speculativus

Latin

Etymology

From speculor (“to watch, observe”) +‎ -īvus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /spe.ku.laːˈtiː.u̯us/, [s̠pɛkʊɫ̪äːˈt̪iːu̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /spe.ku.laˈti.vus/, [spekuläˈt̪iːvus]

Adjective

speculātīvus (feminine speculātīva, neuter speculātīvum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (Late Latin) speculative

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	speculātīvus	speculātīva	speculātīvum		speculātīvī	speculātīvae	speculātīva
Genitive	speculātīvī	speculātīvae	speculātīvī		speculātīvōrum	speculātīvārum	speculātīvōrum
Dative	speculātīvō		speculātīvō		speculātīvīs
Accusative	speculātīvum	speculātīvam	speculātīvum		speculātīvōs	speculātīvās	speculātīva
Ablative	speculātīvō	speculātīvā	speculātīvō		speculātīvīs
Vocative	speculātīve	speculātīva	speculātīvum		speculātīvī	speculātīvae	speculātīva

Descendants

• Catalan: especulatiu
• English: speculative
• French: spéculatif
• Italian: speculativo
• Portuguese: especulativo
• Romanian: speculativ
• Spanish: especulativo

References

• “speculativus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• speculativus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• speculativus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.