Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From speculor (“to watch, observe”) + -īvus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [spɛ.kʊ.ɫaːˈtiː.wʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [spe.ku.laˈtiː.vus]
Adjective
[edit]speculātīvus (feminine speculātīva, neuter speculātīvum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | speculātīvus | speculātīva | speculātīvum | speculātīvī | speculātīvae | speculātīva |
| genitive | speculātīvī | speculātīvae | speculātīvī | speculātīvōrum | speculātīvārum | speculātīvōrum |
| dative | speculātīvō | speculātīvae | speculātīvō | speculātīvīs | ||
| accusative | speculātīvum | speculātīvam | speculātīvum | speculātīvōs | speculātīvās | speculātīva |
| ablative | speculātīvō | speculātīvā | speculātīvō | speculātīvīs | ||
| vocative | speculātīve | speculātīva | speculātīvum | speculātīvī | speculātīvae | speculātīva |
Descendants
[edit]- Catalan: especulatiu
- English: speculative
- French: spéculatif
- Italian: speculativo
- Portuguese: especulativo
- Romanian: speculativ
- Spanish: especulativo
References
[edit]- “speculativus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "speculativus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, 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.