English → Latin
“spotless” in Latin
maculaa spot, speck, small mark or stain; a blemish, temporary or permanent (for example, a bruise, freckle, mole, birthmark, pūrusclear, limpid; clean; pureintegercomplete, whole, intact, uninjured, sound, healthycastusmorally pure, guiltless, spotless; especially in regard to sexual morality: pure, chaste, unpolluted, virtuous, continencandidusshining white; clear, bright; fair, beautiful
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
spotless
PROP., sine macula or maculis: purus.
Figuratively, integer: castus: candidus. A spotless life, vita sine labe peracta (Ov.); vita pura (Hor.): spotless conduct, mores labe carentes (Ov.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for spotless?
- The usual Latin words for “spotless” are macula, pūrus, integer; also castus, candidus. 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.