spectatio

spectatio

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Latin spectō
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin spectātiō

    From spectō (“to watch, observe; to examine”) + -tiō.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    spectātiō f (genitive spectātiōnis); third declension

    1. sight, spectacle
    2. examination, inspection
    3. (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.
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