speculativus
Latin
Etymology
From speculor (“to watch, observe”) + -īvus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /spe.ku.laːˈtiː.u̯us/, [s̠pɛkʊɫ̪äːˈt̪iːu̯ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /spe.ku.laˈti.vus/, [spekuläˈt̪iːvus]
Adjective
speculātīvus (feminine speculātīva, neuter speculātīvum); first/second-declension adjective
- (Late Latin) speculative
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | speculātīvus | speculātīva | speculātīvum | speculātīvī | speculātīvae | speculātīva | |
| Genitive | speculātīvī | speculātīvae | speculātīvī | speculātīvōrum | speculātīvārum | speculātīvōrum | |
| Dative | speculātīvō | speculātīvō | speculātīvīs | ||||
| Accusative | speculātīvum | speculātīvam | speculātīvum | speculātīvōs | speculātīvās | speculātīva | |
| Ablative | speculātīvō | speculātīvā | speculātīvō | speculātīvīs | |||
| Vocative | speculātīve | speculātīva | speculātīvum | speculātīvī | speculātīvae | speculātīva | |
Descendants
- Catalan: especulatiu
- English: speculative
- French: spéculatif
- Italian: speculativo
- Portuguese: especulativo
- Romanian: speculativ
- Spanish: especulativo
References
- “speculativus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- speculativus 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)
- speculativus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette