spectabilis Latin · revision 33782

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=43 BC–18 AD, Ovid|origins=ine-pro *speḱ-ie/o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [spɛkˈtaː.bɪ.lɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [spekˈtaː.bi.lis]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''spectābilis''' (neuter spectābile); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|spectō|-bilis|t1=to watch, look at]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) [[m|la|spectō]] is the frequentative of [[m|la|speciō|t=to look]], which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*spekje/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*speḱ-ie/o-|t=to look]], cognate with [[sa|पश्यति|tr=páśyati|t=to look at]] and [[grc|σκέπτομαι|tr=sképtomai|t=to look around]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Ovid,^(Köbler 2010) who has a plain that can be seen from all sides, ''spectabilis undique campus'', in the ''Metamorphoses''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ From “visible” it comes to mean “worth looking at”, of a striking hero in Ovid,^(OLD 2012) and Lewis & Short note that this sense is found only in poetry and in prose after Augustus, as in Pliny the Elder and Tacitus.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Seneca uses it of men worth taking into account, “notable”.^(OLD 2012) Under the emperors ''spectabilis'' was a title of high officials, found in the ''Digest'' and Justinian's Code,^(Lewis & Short 1879) and medieval texts keep it as a title of definite rank.^(Niermeyer 1976) Church Latin has “visible”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid, of a plain open to view and of an outstanding hero.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca, of notable men.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 533 AD – The ''Digest'', as a title of high officials.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * Medieval Latin – A title of rank.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # That can be seen, [[m|en|visible]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Worth seeing, striking, [[m|en|remarkable]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Worth considering, [[m|en|notable]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Late Latin)'' A title of high officials;^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Niermeyer 1976) ''(Medieval Latin)'' a title of rank.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[inspectābilis]]

+ * [[spectabilitas]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[spectō]]

+ * [[speciō]]

+ * [[spectāculum]]

+ * [[spectātor]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}