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spĕcŭlātrīx , īcis, f. speculor,
I.she that spies or watches, a (female) spy, watcher.
I. Lit.: furiae deae sunt speculatrices, credo, et vindices facinorum et scelerum, * Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 46; Sen. Contr. 1, 6 med.: “mens boni speculatrix consiliorum suorum est,Ambros. Ep. 67, 5; App. Doctr. Plat. 2, p. 16, 1: “Caucasiis speculatrix Juno resedit rupibus,Val. Fl. 7, 190: “SPECVLATRIX ET PROPVGNATRIX MEORVM PERICVLORVM,Inscr. Orell. 4859.—
II. Transf.: “speculatrix villa profundi,” i. e. that looks towards the sea, Stat. S. 2, 2, 3: “aestuosi maris alto e tumulo speculatrix statua,Val. Max. 9, 8, ext. 1.
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    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 3.18
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 7.190
    • Statius, Silvae, 2.2
    • Seneca the Elder, Controversiae, 1.6
    • Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 9.8
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