Macula
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Use as a masculine proper noun of the feminine common noun macula (“a disfiguring spot, stain, or blemish on the skin”).
Pronunciation[edit]
(Classical) IPA(key): /ˈma.ku.la/, [ˈmäkʊɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈma.ku.la/, [ˈmäːkulä]
Proper noun[edit]
Macula m sg (genitive Maculae); first declension
- a Roman cognomen
- Quintus Pompeius Macula
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Cicero to this entry?)
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Macula |
| Genitive | Maculae |
| Dative | Maculae |
| Accusative | Maculam |
| Ablative | Maculā |
| Vocative | Macula |
References[edit]
- “Măcŭla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Măcŭla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 935/2.