specio

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian specie, from Latin speciēs. Compare German Spezies, French espèce. Related to specifa (“specific”). Doublet of spico.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [speˈt͡sio]
• Rhymes: -io
• Hyphenation: spe‧ci‧o

Noun

specio (accusative singular specion, plural specioj, accusative plural speciojn)

1. (biology, taxonomy) species

Derived terms

• subspecio (“subspecies”)

See also

• speco
• tipo (“type, kind”)

 

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *spekjō, from Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti.

Cognates include Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai), Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬀𐬯𐬫𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌 (spasyeⁱti), and Sanskrit पश्यति (páśyati).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈspe.ki.oː/, [ˈs̠pɛkioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈspe.t͡ʃi.o/, [ˈspɛːt͡ʃio]

Verb

speciō (present infinitive specere, perfect active spexī, supine spectum); third conjugation iō-variant

1. to observe, watch, look at

   Synonyms: videō, intueor, tueor, cōnspicor, vīsō, spectō, īnspectō, īnspiciō, suspiciō, invīsō

Conjugation

Conjugation of speciō (third conjugation iō-variant)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	speciō	specis	specit	specimus	specitis	speciunt
	imperfect	speciēbam	speciēbās	speciēbat	speciēbāmus	speciēbātis	speciēbant
	future	speciam	speciēs	speciet	speciēmus	speciētis	specient
	perfect	spexī	spexistī	spexit	speximus	spexistis	spexērunt, spexēre
	pluperfect	spexeram	spexerās	spexerat	spexerāmus	spexerātis	spexerant
	future perfect	spexerō	spexeris	spexerit	spexerimus	spexeritis	spexerint
passive	present	specior	speceris, specere	specitur	specimur	speciminī	speciuntur
	imperfect	speciēbar	speciēbāris, speciēbāre	speciēbātur	speciēbāmur	speciēbāminī	speciēbantur
	future	speciar	speciēris, speciēre	speciētur	speciēmur	speciēminī	specientur
	perfect	spectus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	spectus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	spectus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	speciam	speciās	speciat	speciāmus	speciātis	speciant
	imperfect	specerem	specerēs	speceret	specerēmus	specerētis	specerent
	perfect	spexerim	spexerīs	spexerit	spexerīmus	spexerītis	spexerint
	pluperfect	spexissem	spexissēs	spexisset	spexissēmus	spexissētis	spexissent
passive	present	speciar	speciāris, speciāre	speciātur	speciāmur	speciāminī	speciantur
	imperfect	specerer	specerēris, specerēre	specerētur	specerēmur	specerēminī	specerentur
	perfect	spectus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	spectus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	spece	—	—	specite	—
	future	—	specitō	specitō	—	specitōte	speciuntō
passive	present	—	specere	—	—	speciminī	—
	future	—	specitor	specitor	—	—	speciuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		specere	spexisse	spectūrum esse	specī	spectum esse	spectum īrī
participles		speciēns	—	spectūrus	—	spectus	speciendus, speciundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		speciendī	speciendō	speciendum	speciendō	spectum	spectū

Derived terms

Prefixed verbs

• aspiciō
• cōnspiciō
• cōnspicor
• dēspiciō
• dispiciō
• īnspiciō
• perspiciō
• prōspiciō
• respiciō
• retrospiciō
• suspiciō

 

Other parts of speech

• specillum
• specimen
• speciālis
• speciēs
• spectrum
• spectō
• specula
• speculum

 

References

• “specio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• specio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Venetian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin speclum, from Latin speculum. Compare Italian specchio.

Noun

specio m (plural speci)

1. mirror