adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
speculābundus
speculābundus (feminine speculābunda, neuter speculābundum)
Classical[spɛ.kʊ.ɫaːˈbʊn.dʊs]Ecclesiastical[spe.ku.laˈbun.dus]
Meaning
- adjectiveon the lookout, on the watch; watching for any thing
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | speculābundus | speculābunda | speculābundum |
| genitive | speculābundī | speculābundae | speculābundī |
| dative | speculābundō | speculābundae | speculābundō |
| accusative | speculābundum | speculābundam | speculābundum |
| ablative | speculābundō | speculābundā | speculābundō |
| vocative | speculābunde | speculābunda | speculābundum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | speculābundī | speculābundae | speculābunda |
| genitive | speculābundōrum | speculābundārum | speculābundōrum |
| dative | speculābundīs | speculābundīs | speculābundīs |
| accusative | speculābundōs | speculābundās | speculābunda |
| ablative | speculābundīs | speculābundīs | speculābundīs |
| vocative | speculābundī | speculābundae | speculābunda |
spĕcŭlābundus, a, um, adj. id.,
I. on the look-out, on the watch; watching for any thing (post-Aug.):
Festus Hadrumeto, ubi speculabundus substiterat, etc., Tac. H. 4, 50: ab ostio speculabunda, Mart. Cap. 2, § 112.—With acc.: speculabundus ex altissimā rupe identidem signa, Suet. Tib. 65.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
speculābundus adj.,
on the look-out, on the watch, Ta.
Origins
- Old Latinspeciō
- Latinspeculābundus
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -or Latin speculor Latin -bundus Latin speculābundus From speculor (“watch, observel”) + -bundus.