STAIN Copy link • STAIN 1. s. macula (a mark which variegates): labes (a mark which disfigures): nota (a mark which distinguishes). All these words PROP. or figuratively: to denote a stain on the character more distinctly, we may say, macula sceleris; labes turpitudinis or ignominiae; nota turpitudinis. A slight stain, labecula: parva macula. To get a stain, maculam trahere. To take out a stain (PROP.), maculam, labem eluere: maculam delere: maculam (e veste) abluere (Plin.), (de veste) auferre (Ov.). To wipe out a stain (figuratively), labem abolere, maculam delere (Cic.). 2. v. To mark or disfigure with a stain, maculare (☞ maculis variare, to spot, sprinkle): maculis aspergere: rei labem imponere. To color, Vid.