spectabilis

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Latin

Etymology

From spectō, spectāre (“watch, observe”) (stem spectā-) +‎ -bilis, from the frequentative of speciō (“look at”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

spectābilis (neuter spectābile); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. visible
  2. notable, admirable, remarkable (worth seeing)

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative spectābilis spectābile spectābilēs spectābilia
genitive spectābilis spectābilium
dative spectābilī spectābilibus
accusative spectābilem spectābile spectābilēs
spectābilīs 		spectābilia
ablative spectābilī spectābilibus
vocative spectābilis spectābile spectābilēs spectābilia

References

  • “spectabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “spectabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "spectabilis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • spectabilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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