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măcŭla, ae, f. [for malocula, malcula, dim.; cf. Sanscr. mala, dirt], a spot, mark, stain (class.).

Lit.

In gen., Plin. 37, 10, 56, § 155:

(bos) maculis insignis et albo,

i. e. with white spots, Verg. G. 3, 56:

maculis albis equus,

id. A. 9, 49:

maculis auro squalentibus ardens (rex apum),

id. G. 4, 91: in ipsis quasi maculis (terra), ubi habitatur, in those spots, i. e. small places, Cic. Rep. 6, 19 fin.:

parcit cognatis maculis similis fera,

Juv. 15, 160; cf. 5, 104.—

Transf., a mesh in a net, a hole in network or in a web:

rete grandibus maculis,

Varr. R. R. 3, 11, 3; Col. 8, 15, 1:

reticulum minutis maculis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 27:

retia maculis distincta,

Ov. H. 5, 19. —Of the meshes of a spider's web, Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 81.—

In partic., a spot, stain, blot, blemish, mole, etc.:

maculari corpus maculis luridis,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 63:

est corporis macula, naevus,

Cic. N. D. 1, 28, 79:

maculas auferre de vestibus,

Ov. F. 3, 821:

extrahere,

Plin. 20, 13, 50, § 120:

in veste facere,

id. 12, 25, 54, § 123:

e veste abluere,

id. 28, 7, 23, § 109:

mederi maculis corporis,

id. 36, 19, 33, § 140; cf.:

lentigines ac maculas e facie tollere,

id. 20, 2, 4, § 9.—

Trop. (acc. to I. B.), a blot, stain, stigma, blemish, fault in character: quem scis scire tuas omnes maculasque notasque, Lucil. ap. Non. 350, 13:

inest amoris macula huic homini in pectore,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 70:

jam ego ex corpore exigam omnis maculas maerorum tibi,

id. Capt. 4, 2, 61: vitium commune omnium est, Quod nimium ad rem in senecta attenti sumus: hanc maculam nos decet Effugere, * Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 31:

delenda vobis est illa macula, Mithridatico bello suscepta,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7:

est hujus saeculi labes quaedam et macula, virtuti invidere,

id. Balb. 6, 15:

vitae splendorem maculis aspergere,

id. Planc. 12, 30:

furtorum et flagitiorum,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 46, § 121:

adulescentiae,

id. ib. 1, 4, 11:

familiae,

id. Clu. 5, 12:

in oratione nitida notabile humilius verbum et velut macula,

Quint. 8, 3, 18; 8, 5, 28:

ne Claudiae genti eam inustam maculam vellent,

Liv. 3, 58:

plurima sunt nitidis maculam haesuram figentia rebus,

enduring disgrace, Juv. 14, 2.

Măcŭla, ae, m., a Roman surname, e. g. of Q. Pompeius, Cic. Fam. 6, 19, 1.

Mursa or Mursĭa, ae, f., a city in Pannonia, now Esgek, Eutr. 9, 6; 10, 6; Aur. Vict. Epit. 41.—Hence,

Mursen-sis or Mursĭensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Mursa or Mursia, Mursian:

Mursense proelium,

Amm. 15, 5, 33:

episcopus (al. Mursiensis),

Hier. adv. Lucifer. 18.—

Mursīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the city of Mursa, Mursian:

labes,

Aur. Vict. Caesar. 33.

Mursa or Mursĭa, ae, f., a city in Pannonia, now Esgek, Eutr. 9, 6; 10, 6; Aur. Vict. Epit. 41.—Hence,

Mursen-sis or Mursĭensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Mursa or Mursia, Mursian:

Mursense proelium,

Amm. 15, 5, 33:

episcopus (al. Mursiensis),

Hier. adv. Lucifer. 18.—

Mursīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the city of Mursa, Mursian:

labes,

Aur. Vict. Caesar. 33.

Mursa or Mursĭa, ae, f., a city in Pannonia, now Esgek, Eutr. 9, 6; 10, 6; Aur. Vict. Epit. 41.—Hence,

Mursen-sis or Mursĭensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Mursa or Mursia, Mursian:

Mursense proelium,

Amm. 15, 5, 33:

episcopus (al. Mursiensis),

Hier. adv. Lucifer. 18.—

Mursīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the city of Mursa, Mursian:

labes,

Aur. Vict. Caesar. 33.

Mursa or Mursĭa, ae, f., a city in Pannonia, now Esgek, Eutr. 9, 6; 10, 6; Aur. Vict. Epit. 41.—Hence,

Mursen-sis or Mursĭensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Mursa or Mursia, Mursian:

Mursense proelium,

Amm. 15, 5, 33:

episcopus (al. Mursiensis),

Hier. adv. Lucifer. 18.—

Mursīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the city of Mursa, Mursian:

labes,

Aur. Vict. Caesar. 33.

Mursa or Mursĭa, ae, f., a city in Pannonia, now Esgek, Eutr. 9, 6; 10, 6; Aur. Vict. Epit. 41.—Hence,

Mursen-sis or Mursĭensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Mursa or Mursia, Mursian:

Mursense proelium,

Amm. 15, 5, 33:

episcopus (al. Mursiensis),

Hier. adv. Lucifer. 18.—

Mursīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the city of Mursa, Mursian:

labes,

Aur. Vict. Caesar. 33.

pernĭcĭes, ēi (old form of the gen. pernicii or pernici, Sisenn. ap. Gell. 9, 14, 12, and ap. Non. 486, 30; Cic. Rosc. Am. 45, 131, acc. to Gell. 9, 14, 19, and acc. to Non. 486, 28. But Charis., p. 53 P., gives for the passages of Cicero above cited the form pernicies; cf.

, also,

Diom. p. 281 P.— Dat. pernicie, Liv. 5, 13, 5 Drak. N. cr.:

pernicii,

Nep. 8, 2; v. also, permities), f. [perneco], destruction, death, ruin, overthrow, disaster, calamity (syn.: exitium, labes).

Lit.:

quantā in pernicie siet,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 29:

de pernicie populi Romani et exitio hujus urbis,

Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 10:

videbam perniciem meam cum magnā calamitate rei publicae esse conjunctam,

id. ib. 1, 5, 11:

perniciem rei publicae moliens,

id. ib. 1, 2, 5:

cum tuā peste ac pernicie cumque eorum exitio, qui, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 13, 33:

incumbere ad perniciem alicujus,

id. Mur. 28, 59:

in apertam perniciem incurrere,

id. N. D. 3, 27, 69:

ad perniciem vocari,

id. de Or. 2, 9, 35: Romanos inferendae pernicii causā venisse, Sisenn. ap. Gell. and Non. 1. 1.:

alicui perniciem machinari,

Sall. C. 18, 7:

perniciem invenire sibi et aliis,

Tac. A. 1, 74:

pernicies in accusatorem vertit,

id. ib. 11, 37; id. H. 3, 27:

in nepotum Perniciem,

Hor. C. 2, 13, 4.—

Transf., concr., a person or thing that is ruinous or baleful, destruction, ruin, bane, pest:

egredere, erilis pernicies, ex aedibus,

Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 3 Lorenz (Ritschl, permicies):

perlecebrae, pernicies, adulescentum exitium,

id. As. 1, 2, 7:

legirupa, pernicies adulescentum,

id. Ps. 1, 3, 130; cf.:

leno, pernicies communis adulescentium,

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 34:

pernicies provinciae Siciliae,

i. e. Verres, Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 2:

illam perniciem exstinxit ac sustulit,

i. e. Clodius, id. Mil. 31, 84:

lymphae vini pernicies,

Cat. 27, 5:

eripite hanc pestem perniciemque mihi,

id. 76, 20:

pernicies et tempestas barathrumque macelli,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 31.—Of animals, Col. 8, 14, 9.

pestĭlentĭa, ae, f. [pestilens], an infectious or contagious disease, a plague, pest, pestilence.

Lit. (class.):

Massilienses gravi pestilentiā conflictati,

Caes. B. C. 2, 22; Cic. Off. 2, 5, 16:

pestilentia gravis incidit in urbem,

Liv. 27, 23:

pestilentiae contagia prohibere,

Plin. 23, 8, 80, § 157; Cels. 1, 10; 2, 1; 3, 7 init. —

Transf., an unwholesome atmosphere, weather, or region (class.):

agrorum genus propter pestilentiam vastum atque desertum,

Cic. Agr. 2, 26, 70:

pestilentiae signa (opp. signa salubritatis),

id. Div. 1, 5, 7:

pestilentiae possessores,

id. Agr. 1, 5, 15.—

Trop., a plague, pest, pestilence ( poet. and in postclass. prose):

oratio plena veneni et pestilentiae,

Cat. 44, 11:

cathedra pestilentiae,

the seat of the scornful, Vulg. Psa. 1, 1.— In plur.:

animorum labes et pestilentiae,

Gell. 1, 2, 4.

turpĭtūdo, ĭnis, f. [turpis], ugliness, unsightliness, foulness, deformity (syn. deformitas).

Lit. (very rare):

an est ullum malum majus turpitudine?

Cic. Off. 3, 29, 105:

virtutis laude turpitudinem tegere,

App. Mag. p. 283, 9.—

Trop., baseness, shamefulness, disgrace, dishonor, infamy, turpitude (syn.:

obscenitas, dedecus): ut nullum probrum, nullum facinus, nulla turpitudo ab accusatore obiceretur,

Cic. Font. 16, 37:

quanta erit turpitudo, quantum dedecus, quanta labes,

id. Phil. 7, 5, 15:

turpitudinem atque infamiam delere ac tollere,

id. Verr. 1, 16, 49; id. Fin. 3, 11, 38:

si omnia fugiendae turpitudinis adipiscendaeque honestatis causā faciemus,

id. Tusc. 2, 27, 66; cf.:

fuga turpitudinis, appetentia laudis et honestatis,

id. Rep. 1, 2, 2:

(divitiis) abuti per turpitudinem,

Sall. C. 13, 2:

cum summā turpitudine in exsilio aetatem agere,

id. ib. 58, 12:

populo turpitudinem et impudentiam exprobrare,

Suet. Aug. 42:

verborum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 242:

ut turpitudinem fugae virtute delerent,

Caes. B. G. 2, 27:

generis,

Quint. 3, 7, 19:

pristinae vitae,

Gell. 18, 3, 3.— Plur.:

propter flagitiorum ac turpitudinum societatem,

fellowship in vile practices, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 41, § 107; v. also turpido.