spectatio
Latin
Etymology
From spectō (“to watch, observe; to examine”) + -tiō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [spɛkˈtaː.ti.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [spekˈtat.t͡si.o]
Noun
spectātiō f (genitive spectātiōnis); third declension
- sight, spectacle
- examination, inspection
- (figurative) respect, regard, consideration
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | spectātiō | spectātiōnēs |
| genitive | spectātiōnis | spectātiōnum |
| dative | spectātiōnī | spectātiōnibus |
| accusative | spectātiōnem | spectātiōnēs |
| ablative | spectātiōne | spectātiōnibus |
| vocative | spectātiō | spectātiōnēs |
References
- “spectatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “spectatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “spectatio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.