maculosus

Latin

Etymology

macula +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ma.kuˈloː.sus/, [mäkʊˈɫ̪oːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ma.kuˈlo.sus/, [mäkuˈlɔːs̬us]

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.

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

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

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.