Latin edit

Etymology edit

macula +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

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

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

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative maculōsus maculōsa maculōsum maculōsī maculōsae maculōsa
Genitive maculōsī maculōsae maculōsī maculōsōrum maculōsārum maculōsōrum
Dative maculōsō maculōsō maculōsīs
Accusative maculōsum maculōsam maculōsum maculōsōs maculōsās maculōsa
Ablative maculōsō maculōsā maculōsō maculōsīs
Vocative maculōse maculōsa maculōsum maculōsī maculōsae maculōsa

Descendants edit

  • English: maculous
  • French: maculeux
  • Italian: macchioso
  • Spanish: manchoso

References edit

  • 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.