maculosus

măcŭlōsus, a, um, adj. [1. macula], 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 (434).—
  • 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.

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.

maculosus [CL] 1 spotted, speckled, variegated: a (var.); b (of animal or plant or their parts); c (of moon). a ~us, specfaag GlC Interp. Nom. 221; ~um, notis plurimis varium GlC M 83; tradunt ‥ phisiognomi eos qui habent oculos ~os ad nequitiam proniores J. Sal. Pol. 576C.  b lynces bestiae ~is corporibus sunt Lib. Monstr. II 5; est ‥ pardus animal ~um et varium Ailr. Serm. 474D; apparet epar ejus [sc. arietis] ~um Quaest. Salern. B 98; apium emoroydarum, i. pes corvi ~a habens folia SB 11.  c Selene, / que lucem simulat et maculosa manet J. Sal. Enth. Phil. 1130. 2 a disfigured by spots, blemished, stained; b (of person; in quot., as result of disease). c (of disease or disfigurement) causing or consisting of spots, blemishes. a mendosus, ~us, sordidus, spurcus ‥ Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 360; animas nigras et ~as Coggesh. Visio 15 (v. exurere 2b).  b leprosus visu horridus, carne ~us W. Malm. Wulfst. II 7.  c infectio cutis ~a Gad. 46. 1; morfea est cutis fedacio ~a SB 30. 3 morally blemished, impure, unchaste: a (of person, also as sb. m.); b (of action). a cum ‥ de corpore vestro sint predicti ~i [sc. immoral monks], non potest eorum macula totum, cujus sunt pars, non deformare Gros. Ep. 108 p. 320; hos ‥ vocat in eadem epistola ‘in epulis macule convivantes’ [Judas 12], emphatice nomine macularum vehementer ~os esse insinuans Peckham Paup. 16 p. 71.  b qui sanctam voluit maculoso laedere gestu Aldh. VirgV 1964. 4 having interstices, reticulated (cf. macula 7). Pelagiani ‥ non in altari sui cordis ~am instar retis craticulam igni sacrosancto superponunt sed ‥ Bede Tab. 455. 5 (in gl. on Sedulius Carm. Pasch. IV 191 app. misunderstood as sb.; both quots. from MS Cambridge, Corpus Christi Coll. 173). ~a wom GlM 28. 428; ~a spot GlS 214.

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.

maculosus , a, um. adj.
甚汚者。忝者。敗名者。

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maculōsus adj.

• macula, spotted, speckled, dappled, mottled, variegated: tegmine lyncis, V.: tigris, O.—Spotted, blotted, stained, defiled: vestis: Littera, O.—Fig., defiled, polluted, filthy: senatores, in bad repute: aedes, Iu.: nefas, abominable, H.: omni dedecore, Iu.