Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1802.speculum on page 1802
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speculum mirror
speculum is a Latin Noun that primarily means mirror.
Definitions for speculum
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
mirror
English derivatives:
speculate speculation
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
[SPECIO+-VLVM] A mirror, looking glass.
Sentences with speculum
Latin to English
Aurēlia neglegentiā eārum vexāta speculum ēripuit.Compare Because/Since Aurelia was annoyed by their carelessness, she snatched away the mirror.
Lais anus Veneri speculum dedico; dignum habeat se aeterna aeternum forma ministerium. at mihi nullus in hoc usus, quia cernere talem, qualis sum, nolo, qualis eram, nequeo. (De Laide dicante Veneri speculum suum. Epigrammata, LXV)Compare I, the aged Lais, dedicate my mirror to Venus; let eternal beauty receive the eternal tribute it deserves. The mirror is no longer of any use to me, for I do not want to see myself as I am, and I cannot see myself as I was.
Declension table for speculum
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | speculum | specula |
| Gen. | speculī | speculōrum |
| Dat. | speculō | speculīs |
| Acc. | speculum | specula |
| Abl. | speculō | speculīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 230.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1802.
- Word frequencies
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
Bibliography
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Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th ed. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2008.
Delatte, Louis, 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.
Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
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Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.
Krüger, Bernd. "Latin Conjugation Tables." Cactus2000. Accessed May 5, 2023. https://latin.cactus2000.de/index.en.php.
Pierson, Nick. "Sound of Text." Accessed October 26, 2019. https://soundoftext.com.
Wheelock, Frederick M. Wheelock's Latin. 6th ed. Revised by Richard A. LaFleur. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005.
Wiktionary Contributors. "Victionarium." Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Updated March 18, 2019. https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/Victionarium:Pagina_prima.
Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "speculum, speculī (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/speculum-speculi.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 230.speculum, speculī on page 230
