blemish (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Physical.1. vĭtium2. lābes, is, f.3. menda. there was nowhere a b. in her whole body, in toto nusquam corpore m. fuit, Ov.4. mendum. seldom is a face without a b., raro mendo facies caret, Ov.II. Moral • blemish (subs.): I. Physical. 1. vĭtium: v. flaw. 2. lābes, is, f.: a victim free from b., victima labe carens, Ov. b. of person, corporis l., Suet. 3. menda. there was nowhere a b. in her whole body, in toto nusquam corpore m. fuit, Ov. 4. mendum. seldom is a face without a b., raro mendo facies caret, Ov.: Cic.: v. stain, defect. II. Moral: măcŭla. Pl. there is a certain stain and b. of this age, viz to envy excellence, est hujus seculi labes quaedam et m., virtuti invidere, Cic.: v. stain, disgrace, fault.
BLEMISH Copy link • BLEMISH 1. bodily, macula, labes (diminutive, labecula), naevus; vitium (deformity, defect, generally). Moral, turpitudo, macula, vitium, labes, ignominia, nota atque ignominia, nota turpitodinis, macula sceleris, probrum, flagitium. 2. v. maculare, commaculare maculis aspergere: deformare, turpare, corrumpere; infuscare, foedare, inquinare, labeculam aspergere (with dative): maculis aspergere; violare, laedere. To blemish anybody’s reputation, de existimatione alicujus detrahere.