Macula

See also: macula and mácula

Latin

Etymology

Use as a masculine proper noun of the feminine common noun macula (“a disfiguring spot, stain, or blemish on the skin”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ku.la/, [ˈmäkʊɫ̪ä]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ku.la/, [ˈmäːkulä]

Proper noun

Macula m sg (genitive Maculae); first declension

1. a Roman cognomen

   Quintus Pompeius Macula

   • (Can we find and add a quotation of Cicero to this entry?)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Macula
Genitive	Maculae
Dative	Maculae
Accusative	Maculam
Ablative	Maculā
Vocative	Macula

References

• “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.