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spectāre to look at
spectāre is a Latin Verb that primarily means to look at.
Definitions for spectāre
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
to look at, see
English derivatives:
spectate spectator spectacle speculate aspect circumspect inspect prospect respect suspect
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
To look at, watch (an object or occurence). (b) (absol. or ellipt.).
- 2
(intr.) To direct one's vision, look (usu. w. direction specified).
- 3
To watch (entertainments, performers, etc.) as a spectator; to look at (an exhibit, sight, etc.). (b) (absol. or ellipt.).
- 4
(usu. in pass.) To have in view, observe.
- 5
To look at with approval or admiration; (pass., w. abl.) to be considered remarkable (for qualities, features, etc.).
Sentences with spectāre
Latin to English
Multos servos spectant.Compare They watch many slaves.
Cornelii solliciti caelum spectaverunt quod iam advesperascebat.Compare The Cornelii looked anxiously at the sky because it was already getting dark.
Suave, mari magno turbantus aequora ventis, e terra magnum alterius spectare laborem; non quia vexari quemquamst iucunda voluptas, sed quibus ipse malis careas quia cernere suave est.Compare Pleasant it is, when over a great sea the winds trouble the waters, to gaze from shore upon another's great tribulation: not because any man's troubles are a delectable joy, but because to perceive you are free from them yourself is pleasant.
Conjugation table for spectāre
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| spectō spectās spectat spectāmus spectātis spectant | spectābam spectābās spectābat spectābāmus spectābātis spectābant |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| spectāvī spectāvistī spectāvit spectāvimus spectāvistis spectāvērunt / spectāvēre | spectāveram spectāverās spectāverat spectāverāmus spectāverātis spectāverant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| spectābō spectābis spectābit spectābimus spectābitis spectābunt | spectāverō spectāveris spectāverit spectāverimus spectāveritis spectāverint |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| spectem spectēs spectet spectēmus spectētis spectent | spectārem spectārēs spectāret spectārēmus spectārētis spectārent |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| spectāverim spectāveris spectāverit spectāverimus spectāveritis spectāverint | spectāvissem spectāvissēs spectāvisset spectāvissēmus spectāvissētis spectāvissent |
Infinitive present spectāre Infinitive perfect spectāvisse Infinitive future spectātūrum esse | Imperative present spectā spectāte Imperative future spectātō spectātō spectātōte spectantō |
| PASSIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| spector spectāris spectātur spectāmur spectāminī spectantur | spectābar spectābāris / spectābāre spectābātur spectābāmur spectābāminī spectābantur |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| spectātus sum spectātus es spectātus est spectātī sumus spectātī estis spectātī sunt | spectātus eram spectātus erās spectātus erat spectātī erāmus spectātī erātis spectātī erant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| spectābor spectāberis / spectābere spectābitur spectābimur spectābiminī spectābuntur | spectātus erō spectātus eris spectātus erit spectātī erimus spectātī eritis spectātī erunt |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| specter spectēris / spectēre spectētur spectēmur spectēminī spectentur | spectārer spectārēris / spectārēre spectārētur spectārēmur spectārēminī spectārentur |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| spectātus sim spectātus sīs spectātus sit spectātī sīmus spectātī sītis spectātī sint | spectātus essem spectātus essēs spectātus esset spectātī essēmus spectātī essētis spectātī essent |
Infinitive present spectārī Infinitive perfect spectātum esse Infinitive future spectātum īrī | Imperative present spectāre spectāminī Imperative future spectātor spectātor - spectāntor |
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| Nom. | spectāns | spectantēs |
| Gen. | spectantis | spectantium |
| Dat. | spectantī | spectantibus |
| Acc. | spectantem | spectantēs |
| Abl. | spectante | spectantibus |
| Participle future active | ||
| Nom. | spectātūrus | spectātūrī |
| Gen. | spectātūrī | spectātūrōrum |
| Dat. | spectātūrō | spectātūrīs |
| Acc. | spectātūrum | spectātūrōs |
| Abl. | spectātūrō | spectātūrīs |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| Nom. | spectātus | spectātī |
| Gen. | spectātī | spectātōrum |
| Dat. | spectātō | spectātīs |
| Acc. | spectātum | spectātōs |
| Abl. | spectātō | spectātīs |
| Gerundive | ||
| Nom. | spectandus | spectandī |
| Gen. | spectandī | spectandōrum |
| Dat. | spectandō | spectandīs |
| Acc. | spectandum | spectandōs |
| Abl. | spectandō | spectandīs |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| Nom. | spectāre | spectātum |
| Gen. | spectandī | spectātū |
| Dat. | spectandō | |
| Acc. | spectandum | |
| Abl. | spectandō | |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 239.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1801.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 122.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "spectō, spectāre, spectāvī, spectātum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/specto-spectare-spectavi-spectatum.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 239.spectō on page 239
