See specter on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1605, Peter de Loier [i.e., Pierre Le Loyer], translated by [Zachary Jones], “The many things being meerely Naturall are taken by the Sight or Hearing being deceived, for Specters and things prodigious”, in A Treatise of Specters or Straunge Sights, Visions and Apparitions Appearing Sensibly vnto Men. […], London: […] Val[entine] S[immes] for Mathew Lownes, →OCLC, folio 62, verso:",
"text": "Nevertheleſſe, they which ſhould ſee thoſe Iſles thus to moove in this manner, not knowing before that the ſame were naturall: they would entertaine many and diverſe apprehenſions in their fantaſie, & would imagine that they ſawe a thing very ſtrange and prodigious, and ſuch as did very neere approach to the nature of ſome Specter [translating spectre] and viſion.",
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"lang_code": "ar",
"roman": "šabaḥ",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "شَبَح"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"lang_code": "ar",
"roman": "šabḥ",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "شَبْح"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"lang_code": "be",
"roman": "prývid",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пры́від"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "prizrak",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "призрак"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "prividénie",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "привиде́ние"
},
{
"code": "ny",
"lang": "Chichewa",
"lang_code": "ny",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"tags": [
"class-3"
],
"word": "mzukwa"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "yōulíng",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"word": "幽靈 /幽灵"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "guǐhún",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"word": "鬼魂"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "strašidlo"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "přízrak"
},
{
"code": "egy",
"lang": "Egyptian",
"lang_code": "egy",
"roman": "ꜣḫ",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"word": "Ax-Z1:H_SPACE"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"lang_code": "eo",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"word": "fantomo"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"lang_code": "eo",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"word": "apero"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"word": "kummitus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"word": "spectre"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Gespenst"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Spuk"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "fántasma",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"word": "φάντασμα"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"lang_code": "grc",
"roman": "phásma",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "φάσμα"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"lang_code": "grc",
"roman": "phántasma",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "φάντασμα"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"lang_code": "hi",
"roman": "bhūt",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "भूत"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "arracht"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spettro"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fantasma"
},
{
"alt": "ゆうれい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "yūrei",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"word": "幽霊"
},
{
"alt": "ぼうれい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "bōrei",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"word": "亡霊"
},
{
"alt": "幽靈",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "yuryeong",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"word": "유령"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "spectrum"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "phasma"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "scucca"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"lang_code": "fa",
"roman": "šabah",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"word": "شبح"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "widmo"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zjawa"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "espectro"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aparição"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "spectru"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fantomă"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fantasmă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "prízrak",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "при́зрак"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "prividénije",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "привиде́ние"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "fantóm",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "фанто́м"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"lang_code": "gd",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sgàile"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"lang_code": "gd",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tannasg"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"lang_code": "gd",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "taibhse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "espectro"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pora"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "jugarreta"
},
{
"code": "sux",
"lang": "Sumerian",
"lang_code": "sux",
"roman": "/gidim/",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"word": "𒄇"
},
{
"code": "sux",
"lang": "Sumerian",
"lang_code": "sux",
"roman": "/lil/",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"word": "𒆤"
},
{
"code": "sux",
"lang": "Sumerian",
"lang_code": "sux",
"roman": "/sisig/",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"word": "𒋝𒋝"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"word": "vålnad"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "spöke"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "prývyd",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "при́вид"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"lang_code": "ur",
"roman": "bhūt",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "بهوت"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"word": "bóng ma"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "ghostly apparition",
"word": "ma"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "fantom",
"sense": "mental image",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "фантом"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "mental image",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "přízrak"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "mental image",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "strašák"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "mental image",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hrozba"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"lang_code": "eo",
"sense": "mental image",
"word": "spektro"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "mental image",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Schreckgespenst"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "mental image",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Spuk"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "skiá",
"sense": "mental image",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "σκιά"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "mental image",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fantomă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "fantóm",
"sense": "mental image",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "фанто́м"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "mental image",
"word": "imagen"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "mental image",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "spöke"
}
],
"word": "specter"
}
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "specter",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin non-lemma forms",
"Latin verb forms",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"en:Dragonflies and damselflies"
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "spectō"
}
],
"glosses": [
"first-person singular present passive subjunctive of spectō"
],
"links": [
[
"spectō",
"specto#Latin"
]
],
"tags": [
"first-person",
"form-of",
"passive",
"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
}
],
"word": "specter"
}
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