spectrum

Ἡ πενία δ' ἀγνώμονάς γε τοὺς πολλοὺς ποιεῖ → Immemores beneficiorum gignit inopia → Die Armut macht die meisten rücksichtslos und hart

Menander, Monostichoi, 227

Latin > English

spectrum spectri N N :: specter, apparition

spectrum: i, n. specio,
I an appearance, form, image of a thing; an apparition, spectre, the Gr. εἴδωλον (much less freq. than simulacrum and species): spectra Catiana ... nam quae Democritus εἴδωλα, Catius Insuber Epicureus spectra nominat, Cic. Fam. 15, 16, 1 sq.: spectra Catiana, Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 15, 19, 1.

spectrum, ī, n. (specio). [phil.] pl., = simulacra, εἴδωλα : Cic. Fam. 15, 16, 1, spectres, simulacres [émis par les objets].

spectrum, ī, n. (specio) =εἴδωλον, eine Erscheinung in der Vorstellung, der Schemen, das Gesicht, spectra Catiana, des Philosophen Katius, Cic. ep. 15, 16, 1 u. Cass. ibid. 15, 19, 1.