spectabilis
Latin
Etymology
From spectō, spectāre (“watch, observe”) (stem spectā-) + -bilis, from the frequentative of speciō (“look at”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [spɛkˈtaː.bɪ.lɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [spekˈt̪aː.bi.lis]
Adjective
spectābilis (neuter spectābile); third-declension two-termination adjective
- visible
- 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.