speculatio
Latin
Etymology
From speculor + -tiō.
Noun
speculātiō f (genitive speculātiōnis); third declension
- watching, spying
- inspection, scrutiny
- consideration
- speculation
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | speculātiō | speculātiōnēs |
| Genitive | speculātiōnis | speculātiōnum |
| Dative | speculātiōnī | speculātiōnibus |
| Accusative | speculātiōnem | speculātiōnēs |
| Ablative | speculātiōne | speculātiōnibus |
| Vocative | speculātiō | speculātiōnēs |
Related terms
- speciō
Descendants
- Catalan: especulació
- English: speculation
- French: spéculation
- Galician: especulación
- Italian: speculazione
- Portuguese: especulação
- Romanian: speculație
- Russian: спекуля́ция (spekuljácija)
- Spanish: especulación
References
- “speculatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- speculatio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- speculatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette