English → Latin
“speckle” in Latin
maculōto stain, make spotted; to defile, pollute; to dishonormaculōsusspotted, speckled, dappled, mottled, variegated; blotted, stained, defiledcommaculōto stain, spot; to pollute, defile, soil
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
speckle v.
maculare (Plaut.). Speckled, maculosus (Col.); maculis sparsus (Liv.). To be speckled, maculari (Plaut.); commaculari (Tac.); maculis spargi (Liv.); maculam trahere (after Plin.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for speckle?
- The usual Latin words for “speckle” are maculō, maculōsus, commaculō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.