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măcŭla , ae, f. for malocula, malcula, dim.; cf. Sanscr. mala, dirt,
I.a spot, mark, stain (class.).
I. Lit.
A. In gen., Plin. 37, 10, 56, § 155: “(bos) maculis insignis et albo,” i. e. with white spots, Verg. G. 3, 56: “maculis albis equus,id. A. 9, 49: “maculis auro squalentibus ardens (rex apum),id. G. 4, 91: in ipsis quasi maculis (terra), ubi habitatur, in those spots, i. e. small places, Cic. Rep. 6, 19 fin.: “parcit cognatis maculis similis fera,Juv. 15, 160; cf. 5, 104.—
2. Transf., a mesh in a net, a hole in network or in a web: “rete grandibus maculis,Varr. R. R. 3, 11, 3; Col. 8, 15, 1: “reticulum minutis maculis,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 27: “retia maculis distincta,Ov. H. 5, 19. —Of the meshes of a spider's web, Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 81.—
II. Trop. (acc. to I. B.), a blot, stain, stigma, blemish, fault in character: quem scis scire tuas omnes maculasque notasque, Lucil. ap. Non. 350, 13: “inest amoris macula huic homini in pectore,Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 70: “jam ego ex corpore exigam omnis maculas maerorum tibi,id. Capt. 4, 2, 61: vitium commune omnium est, Quod nimium ad rem in senecta attenti sumus: hanc maculam nos decet Effugere, * Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 31: “delenda vobis est illa macula, Mithridatico bello suscepta,Cic. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7: “est hujus saeculi labes quaedam et macula, virtuti invidere,id. Balb. 6, 15: “vitae splendorem maculis aspergere,id. Planc. 12, 30: “furtorum et flagitiorum,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 46, § 121: “adulescentiae,id. ib. 1, 4, 11: “familiae,id. Clu. 5, 12: “in oratione nitida notabile humilius verbum et velut macula,Quint. 8, 3, 18; 8, 5, 28: “ne Claudiae genti eam inustam maculam vellent,Liv. 3, 58: “plurima sunt nitidis maculam haesuram figentia rebus,enduring disgrace, Juv. 14, 2.
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    • Cicero, For Aulus Cluentius, 5.12
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    • Cicero, On Pompey's Command, 3.7
    • Cicero, For Cornelius Balbus, 6.15
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 3, 58
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    • Vergil, Aeneid, 9.49
    • Vergil, Georgics, 3.56
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    • Plautus, Captivi, 3.4
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    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 11.81
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    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 1.28
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 8, 3.18
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 8, 5.28
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 8.15.1
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