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Webster 1913 Edition
Specillum
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Spe-cil′lum
,Noun.
[L.]
(Med.)
See
Stylet
, 2.
Syn. – Sample; model; pattern.
– Specimen
, Sample
. A specimen is a representative of the class of things to which it belongs; as, a specimen of photography. A sample is a part of the thing itself, designed to show the quality of the whole; as, a sample of sugar or of broadcloth. A cabinet of minerals consists of specimens; if a part be broken off from any one of these, it is a sample of the mineral to which it belongs. “Several persons have exhibited specimens of this art before multitudes of beholders.” Addison.
“I design this but for a sample of what I hope more fully to discuss.” Woodward.
Definition 2024
specillum
specillum
Latin
Noun
specillum n (genitive specillī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | specillum | specilla |
| genitive | specillī | specillōrum |
| dative | specillō | specillīs |
| accusative | specillum | specilla |
| ablative | specillō | specillīs |
| vocative | specillum | specilla |
References
- specillum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- specillum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- SPECILLUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “specillum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.