spectabilis
Latin
Etymology
From spectō, spectāre (“watch, observe”) (stem spectā-) + -bilis, from the frequentative of speciō (“look at”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /spekˈtaː.bi.lis/, [s̠pɛkˈt̪äːbɪlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /spekˈta.bi.lis/, [spekˈt̪äːbilis]
Adjective
spectābilis (neuter spectābile); third-declension two-termination adjective
- visible
- notable, admirable, remarkable (worth seeing)
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | 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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