spectaculum

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From spectō (“I watch, observe, look at, see”) +‎ -culum.

Noun

spectāculum n (genitive spectāculī); second declension

  1. show, spectacle
  2. public or civic event

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative spectāculum spectācula
Genitive spectāculī spectāculōrum
Dative spectāculō spectāculīs
Accusative spectāculum spectācula
Ablative spectāculō spectāculīs
Vocative spectāculum spectācula

Descendants

References
  • spectaculum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • spectaculum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • spectaculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • spectaculum in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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