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Webster 1913 Edition
Spectator
Spec-ta′tor
,Noun.
One who on; one who sees or beholds; a beholder; one who is personally present at, and sees, any exhibition;
“Devised and played to take spectators.” as, the
. spectators
at a showShak.
Syn. – Looker-on; beholder; observer; witness.
Webster 1828 Edition
Spectator
SPECTA'TOR
,Noun.
1.
One that looks on; one that sees or beholds; a beholder; as the spectators of the show.2.
One personally present. The spectators were numerous.Definition 2024
spectator
spectator
English
A group of spectators at a rowing event.
Alternative forms
- spectatour (obsolete)
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:
- 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!”
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Latin
Etymology
Latin agent noun from perfect passive participle spectātus, from frequentative form spectō (“watch”), from speciō (“look at”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /spekˈtaː.tor/, [spɛkˈtaː.tɔr]
Noun
spectātor m (genitive spectātōris); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | spectātor | spectātōrēs |
| genitive | spectātōris | spectātōrum |
| dative | spectātōrī | spectātōribus |
| accusative | spectātōrem | spectātōrēs |
| ablative | spectātōre | spectātōribus |
| vocative | spectātor | spectātōrēs |
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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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “spectator”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- an astronomer: spectator siderum, rerum caelestium or astrologus
- an astronomer: spectator siderum, rerum caelestium or astrologus