Spectabilis, Spectabilis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension · variant: 3rd
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
- Field:
- Government
Respectable, title of high officers of late empire; (below Illustres);
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | Spectabilis | Spectabiles |
| Gen. | Spectabilis | Spectabilium, Spectabilum |
| Dat. | Spectabili | Spectabilibus |
| Acc. | Spectabilem, Spectabilim | Spectabiles |
| Voc. | Spectabilis | Spectabiles |
| Abl. | Spectabile, Spectabili | Spectabilibus |
Examples
- L
Liber XX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...eius inlinitur, si familia aut corporibus electa aut spectabilis cultu est. Omnium istorum felicitas in publicum spectat: ille..." 
Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...grauioris heri, sublimis agebat, dulce rubens uiridique genas spectabilis aeuo. Arcades huic ueteres astris lunaque priores agmina fida..."- P
Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...tamen Cephalum dextrasque dedere inque patris duxere domum: spectabilis heros et veteris retinens etiamnum pignora formae ingreditur ramumque..." - P
Metamorphoses VI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...venit comitum Niobe celeberrima turba vestibus intexto Phrygiis spectabilis auro et, quantum ira sinit, formosa; movensque decoro..." - P
Metamorphoses III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...medio est, cingentibus ultima silvis, purus ab arboribus, spectabilis undique, campus: hic oculis illum cernentem sacra profanis prima..." - P
Amores I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...amatoris milia multa leges. ipse deus vatum palla spectabilis aurea tractat inauratae consona fila lyrae. qui dabit, ille..."