spectaculum

Contents

Latin

Alternative forms

• spectāclum

Etymology

From spectō (“I watch, observe, look at, see”) +‎ -culum.

Noun

spectāculum n (genitive spectāculī); second declension

1. show, spectacle
2. public or civic event

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	spectāculum	spectācula
Genitive	spectāculī	spectāculōrum
Dative	spectāculō	spectāculīs
Accusative	spectāculum	spectācula
Ablative	spectāculō	spectāculīs
Vocative	spectāculum	spectācula

Descendants

• English: spectacle
• French: spectacle
• Danish: spektakel
• Dutch: spektakel

• German: Spektakel
• Italian: spettacolo
• Portuguese: espetáculo

• Russian: спекта́кль (spektáklʹ)
• Spanish: espectáculo
• Swedish: spektakel

References

• spectaculum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• spectaculum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• spectaculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• spectaculum in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016