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.