conspicillum

Latin

Etymology

From *cōnspiculum + -lum, from cōnspiciō +‎ -ulum (forming instrument nouns). Compare specillum.

Pronunciation

Noun

cōnspicillum n (genitive cōnspicillī); second declension (Plautine, hapax legomenon)

  1. a place to look from, a look out
    • c. 203 BCE, Plautus, Cistellaria 1.1.88–89:
      Dum redeo domum,
      conspicillo consecutust clanculum me usque ad fores.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative cōnspicillum cōnspicilla
genitive cōnspicillī cōnspicillōrum
dative cōnspicillō cōnspicillīs
accusative cōnspicillum cōnspicilla
ablative cōnspicillō cōnspicillīs
vocative cōnspicillum cōnspicilla

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