specularium

Latin

FWOTD – 17 February 2023

Etymology

Back-formed from the plural of speculāris.

Pronunciation

Noun

speculārium n (genitive speculāriī or speculārī); second declension

  1. a window-pane, a transparency, a piece of glass that lets through light into a building
    • Dig. 43, 24, 9, § 1 Ulpianus libro septuagensimo primo ad edictum
      Si tamen sera vel clavis vel cancellus vel specularium sit ablatum, quod vi aut clam agi non poterit.
      But if a door-bar or a key or a grate or a pane is carried away, be it by force or stealthily, there is no action [by interdict].

Inflection

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative speculārium speculāria
genitive speculāriī
speculārī1 		speculāriōrum
dative speculāriō speculāriīs
accusative speculārium speculāria
ablative speculāriō speculāriīs
vocative speculārium speculāria

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

  • → Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: אִיסְפַּקְלָרְיָא (ʾispaqlāryā)

Adjective

speculārium

  1. genitive masculine/feminine/neuter plural of speculāris

Further reading

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