A spot: a blemish: a marke or token whereby a thing is knowne: an infamie: a reproshe. The mashe of a net or hole betweene the threedes: a netre. Fullones eas maculas è vestibus tollunt. Plin. Those spottes. Lucentes maculæ. Stat. Pullis maculis infuscare vellera. Virg. Macula. Plin. Virg. A marke or sigue: a specke. Nigræ maculæ. Ouid. Squalentes maculæ auro. Virg. Insignis bos maculis. Virg. An are that hath notable markes. Albis maculis bicolor equus. Virgil. An horse marked with white speckes. Fugare macuias ore. Ouid. To take spots off from the fate. Macula. Cic. Infamie: reyroch: a bleurish of ones honesty. -hanc maculam nos decet. Effugere. Teren. This reproch. Labes & macula. Cic. Afficere macula. Cic. To dishonest: to doe reproth vnto. Aspergere maculis, Vide ASPERGO. Concipere maculam, Vide CONCIPIO. Delenda est vobis illa macula Mithridatico bello superiore suscepta. Cic. You must washe away that blemishe. Eluete maculam. Cic. To wash away a blemish: to put away an infamie or reproch. Imbutus macula sceleris. Cicero. Imprimere maculam laudibus. Sen. Macula quæ penitus iam insedit, arque inueterauit in populi Romam nomine. Cice. The blemish that is sctled, &c. Inurere æternas maculas alicui, quas reliqua eluere non possit. Cicero. To dishonest for euer: to put to perpetuall reproche. Luere maculas sanguine. Cic. Susceptam maculam delere. Cic. Macula. Cic. The mash of a nette. Rere grandi macula. Colu. A nette that hath wide mashes or holes. Reticulum minutis maculis. Cicero. A very fine little nette with small mashes. Distincta macnlis retia. Ouid.

To spotte or make foule: to defile: soyle: to dishonest: to distaine. Terram tabo maculat, Virg. He made foule. Ferrum maculauit sanguine. Ouid. Nomen alicuius maculare crimine. Virgil. To defame or distaine ones name.

I. Lit.

A. In gen. (only poet.), to stain, tinge, dye: telas maculare ostro, Val. Fl. 4, 368: et multo maculatum murice tigrim, id. 6, 704.—

B. In partic., to spot, stain, defile, pollute: maculari corpus maculis luridis, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 63: solum sanguine, Cat. 63, 7; cf.: terram tabo, Verg. A. 3, 29: dextra maculata cruore, Ov. de Nuce, 157.—

II. Trop. (acc. to I. B.), to defile, dishonor, disgrace, etc. (freq. in Cic.): rex ille optimi regis caede maculatus, Cic. Rep. 2, 25, 46; cf.: partus suos parricidio, Liv. 1, 13: nemora nefario stupro, Cic. Mil. 31, 85: Catonis splendorem, id. Sest. 28, 60: tuum maculavi crimine nomen, Verg. A. 10, 851: inde metus maculat poenarum praemia vitae, spoils, Lucr. 5, 1151: obsoleta quoque (verba) et maculantia ex sordidiore vulgi usu ponit, Gell. 16, 7, 4.—Hence, măcŭ-lātim, adv., in a spotted or mottled fashion (late Lat.), Aug. Gen. ad Lit. 5, 10.