maculare
Dictionary entries
- Entry →maculo, maculare, maculavi, maculatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
spot; pollute; dishonor, taint;
sg. pres. pass. imp. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin.
Examples
Agamemnon
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...hunc domi reducem paras mactare et aras caede maculare impia? Vltrix inultum Graecia hoc facinus feret? equos..."Liber I
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...sanguine se nefando soceri generique respergerent, ne parricidio macularent partus suos, nepotum illi, hi liberum progeniem. "Si adfinitatis..."Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...patientiaeque documentum fuere, donec egregiam laudem fine turpi macularent, missis ad Civilem legatis vitam orantes. neque ante preces..."