I.full of spots, spotted, speckled, dappled, mottled, variegated.
I. Lit.
A. In gen. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): “maculosae tegmine lyncis,” Verg. A. 1, 323: “color,” Col. 6, 37, 6: “marmor,” Plin. 36, 6, 5, § 44: “luna,” id. 2, 9, 6, § 46: “corium,” variegated, striped, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 30.—
B. In partic., in a bad sense, spotted, blotted, stained, defiled: “vestis Pompeii non multa, eaque maculosa,” Cic. Phil. 2, 29, 73: “maculosae sanguine harenae,” Ov. A. A. 3, 395: “litora suffusas quod habet maculosa lituras,” id. Tr. 3, 1, 15. —
II. Trop., defiled, polluted, filthy: “senatores,” in bad repute, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 3: “maculosas commodat aedes,” Juv. 7, 40: “vir omni dedecore,” Tac. H. 3, 38: “avaritia et libidine foedus ac maculosus,” id. H. 1, 7: “adulescentia,” Aur. Vict. Caes. 11: “nefas,” unnatural, abominable, Hor. C. 4, 5, 22.— * Comp.: “maculosiora quam nutricis pallium,” Front. de Or. 3 Mai.
