stain (subs.) Copy link Outline I. A discoloration1. dēcŏlōrātio2. măcŭla (a spot, mark of a different colour)3. lābes, is, f.4. nŏta (any kind of mark)II. Fig.1. măcŭla2. nŏta (the censor's mark of infamy3. lābes, is, f. (a strong expr.)4. infāmia, prōbrum, dēdĕcus • stain (subs.): I. A discoloration: 1. dēcŏlōrātio: s. of water arising from contact with the soil, d. quaedam ex contagione terrena, Cic. Div. 2, 27, 58. 2. măcŭla (a spot, mark of a different colour): to take s.s out of clothes, m. auferre de vestibus, Ov. F. 3, 821. 3. lābes, is, f.: a toga without a s., sine l. toga, Ov. A. A. 1, 514: ink handled leaves a s., tractata l. relinquunt atramenta, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 235. 4. nŏta (any kind of mark): v. mark. II. Fig.: disgrace, cause of reproach: 1. măcŭla: to efface a s., m. delere [Mithridatico bello susceptam], Cic. Man. 3, 7: covered with the s.s of vice, libidinum maculis notatissimus, Auct. Dom. 9. 2. nŏta (the censor's mark of infamy: hence in gen. sense): O foul s. of those times! O turpem n. temporum illorum! Cic. Off. 3, 18, 74: s. of domestic infamy, n. domesticae infamiae, id. Cat. 1, 6. 3. lābes, is, f. (a strong expr.): to wash out the s. (of the soul), l. eluere, id. Leg. 2, 10, 24: to cast a s. on any one, alicui l. inferre, id. Coel. 18, 42. Join: labes atque macula, Cic. 4. infāmia, prōbrum, dēdĕcus: v. disgrace, shame.