specula

specula

1. plural of speculum

• capsule, laces up, scale up, scaleup, upscale

specula

1. third-person singular present indicative of speculare
2. second-person singular imperative of speculare

• capsule, lupesca

From speciō. Cf. scopulus, through Ancient Greek, from the same root.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈspe.ku.la/, [ˈspɛ.kʊ.ɫa]

specula f (genitive speculae); first declension

1. watchtower, lookout

First declension.

• speculor

specula

1. nominative plural of speculum
2. accusative plural of speculum
3. vocative plural of speculum

Diminutive form of spēs.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈspeː.ku.la/, [ˈspeː.kʊ.ɫa]

spēcula f (genitive spēculae); first declension

1. slight hope

First declension.

• specula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• specula in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• specula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• specula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• specula in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Borrowed from French spéculer, Latin speculari.

a specula (third-person singular present speculează, past participle speculat) 1st conj.

1. to speculate

• speculare

• speculație