speculum
English
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin speculum.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editspeculum (plural specula or speculums)
- (medicine) A medical instrument used during an examination to dilate an orifice.
- A mirror, especially one used in a telescope.
- (ornithology) A bright, lustrous patch of colour found on the wings of ducks and some other birds, usually situated on the distal portions of the secondary quills, and much more brilliant in the adult male than in the female.
- Synonyms: mirror, (archaic) beauty spot
- A lookout place.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editTranslations
editmedical instrument
patch of colour found on the wings of ducks and some other birds
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Anagrams
editLatin
editAlternative forms
edit- speclum (late, proscribed)
Etymology
editFrom speciō + -ulum (instrument noun suffix). Compare with spectrum.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈspe.ku.lum/, [ˈs̠pɛkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈspe.ku.lum/, [ˈspɛːkulum]
Noun
editspeculum n (genitive speculī); second declension
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | speculum | specula |
Genitive | speculī | speculōrum |
Dative | speculō | speculīs |
Accusative | speculum | specula |
Ablative | speculō | speculīs |
Vocative | speculum | specula |
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- Late Latin: speclum (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
edit- “speculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “speculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- speculum 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)
- speculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “speculum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “speculum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Romanian
editNoun
editspeculum n (plural speculumuri)
- Alternative form of specul
Declension
editDeclension of speculum
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) speculum | speculumul | (niște) speculumuri | speculumurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) speculum | speculumului | (unor) speculumuri | speculumurilor |
vocative | speculumule | speculumurilor |
Categories:
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *speḱ-
- English terms borrowed from Latin
- English learned borrowings from Latin
- English terms derived from Latin
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- en:Medicine
- en:Ornithology
- Latin terms suffixed with -ulum
- Latin 3-syllable words
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- Latin lemmas
- Latin nouns
- Latin second declension nouns
- Latin neuter nouns in the second declension
- Latin neuter nouns
- Romanian lemmas
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