commaculo

commaculo

Latin

Etymology

    From con- + maculō.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    commaculō (present infinitive commaculāre, perfect active commaculāvī, supine commaculātum); first conjugation

    1. to stain, spot
    2. to pollute, defile, soil

    Conjugation

    1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

    References

    • commaculo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • commaculo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • commaculo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.