verb transitive

com-măcŭlo

2nd PP com-măcŭlāre · 3rd PP com-măcŭlāvi · 4th PP com-măcŭlātum · conj. 1st

spot; stain; pollute

to spot, stain, pollute, defile on all sides (rare but class.).

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Lit.: sanguine manus, Verg. E. 8, 48: sanguine suo altaria deūm, Tac. A. 1, 39: commaculatus sanguine, Paul. Nol. 6, 164.—

figuratively ••

Trop.: se isto infinito ambitu, * Cic. Cael. 7, 16: se cum Jugurthā miscendo, Sall. J. 102, 5: pia templa domosque occursu, Stat. Th. 11, 752: se consortiis aliquorum, Cod. Th. 3, 12, 3: vidnitatem stupri procacitate, ib. 3, 16, 2: flagitiis commaculatus, Tac. A. 16, 32: nam praeter satellites commaculatos quis eadem volt? Sall. H. 1, 41, 21 Dietscn.

Perseus ID: n9290 Key: commaculo