spectaculum

Latin

Alternative forms

• spectāclum

Etymology

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

Noun

spectāculum n (genitive spectāculī); second declension

1. show, spectacle
2. 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

• English: spectacle
• French: spectacle
• Danish: spektakel
• Dutch: spektakel

• German: Spektakel
• Italian: spettacolo
• Portuguese: espetáculo

• Russian: спекта́кль (spektáklʹ)
• Spanish: espectáculo
• Swedish: spektakel

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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016