speculabundus

Latin

Etymology

speculor (“watch, observel”) +‎ -bundus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /spe.ku.laːˈbun.dus/, [s̠pɛkʊɫ̪äːˈbʊn̪d̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /spe.ku.laˈbun.dus/, [spekuläˈbun̪d̪us]

Adjective

speculābundus (feminine speculābunda, neuter speculābundum); first/second-declension adjective

1. on the lookout, on the watch; watching for any thing

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	speculābundus	speculābunda	speculābundum		speculābundī	speculābundae	speculābunda
Genitive	speculābundī	speculābundae	speculābundī		speculābundōrum	speculābundārum	speculābundōrum
Dative	speculābundō		speculābundō		speculābundīs
Accusative	speculābundum	speculābundam	speculābundum		speculābundōs	speculābundās	speculābunda
Ablative	speculābundō	speculābundā	speculābundō		speculābundīs
Vocative	speculābunde	speculābunda	speculābundum		speculābundī	speculābundae	speculābunda

References

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