, besudelt, gebrandmarkt, senatores, übel berüchtigte, anrüchige, Cic.: nefas, unnatürliche Laster, Hor.: adulescentia, Aur. Vict.: avaritiā et libidine foedus et maculosus, Tac.: omni dedecore maculosus, Tac.: si (Iuppiter) in expugnanda feminarum pudicitia maculosus esset ac turpis, Lact.
