Macula
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 Latin) 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.
| 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.