specillum

English
Bronze Roman specillum from the 1st or 2nd century.

Etymology

From Latin specillum.

Noun

specillum (plural specilla)

  1. A surgical probe.
  2. A lens or eyeglass.

Latin

Etymology

speculum +‎ -lus

Noun

specillum n (genitive specillī); second declension

  1. probe (surgical), speculum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative specillum specilla
Genitive specillī specillōrum
Dative specillō specillīs
Accusative specillum specilla
Ablative specillō specillīs
Vocative specillum specilla

Descendants
  • → English: specillum
  • Italian: specillo

References
  • “specillum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “specillum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • specillum 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)
  • specillum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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