specus
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Latin > English
specus specus N X :: cave, abyss, chasm; hole, pit; hollow (of any kind); grotto
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
spĕcus: ūs (
I abl. plur. specibus, Sen. Cons. ap. Front. Aquaed. 125; on the various forms found only in the grammarians, v. Neue, Formenl. 1, 569 sq.), m. (f. and n.
v. infra) [perh. root spec-; v. specio, and so orig. a hole, aperture; but cf. σπέος].
I Lit., a cave, cavern, grot, den; a cavity, chasm, natural or artificial; of the latter kind, a ditch, drain, canal, channel, covered water-course, a pit in mines, etc. (cf. spelunca).
(a) Masc. (class. and freq.): inferum vastos specus, Enn. ap. Non. 222, 32 (Trag. v. 218 Vahl.): specus tenebricosus, Varr. ib. 222, 31: fons ex opaco specu, Liv. 1, 21; so abl. sing., id. 1, 56, 10; 10, 10, 1: forum medium ferme specu vasto collapsum dicitur, id. 7, 6; so sing., Ov. M. 3, 29; 7, 409; 11, 235; id. F. 4, 495; Liv. 10, 1, 5; Tac. A. 16, 1, 3; 16, 4, 59.—Plur.: quos agor in specus? Hor. C. 3, 25, 2: paucos specus in extremo fundo, et eos quidem subterraneos, * Cic. Att. 15, 26, 4; so of drains, ditches, Varr. R. R. 3, 17 fin.; Cat. 61, 28; Liv. 39, 13, 13; Tac. A. 12, 57; id. G. 16; Sen. Med. 741 al.—
(b) Fem. (ante- and post-class.): concava specus, Enn. ap. Non. 222, 23 (Ann. v. 420 Vahl.); cf. Serv. Verg. A. 7, 568; Pac. ap. Non. 223, 2 Müll. (Trag. p. 91 Rib.); id. ap. Fest. p. 343 Müll. (l. l. p. 73 Rib.): specum quandam nactus remotam latebrosamque, in eam me penetro et recondo, Gell. 5, 14, 18; Sil. 6, 276.—
(g) Neutr. (anteclass. and poet.): hic specus horrendum, Verg. A. 7, 568; Serv. ad loc.: invisum caelo specus, Sil. 13, 425; Ps.-Quint. Decl. 10, 19.—
(d) Acc. to the second declension: speca apposita, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 713 P.: altis claudere specis, Att. ap. Non. 487, 25 (Fragm. Trag. v. 63 Rib.).—
II Transf., a hollow, cavity of any kind (poet.): specus atri vulneris, Verg. A. 9, 700 Serv.: quos Capacis alvi mersit tartareo specu, Phaedr. 4, 6, 10; of a snake's belly, Sil. 6, 276; cf. of the belly of the Trojan horse, Petr. poët. 89, 2, 7.— In mal. part., Auct. Priap. 83, 34.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
spĕcŭs,¹⁰ ūs, m.,
1 grotte, caverne, antre : Enn. Scen. 193 ; Varr. d. Non. 222, 31 ; Liv. 1, 56, 10 ; 10, 10, 1, etc.
2 conduite d’eau : Cic. Att. 15, 26, 4
3 souterrain : Virg. G. 3, 376 ; Liv. 39, 13, 13 ; Tac. Ann. 12, 57
4 puits de mine, mine : Vitr. Arch. 7, 7, 1 ; 10, 16, 9
5 [fig.] cavité, creux : Virg. En. 9, 700 ; Phædr. 4, 6, 10. genre f. : Enn. d. Non. 222, 23 ; Pac. d. Non. 223, 2 ; Gell. 5, 14, 18 ; cf. Serv. En. 7, 568 || n. : Virg. En. 7, 568 ; Sil. 13, 425 || sur les nombreuses formes données par les gramm., v. Neue, 1892.
Latin > German (Georges)
specus, ūs, m., f. u. n. (zu specio; eig. Öffnung zum Sehen), die Höhle, Grotte, I) eig.: a) natürliche, gew. masc., Hor., Liv. u.a.: fem. b. Varro u. Gell.: neutr., specus horrendum, Verg. – b) künstliche: α) übh.: in defossis specubus, Verg. georg. 3, 376: altius effossi specus (Tunnel), Tac. ann. 12, 57: quo depressius aestivos specus foderint, Sen. ad Helv. 9, 3. – β) in Bergwerken, der Schacht, Vitr. 7, 7, 1. – γ) bei Belagerungen, die Mine, fodere specus, minieren, Vitr. 10, 16, 9. – δ) der bedeckte Wassergang, Abzugsgraben, die Schleuse, subterranei, Cic.: perducere specus e piscina in mare, Varro. – II) übtr., die Höhle, alvi, Phaedr.: vulneris, Verg. – / Nbf. specu, nach Prisc. 4, 11 u. de nom. et pronom. § 9 u. 10. Donat. 376, 20 K. Cledon. 42, 10 K.: Plur. specua, nach Mart. Cap. 3. § 293. – Heteroklit. nach der zweiten Declin., Plur. speca, Cato inc. libr. fr. 9 (vgl. Prisc. 6, 76, nach dem man auch hoc specum sagte): altis clausere specis, Acc. tr. 63. – Von specus Abl. Plur. gew. specubus, selten specibus, wie SC. bei Frontin. aqu. 125 u. Vet. lex bei Frontin. aqu. 129.