English → Latin
“speculative” in Latin
acuōto make pointed, sharpen, whet; to exercise, practice, improve; to spur, stimulate, arousephilosophiaphilosophycontemplātīvuscontemplative, speculative; theoreticalsollersskilled, skilful, clever, dexterous, adroit, expert; ingenious, sagacious, clever, intelligent, inventive
The English word speculative itself goes back to Latin specula, through speculativus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
speculative
(philosophia) quae contemplatione rerum continetur; or simply (philosophia) contemplativa (Sen., Ep., 91, 10). A speculative genius, ingenium sollers, acutum; or, from the context, sollertia (Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for speculative?
- The usual Latin words for “speculative” are acuō, philosophia, contemplātīvus; also sollers. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.