macula

macula ae, f

a spot, mark, stain: (bos) maculis insignis et albo, i. e. white spots, V.: in maculis (terra) ubi habitatur, i. e. small places: parcit cognatis maculis similis fera, Iu.: Conbibit os maculas, contracts, O.—A mesh, hole (in network): reticulum minutis maculis: retia maculis distincta, O.—A spot, stain, blot, blemish, mole: est corporis macula naevus: maculas de vestibus aufers. O.— Fig., a blot, stain, stigma, blemish, fault, defect, disgrace: hanc maculam Effugere, T.: delenda est vobis illa macula: vitae splendorem maculis aspergis?: flagitiorum: iudiciorum: Claudiae genti inusta, L.: in carmine Offendar maculis, H.