specula

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See also: spécula

English

Pronunciation

Noun

specula

  1. plural of speculum

Anagrams

Italian

Verb

specula

  1. inflection of speculare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology 1

From speciō +‎ -ula. Compare scopulus from the same root, but through Ancient Greek.

Pronunciation

Noun

specula f (genitive speculae); first declension

  1. watchtower, lookout
Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative specula speculae
genitive speculae speculārum
dative speculae speculīs
accusative speculam speculās
ablative speculā speculīs
vocative specula speculae
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From spēs +‎ -cula.

Pronunciation

Noun

spēcula f (genitive spēculae); first declension

  1. slight hope
Declension

First-declension noun.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

specula

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of speculum

References

  • specula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • specula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "specula", 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)
  • specula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • specula”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French spéculer, Latin speculari.

Verb

a specula (third-person singular present speculează, past participle speculat) 1st conjugation

  1. to speculate

Conjugation

Derived terms