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Etymology

Borrowed from Italian specie, from Latin speciēs. Compare German Spezies, French espèce. Related to specifa (“specific”). Doublet of spico.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /speˈt͡sio/
• Rhymes: -io
• Hyphenation: spe‧ci‧o

Noun

specio (accusative singular specion, plural specioj, accusative plural speciojn)

1. (biology, taxonomy) species

Derived terms

• subspecio (“subspecies”)

See also

• speco
• tipo (“type, kind”)

Latin

Alternative forms

• spiciō

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Italic *spekjō, from Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti.

Cognates include Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai), Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬀𐬯𐬫𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌 (spasyeⁱti), and Sanskrit पश्यति (páśyati).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈspɛ.ki.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈspɛː.t͡ʃi.o]

Verb

speciō (present infinitive specere, perfect active spexī, supine spectum); third conjugation iō-variant

1. to observe, watch, look at

   Synonyms: videō, intueor, tueor, cōnspicor, vīsō, spectō, īnspectō, īnspiciō, suspiciō, invīsō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of speciō (third conjugation iō-variant)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	speciō		specis		specit		specimus		specitis		speciunt
	imperfect	speciēbam		speciēbās		speciēbat		speciēbāmus		speciēbātis		speciēbant
	future	speciam		speciēs		speciet		speciēmus		speciētis		specient
	perfect	spexī		spexistī		spexit		speximus		spexistis		spexērunt, spexēre
	pluperfect	spexeram		spexerās		spexerat		spexerāmus		spexerātis		spexerant
	future perfect	spexerō		spexeris		spexerit		spexerimus		spexeritis		spexerint
passive	present	specior		speceris, specere		specitur		specimur		speciminī		speciuntur
	imperfect	speciēbar		speciēbāris, speciēbāre		speciēbātur		speciēbāmur		speciēbāminī		speciēbantur
	future	speciar		speciēris, speciēre		speciētur		speciēmur		speciēminī		specientur
	perfect	spectus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	spectus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	spectus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	speciam		speciās		speciat		speciāmus		speciātis		speciant
	imperfect	specerem		specerēs		speceret		specerēmus		specerētis		specerent
	perfect	spexerim		spexerīs		spexerit		spexerīmus		spexerītis		spexerint
	pluperfect	spexissem		spexissēs		spexisset		spexissēmus		spexissētis		spexissent
passive	present	speciar		speciāris, speciāre		speciātur		speciāmur		speciāminī		speciantur
	imperfect	specerer		specerēris, specerēre		specerētur		specerēmur		specerēminī		specerentur
	perfect	spectus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	spectus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		spece		—		—		specite		—
	future	—		specitō		specitō		—		specitōte		speciuntō
passive	present	—		specere		—		—		speciminī		—
	future	—		specitor		specitor		—		—		speciuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		specere			specī			speciēns			—
future		spectūrum esse			spectum īrī			spectūrus			speciendus, speciundus
perfect		spexisse			spectum esse			—			spectus
future perfect		—			spectum fore			—			—
perfect potential		spectūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		speciendī		speciendō		speciendum		speciendō		spectum		spectū

Derived terms

Prefixed verbs

• aspiciō
• cōnspiciō
• cōnspicor
• dēspiciō
• dispiciō
• īnspiciō
• perspiciō
• prōspiciō
• respiciō
• retrospiciō
• suspiciō

Other parts of speech

• speciālis
• speciēs
• specillum
• specimen
• spectō
• spectrum
• specula
• speculum

References

• “specio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “specio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Venetan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin speclum, from Latin speculum. Compare Italian specchio.

Noun

specio m (plural speci)

1. mirror