Latin edit

Etymology edit

Future passive participle of cōnspiciō.

Participle edit

cōnspiciendus (feminine cōnspicienda, neuter cōnspiciendum); first/second-declension participle

  1. which is to be watched, noticed
  2. worth seeing, worthy of attention, distinguished
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.551–552:
      Ultor ad ipse suōs caelō dēscendit honōrēs
      templaque in Augustō cōnspicienda forō.
      The Avenger himself is coming down from heaven to his own honors and his temple, worthy of attention, in the forum of Augustus.
      (See: Temple of Mars Ultor; Mars (mythology).)

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative cōnspiciendus cōnspicienda cōnspiciendum cōnspiciendī cōnspiciendae cōnspicienda
Genitive cōnspiciendī cōnspiciendae cōnspiciendī cōnspiciendōrum cōnspiciendārum cōnspiciendōrum
Dative cōnspiciendō cōnspiciendō cōnspiciendīs
Accusative cōnspiciendum cōnspiciendam cōnspiciendum cōnspiciendōs cōnspiciendās cōnspicienda
Ablative cōnspiciendō cōnspiciendā cōnspiciendō cōnspiciendīs
Vocative cōnspiciende cōnspicienda cōnspiciendum cōnspiciendī cōnspiciendae cōnspicienda

References edit

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