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spectācŭlum (contr. spectāclum , Prop. 4 (5), 8, 21.and 56), i, n. specto,
I.a show, sight, spectacle (class.).
II. In partic.
B. Transf., the place whence plays are witnessed, the seats of the spectators, seats, places in the theatre, the amphitheatre: “spectacula ruunt,Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 47: “ex omnibus spectaculis plausus est excitatus,Cic. Sest. 58, 124: “resonant spectacula plausu,Ov. M. 10, 668: “loca divisa patribus equitibusque, ubi spectacula sibi quisque facerent,Liv. 1, 35, 8: “spectaculorum gradus,Tac. A. 14, 13: “spectaculis detractus et in harenam deductus,Suet. Calig. 35; id. Dom. 10.—
2. In gen., the theatre: “ingressum spectacula,Suet. Calig. 35: “in caelum trabibus spectacula textis surgere,Calp. Ecl. 7, 23.—
3. The spectators: “spectacula tantum este, viri,Sil. 2, 230: “virtutis,id. 8, 556.—
C. A wonder, miracle: spectacula septem, the seven wonders of the world: “in septem spectaculis nominari,Vitr. 2, 8, 11: “numerari inter septem omnium terrarum spectacula,Gell. 10, 18, 4.
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