adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective
spectābilis
spectābilis (neuter spectābile)
Classical[spɛkˈtaː.bɪ.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[spekˈtaː.bi.lis]
Meaning
- two terminationvisible
- two terminationnotable, admirable, remarkable (worth seeing)
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | spectābilis | spectābilis | spectābile |
| genitive | spectābilis | spectābilis | spectābilis |
| dative | spectābilī | spectābilī | spectābilī |
| accusative | spectābilem | spectābilem | spectābile |
| ablative | spectābilī | spectābilī | spectābilī |
| vocative | spectābilis | spectābilis | spectābile |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | spectābilēs | spectābilēs | spectābilia |
| genitive | spectābilium | spectābilium | spectābilium |
| dative | spectābilibus | spectābilibus | spectābilibus |
| accusative | spectābilīs spectābilēs | spectābilīs spectābilēs | spectābilia |
| ablative | spectābilibus | spectābilibus | spectābilibus |
| vocative | spectābilēs | spectābilēs | spectābilia |
spectābĭlis, e, adj. specto.
I. In gen., that may be seen, visible:
corpus caeli, Cic. Univ. 8 (al. aspectabile); so, corpus, Ov. Tr. 3, 8, 35: purus ab arboribus, spectabilis undique campus, i. e. open, id. M. 3, 709.—II. Pregn., that is worth seeing, notable, admirable, remarkable (only poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
Niobe Vestibus intexto Phrygiis spectabilis auro, Ov. M. 6, 166: quod sit roseo spectabilis ore, id. ib. 7, 705: heros, id. ib. 7, 496: mons topiario naturae opere, Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 29: flumen portu, id. 5, 1, 1, § 13: texenda spectabili subtilitate, id. 16, 37, 68, § 174: pulchra et spectabilis victoria, Tac. Agr. 34 fin.: mater spectabile tela duxit opus, Val. Fl. 1, 429.—B. Under the emperors: Spectabilis, a title of high officers:
apud virum Spectabilem proconsulem, Cod. Just. 2, 7, 11 fin.: judices, ib. 7, 62, 32: praefectus vigilum, Dig. 1, 15, 3.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
spectābilis e, adj.
specto, that may be seen, visible : corpus caeli: undique campus, i. e. open , O.— Worth seeing, notable, admirable, remarkable : Niobe auro, O.: roseo ore, O.: victoria, Ta.
Origins
From spectō, spectāre (“watch, observe”) (stem spectā-) + -bilis, from the frequentative of speciō (“look at”).