spectatus Latin · revision 31760

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *speḱ-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''spectātus''' (feminine spectāta, neuter spectātum, comparative spectātior, superlative spectātissimus); first/second-declension adjective, past participle of ''spectō''^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the past participle of [[spectō|t=to look at, watch]], used as an adjective.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan lists ⟨spectō⟩ under [[speciō|t=to look]], from [[itc-pro|*spekjō|alt=*spekje/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*speḱ-|alt=*speḱ-ie/o-|t=to look]], cognate with [[sa|पश्यति|tr=páśyati|t=looks at]] and [[grc|σκέπτομαι|tr=sképtomai|t=to look at]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Plautus,^(Köbler 2010) whose ''Stichus'' has “your good fortune is now plain enough to me”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its first sense is “known by observation, plain, manifest”, and of facts “established”, as Plautus' “it is well established that the gods ignore a man with a master like mine”.^(OLD 2012) Of persons and their lives it means “of proven worth, distinguished”, as Plautus' “distinguished men have done such things before”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of things it is “remarkable”: Pliny the Elder says nature's craft is nowhere more remarkable than in insects.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of plain good fortune and proven men.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder of nature's remarkable craft.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Plain, [[m|en|manifest]]; established.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Of proven worth, [[m|en|distinguished]], respected.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # [[m|en|remarkable|alt=Remarkable]], noteworthy.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[spectō]]

+ * [[speciō]]

+ * [[spectātor]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}