specio
Esperanto
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /speˈt͡sio/
- Hyphenation: spe‧ci‧o
- Rhymes: -io
Noun
specio (accusative singular specion, plural specioj, accusative plural speciojn)
- species
Derived terms
- subspecio
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *spekjō, from Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti.
Cognates include Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai), Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬀𐬯𐬫𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌 (spasyeiti), and Sanskrit पश्यति (páśyati).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈspe.ki.oː/, [ˈspɛ.ki.oː]
Verb
speciō (present infinitive specere, perfect active spexī, supine spectum); third conjugation iō-variant
- I observe, watch, look at
- Synonym: spectō
Conjugation
| Conjugation of speciō (third conjugation iō-variant) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | speciō | specis | specit | specimus | specitis | speciunt |
| imperfect | speciēbam | speciēbās | speciēbat | speciēbāmus | speciēbātis | speciēbant | |
| future | speciam | speciēs | speciet | speciēmus | speciētis | specient | |
| perfect | spexī | spexistī | spexit | speximus | spexistis | spexērunt, spexēre | |
| pluperfect | spexeram | spexerās | spexerat | spexerāmus | spexerātis | spexerant | |
| future perfect | spexerō | spexeris | spexerit | spexerimus | spexeritis | spexerint | |
| passive | present | specior | speceris, specere | specitur | specimur | speciminī | speciuntur |
| imperfect | speciēbar | speciēbāris, speciēbāre | speciēbātur | speciēbāmur | speciēbāminī | speciēbantur | |
| future | speciar | speciēris, speciēre | speciētur | speciēmur | speciēminī | specientur | |
| perfect | spectus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | spectus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | spectus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | speciam | speciās | speciat | speciāmus | speciātis | speciant |
| imperfect | specerem | specerēs | speceret | specerēmus | specerētis | specerent | |
| perfect | spexerim | spexerīs | spexerit | spexerīmus | spexerītis | spexerint | |
| pluperfect | spexissem | spexissēs | spexisset | spexissēmus | spexissētis | spexissent | |
| passive | present | speciar | speciāris, speciāre | speciātur | speciāmur | speciāminī | speciantur |
| imperfect | specerer | specerēris, specerēre | specerētur | specerēmur | specerēminī | specerentur | |
| perfect | spectus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | spectus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | spece | — | — | specite | — |
| future | — | specitō | specitō | — | specitōte | speciuntō | |
| passive | present | — | specere | — | — | speciminī | — |
| future | — | specitor | specitor | — | — | speciuntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | specere | spexisse | spectūrus esse | specī | spectus esse | spectum īrī | |
| participles | speciēns | — | spectūrus | — | spectus | speciendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| speciendī | speciendō | speciendum | speciendō | spectum | spectū | ||
Derived terms
- aspiciō
- cōnspiciō
- cōnspicor
- dēspiciō
- dispiciō
- īnspiciō
- perspiciō
- prōspiciō
- respiciō
- retrospiciō
- speciēs
- specillum
- specimen
- spectō
- spectrum
- specula
- speculum
- suspiciō
Descendants
- English: speculate, spectate
References
- specio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- specio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Venetian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *speclum, from Latin speculum. Compare Italian specchio
Noun
specio m (plural speci)
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