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speciēs —, acc. em, abl. ē, f

SPEC-, a sight, look, view, appearance, aspect, mien : quae sensūs nostros specie primā acerrime commovent: doloris speciem ferre: navium, Cs.: hominum honestissima: ad speciem magnifico ornatu, as to outward appearance : speciem habere honesti, the look of what is right : turba maiorem quam pro numero speciem ferens, Cu.A spectacle, sight, appearance : ponite ante oculos miseram illam speciem. —Fig., a mental appearance, idea, notion : insidebat in eius mente species eloquentiae: viri boni: Qui species alias veris scelerisque capiet, H.: inanīs species anxio animo figurare, Cu.A look, show, seeming, appearance, semblance, pretence, cloak, color, pretext : formae, quae reapse nullae sunt, speciem autem offerunt: cuius rei species erat acceptio frumenti, S.: aliquam fraudi speciem iuris imponere, L.: similitudinem quandam gerebant speciemque sapientium: per speciem celebrandarum cantu epularum, L.: haud dubio in speciem consensu fit ad Poenos deditio, as a pretence , L.: ad speciem tabernaculis relictis, Cs.A resemblance, likeness ; only in the phrase, in speciem, after the manner, in the fashion, like : Inque chori ludunt speciem, O.: In montis speciem curvari, O.Show, ornament, display, splendor, beauty : species eius (virtutis) et pulchritudo: praebere speciem triumpho, L.: Ducit te species, H.: speciem Saturnia vaccae probat, O.: corporis, Cu.An appearance in sleep, vision, apparition : repetit quietis Ipsa suae speciem, O.: in quiete utrique consuli eadem dicitur visa species viri, etc., L.A likeness, image, statue : ex aere vetus, Enn. ap. C.Reputation, honor : populi R.A particular sort, kind, quality, species : (opp. genus).

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