spectator
English
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Alternative forms
- spectatour (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin spectātor, from frequentative verb spectō (“watch”), from speciō (“look at”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
spectator (plural spectators)
- One who watches an event; especially, one held outdoors.
- The cheering spectators watched the fireworks.
- 2012 May 20, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club[1]:
- Bart spies an opportunity to make a quick buck so he channels his inner carny and posits his sinking house as a natural wonder of the world and its inhabitants as freaks, barking to dazzled spectators, “Behold the horrors of the Slanty Shanty! See the twisted creatures that dwell within! Meet Cue-Ball, the man with no hair!”
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
observer
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Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Latin agent noun from perfect passive participle spectātus, from frequentative form spectō (“watch”), from speciō (“look at”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /spekˈtaː.tor/, [s̠pɛkˈt̪äːt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /spekˈta.tor/, [spekˈt̪äːt̪or]
Noun
spectātor m (genitive spectātōris); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | spectātor | spectātōrēs |
Genitive | spectātōris | spectātōrum |
Dative | spectātōrī | spectātōribus |
Accusative | spectātōrem | spectātōrēs |
Ablative | spectātōre | spectātōribus |
Vocative | spectātor | spectātōrēs |
Related terms
Descendants
- English: spectator
- French: spectateur
- Italian: spettatore
- Norman: spectateur
- Spanish: espectador
References
- “spectator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “spectator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- spectator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
- an astronomer: spectator siderum, rerum caelestium or astrologus
- an astronomer: spectator siderum, rerum caelestium or astrologus
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