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                    "description": "spĕcŭlum (noun N) : specio; hence, that in which one sees himself.\n* Lit., a looking-glass, mirror (usually made of polished metal): speculum a speciendo, quod ibi se spectant,Varr. L. L. 5, § 129 Müll.; cf.: speculum, quod in eo specimus imaginem,id. ib. 6, § 82: homines sibi habere speculum, ubi os contemplarent suom, etc.,Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 2: quid opu'st speculo tibi, quae tute speculo speculum es maximum?id. Most. 1, 3, 94; cf. id. Men. 5, 9, 3: speculi imago,Lucr. 4, 279; cf. id. 4, 331: speculis apparent simulacra,id. 4, 98: speculorum levitas,Cic. Univ. 14: quotiens te in speculo videris alterum,Hor. C. 4, 10, 6: ut in speculo rugas aspexit aniles,Ov. M. 15, 232: se in speculo contemplari,App. Mag. p. 283, 4: cava specula,id. ib. p. 284, 2 et saep.— On the material and use of mirrors, v. Plin. 33, 9, 45, § 128; 34, 17, 48, § 160; 37, 5, 16, § 64; 37, 7, 25, § 97; Stat. S. 3, 4, 94; Sen. Q. N. 1, 17.—With tanquam, ut, etc.: inspicere, tamquam in speculum, in vitas omnium,Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 61; 3, 3, 74; Cic. Pis. 29, 71; id. Fin. 5, 22, 61; id. Rep. 2, 42, 69.\n* Poet., transf., of the mirror-like smoothness of water: lympharum in speculo,Phaedr. 1, 4, 3.\n* Trop., a mirror, copy, imitation (rare; more freq. connected  with tamquam or ut, etc.; v.supra, I.): futuri temporis,Lucr. 3, 974; 4, 166: infantes et bestias putat specula esse naturae,Cic. Fin. 2, 10, 32; cf. corresp. with imago,Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 3: omne opus Vergilianum de quodam Homerici operis speculo formatum est,Macr. S. 5, 2 med."
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