specimen
See also: spécimen
English Edit
Etymology Edit
From Latin specimen (“mark, sign, example”), from speciō (“observe, watch”).
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
specimen (plural specimens or (extremely rare) specimina)
- An individual instance that represents a class; an example.
- early specimens of the art of Picasso
- 2006, Bill Neal, Getting Away with Murder on the Texas Frontier:
- To assure a defendant's acquittal, a lawyer usually needed only to convince the jury that the victim was a pretty sorry specimen of a human being.
- (numismatics) A banknote printed for distribution to central banks to aid in the recognition of banknotes from a country other than their own
- (philately) A postage stamp sent to postmasters and postal administrations so that they are able to identify valid stamps and to avoid forgeries
- A sample, especially one used for diagnostic analysis.
- (humorous, often preceded with “fine”) An eligible man.
Synonyms Edit
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Translations Edit
example
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sample
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jocular: an eligible man
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Interlingua Edit
Noun Edit
specimen (plural specimens)
Latin Edit
Etymology Edit
From speciō (“observe, watch”) + -men (noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation Edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈspe.ki.men/, [ˈs̠pɛkɪmɛn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈspe.t͡ʃi.men/, [ˈspɛːt͡ʃimen]
Noun Edit
specimen n (genitive speciminis); third declension
Declension Edit
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | specimen | specimina |
Genitive | speciminis | speciminum |
Dative | speciminī | speciminibus |
Accusative | specimen | specimina |
Ablative | specimine | speciminibus |
Vocative | specimen | specimina |
Descendants Edit
References Edit
- “specimen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “specimen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- specimen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- an ideal: species optima or eximia, specimen, also simply species, forma
- an ideal: species optima or eximia, specimen, also simply species, forma
- specimen in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Romanian Edit
Etymology Edit
Borrowed from French spécimen.
Noun Edit
specimen n (plural specimene)
Declension Edit
Declension of specimen
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) specimen | specimenul | (niște) specimene | specimenele |
genitive/dative | (unui) specimen | specimenului | (unor) specimene | specimenelor |
vocative | specimenule | specimenelor |