commaculatos
Dictionary entries
- Entry →commaculo, commaculare, commaculavi, commaculatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
stain deeply, pollute, defile; contaminate, defile morally; sully (reputation);
acc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
FRAGMENTA HISTORIARUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...quam audeat, tam videri Felicem. Nam praeter satellites commaculatos quis eadem volt aut quis non omnia mutata praeter..."Liber XVI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...exemplum praecavendi, quo modo fraudibus involutos aut flagitiis commaculatos, sic specie bonarum artium falsos et amicitiae fallacis. Idem..."