spectaculum

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From spectō (“I watch, observe, look at, see”) +‎ -culum.

Noun

spectāculum n (genitive spectāculī); second declension

  1. show, spectacle
  2. a place from which shows are witnessed, spectator's seat
  3. public or civic event

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative spectāculum spectācula
Genitive spectāculī spectāculōrum
Dative spectāculō spectāculīs
Accusative spectāculum spectācula
Ablative spectāculō spectāculīs
Vocative spectāculum spectācula

Descendants

References
  • “spectaculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “spectaculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • spectaculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • spectaculum in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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