macula

From Middle English macula (“spot on the skin or in the eye”), borrowed from Latin macula (“spot, stain”). Doublet of macchia.

macula (plural maculae)

1. (anatomy) An oval yellow spot near the center of the retina of the human eye, histologically defined as having two or more layers of ganglion cells, responsible for detailed central vision.
2. A spot, as on the skin, or on the surface of the sun or of some other luminous orb.
3. A rather large spot or blotch of color.
4. In planetary geology, an unusually dark area on the surface of a planet or moon.

• (oval yellow spot near the center of the retina): macula lutea, macular

• macula on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• macula in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• macula in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• macula at OneLook Dictionary Search

macula

1. third-person singular present indicative form of macular
2. second-person singular imperative form of macular

macula

1. third-person singular past historic of maculer

• macola

Borrowed from Latin macula, whence also the inherited doublet macchia.

macula f (plural macule)

1. (anatomy, astronomy, geology) macula
2. stain, blot
3. (pathology) macule blotch

• (stain, blot): macchia

• maculopatia

• macula on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

• caluma, lumaca

• macla (Mediaeval)

From Proto-Italic *smatlo-, from Proto-Indo-European *smh₂tlo- (possibly meaning “wiping”); related to Ancient Greek σμάω (smáō, “I wipe clean, cleanse”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ku.la/, [ˈma.kʊ.ɫa]

macula f (genitive maculae); first declension

1. in a bad sense
   1. (literally and in general) a spot, speck, small mark or stain
      1. (literally and in particular) a disfiguring spot, stain, or blemish
         1. (on the skin) a blemish, temporary or permanent (for example, a bruise, freckle, mole, birthmark, etc.)
         2. (on a garment) a stain, an area of soiling or defilement
   2. (figuratively) a fault or blemish, a blot on one’s character
   3. (transferred sense) a mark of shame or disgrace; a stigma, brand, or blight
2. in a neutral sense
   1. any kind of marking or point of variegation; a speckle, spot, patch, line, or similar
      1. on the skin or coat of an animal
      2. on the leaves of a plant
   2. (transferred sense) a mesh in a net, a cell in a network, or a hole in a web
      1. (Medieval Latin, in particular) a cell in a coat of mail, a ring of chainmail
      2. (Medieval Latin, transferred sense) a link in a chain

First declension.

• Macula (cognomen)
• maculō
• maculōsus
• maculātūra

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ku.laː/, [ˈma.kʊ.ɫaː]

maculā f

1. ablative singular of macula

• măcŭla in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• macula in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• macula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• măcŭla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 935/2
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to blot out a reproach: maculam (conceptam) delere, eluere
    
  • (ambiguous) to sully one's fair fame: vitae splendori(em) maculas(is) aspergere
    
• “macula” on pages 1,058–1,059 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “macula, macla”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 624/1
• de Vaan, Michiel, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, vol. 7 of Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series, Alexander Lubotsky ed., Leiden: Brill, 2008.

• macule

A borrowing from Latin macula.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmakiu̯la/

macula (plural maculas)

1. (Late Middle English, rare) A lesion on the eye.
2. (Late Middle English, rare) A lesion on the skin.

• English: macula

• “macula (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-09.

macula

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of macular
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of macular

macula

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of macular.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of macular.
3. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of macular.