LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

maculōsus

maculōsus (feminine maculōsa, neuter maculōsum)
Classical[ma.kʊˈɫoː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[ma.kuˈlɔː.s̬us]

Meaning

  1. adjectivespotted, speckled, dappled, mottled, variegated
  2. adjectiveblotted, stained, defiled

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

maculīs varius
maculōsus -a -um — in Epistulae, ch. 15

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativemaculōsusmaculōsamaculōsum
genitivemaculōsīmaculōsaemaculōsī
dativemaculōsōmaculōsaemaculōsō
accusativemaculōsummaculōsammaculōsum
ablativemaculōsōmaculōsāmaculōsō
vocativemaculōsemaculōsamaculōsum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativemaculōsīmaculōsaemaculōsa
genitivemaculōsōrummaculōsārummaculōsōrum
dativemaculōsīsmaculōsīsmaculōsīs
accusativemaculōsōsmaculōsāsmaculōsa
ablativemaculōsīsmaculōsīsmaculōsīs
vocativemaculōsīmaculōsaemaculōsa

măcŭlōsus, a, um, adj. id.,
I. full of spots, spotted, speckled, dappled, mottled, variegated.
I. Lit.
A. In gen. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): maculosae tegmine lyncis, Verg. A. 1, 323: color, Col. 6, 37, 6: marmor, Plin. 36, 6, 5, § 44: luna, id. 2, 9, 6, § 46: corium, variegated, striped, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 30.—
B. In partic., in a bad sense, spotted, blotted, stained, defiled: vestis Pompeii non multa, eaque maculosa, Cic. Phil. 2, 29, 73: maculosae sanguine harenae, Ov. A. A. 3, 395: litora suffusas quod habet maculosa lituras, id. Tr. 3, 1, 15. —
II. Trop., defiled, polluted, filthy: senatores, in bad repute, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 3: maculosas commodat aedes, Juv. 7, 40: vir omni dedecore, Tac. H. 3, 38: avaritia et libidine foedus ac maculosus, id. H. 1, 7: adulescentia, Aur. Vict. Caes. 11: nefas, unnatural, abominable, Hor. C. 4, 5, 22.— * Comp.: maculosiora quam nutricis pallium, Front. de Or. 3 Mai.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*smeH-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sm̥Htlóm
  3. Latinmaculōsus

Proto-Italic *smaklomder. Latin macula Latin -ōsus Latin maculōsus From macula + -ōsus.

Borrowings
  • Englishmaculous
  • Frenchmaculeux
  • Italianmaculoso
  • Spanishmaculoso
Italo-Romance
  • Italianmacchioso
Ibero-Romance
  • Spanishmanchoso

Quick answers

What does maculōsus mean in Latin?
maculōsus, a adjective, means “spotted, speckled, dappled, mottled, variegated; blotted, stained, defiled”.
How do you pronounce maculōsus?
In classical Latin, [ma.kʊˈɫoː.sʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ma.kuˈlɔː.s̬us].
Where does maculōsus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *smeH- → Proto-Indo-European *sm̥Htlóm → Latin maculōsus.