maculo

Catalan

Verb

maculo

first-person singular present indicative of macular

Italian

Adjective

maculo (feminine macula, masculine plural maculi, feminine plural macule)

synonym of pesto

Anagrams

calumo, calumò

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *smeH-

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-om

Proto-Indo-European *-trom

Proto-Indo-European *-tlóm

Proto-Indo-European *sm̥Htlóm

Proto-Italic *smaklomder.

Latin macula

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin maculō

From macula (“spot, stain”) + -ō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈma.kʊ.ɫoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmaː.ku.lo]

Verb

maculō (present infinitive maculāre, perfect active maculāvī, supine maculātum); first conjugation

to stain, make spotted
to defile, pollute
Synonyms: polluō, inquinō, scelerō, contingō

Antonyms: tergeō, abstergeō, pūrgō, luō, putō, effingō
(figuratively) to dishonor

Conjugation

Conjugation of maculō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	maculō	maculās		maculat	maculāmus	maculātis		maculant
	imperfect	maculābam	maculābās		maculābat	maculābāmus	maculābātis		maculābant
	future	maculābō	maculābis		maculābit	maculābimus	maculābitis		maculābunt
	perfect	maculāvī	maculāvistī		maculāvit	maculāvimus	maculāvistis		maculāvērunt, maculāvēre
	pluperfect	maculāveram	maculāverās		maculāverat	maculāverāmus	maculāverātis		maculāverant
	future perfect	maculāverō	maculāveris		maculāverit	maculāverimus	maculāveritis		maculāverint
passive	present	maculor	maculāris, maculāre		maculātur	maculāmur	maculāminī		maculantur
	imperfect	maculābar	maculābāris, maculābāre		maculābātur	maculābāmur	maculābāminī		maculābantur
	future	maculābor	maculāberis, maculābere		maculābitur	maculābimur	maculābiminī		maculābuntur
	perfect	maculātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	maculātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	maculātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	maculem	maculēs		maculet	maculēmus	maculētis		maculent
	imperfect	maculārem	maculārēs		maculāret	maculārēmus	maculārētis		maculārent
	perfect	maculāverim	maculāverīs		maculāverit	maculāverīmus	maculāverītis		maculāverint
	pluperfect	maculāvissem	maculāvissēs		maculāvisset	maculāvissēmus	maculāvissētis		maculāvissent
passive	present	maculer	maculēris, maculēre		maculētur	maculēmur	maculēminī		maculentur
	imperfect	maculārer	maculārēris, maculārēre		maculārētur	maculārēmur	maculārēminī		maculārentur
	perfect	maculātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	maculātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	maculā		—	—	maculāte		—
active	future	—	maculātō		maculātō	—	maculātōte		maculantō
passive	present	—	maculāre		—	—	maculāminī		—
passive	future	—	maculātor		maculātor	—	—		maculantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		maculāre		maculārī		maculāns		—
future		maculātūrum esse		maculātum īrī		maculātūrus		maculandus
perfect		maculāvisse		maculātum esse		—		maculātus
future perfect		—		maculātum fore		—		—
perfect potential		maculātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		maculandī	maculandō		maculandum	maculandō	maculātum		maculātū

Related terms

Descendants

Through Vulgar Latin *maclāre, *manclāre:

Italo-Dalmatian:
- Italian: macchiare
- Sicilian: macchiari
- Venetan: maciar
Rhaeto-Romance:
- Friulian: maglâ
Ibero-Romance:
- Galician: manchar
- Mirandese: manchar
- Portuguese: manchar
- Spanish: manchar
⇒? Vulgar Latin: *maccare (see there for further descendants)

Borrowings:

→ Catalan: macular
→ English: maculate, mackle
→ French: maculer
→ Friulian: macolâ
→ Galician: magoar (semi-learned)
→ Italian: macolare (semi-learned), maculare
→ Portuguese: magoar (semi-learned), macular
→ Romanian: macula
→ Spanish: magular, magullar (semi-learned), macular

References

“maculo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“maculo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“maculo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to sully one's fair fame: vitae splendori(em) maculas(is) aspergere

Portuguese

Verb

maculo

first-person singular present indicative of macular

Spanish

Verb

maculo

first-person singular present indicative of macular