maculosus

Latin

Etymology

From macula +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ma.kʊˈɫoː.sʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ma.kuˈlɔː.s̬us]

Adjective

maculōsus (feminine maculōsa, neuter maculōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. spotted, speckled, dappled, mottled, variegated
2. blotted, stained, defiled

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	maculōsus	maculōsa	maculōsum		maculōsī	maculōsae	maculōsa
genitive	maculōsī	maculōsae	maculōsī		maculōsōrum	maculōsārum	maculōsōrum
dative	maculōsō	maculōsae	maculōsō		maculōsīs
accusative	maculōsum	maculōsam	maculōsum		maculōsōs	maculōsās	maculōsa
ablative	maculōsō	maculōsā	maculōsō		maculōsīs
vocative	maculōse	maculōsa	maculōsum		maculōsī	maculōsae	maculōsa

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: macchioso
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Spanish: manchoso
• Borrowings:
  • → English: maculous
  • → French: maculeux
  • → Italian: maculoso
  • → Spanish: maculoso

References

• “maculosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “maculosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "maculosus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “maculosus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.