speciosus

Latin

Etymology

From speciēs (“appearance”) +‎ -osus (“-ose, -ous, forming adjectives”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /spe.kiˈoː.sus/, [s̠pɛkiˈoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /spe.t͡ʃiˈo.sus/, [spet͡ʃiˈɔːs̬us]

Adjective

speciōsus (feminine speciōsa, neuter speciōsum, comparative speciōsior, superlative speciōsissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. good-looking, handsome, beautiful

   Synonym: pulcher

2. splendid, brilliant
3. showy, specious

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	speciōsus	speciōsa	speciōsum		speciōsī	speciōsae	speciōsa
Genitive	speciōsī	speciōsae	speciōsī		speciōsōrum	speciōsārum	speciōsōrum
Dative	speciōsō		speciōsō		speciōsīs
Accusative	speciōsum	speciōsam	speciōsum		speciōsōs	speciōsās	speciōsa
Ablative	speciōsō	speciōsā	speciōsō		speciōsīs
Vocative	speciōse	speciōsa	speciōsum		speciōsī	speciōsae	speciōsa

Related terms

• speciēs
• speciōsē
• spectō

Descendants

• English: specious
• French: spécieux
• Italian: specioso, spezioso
• Portuguese: especioso
• Romanian: specios
• Spanish: especioso

See also

• pulcher

References

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