specularis

spĕcŭlāris, e, adj. [speculum].

• In gen., of or belonging to a mirror, like a mirror (post-Aug.): speculari ratione, in the manner of a mirror, Sen. Q. N. 1, 5, 9. —
• II In partic.: specularis lapis, a kind of transparent stone, muscovy-glass, isinglass-stone, mica, Plin. 36, 22, 45, § 150 sqq.; 9, 35, 56, § 113; Petr. 68; Lact. Opif. Dei, 8 med.
• —Hence, spĕcŭlārĭa, ōrum, n., window panes, a window, Sen. Ep. 90, 25; 86, 11; id. Prov. 4, 9; id. Q. N. 4, 13, 7; Plin. 19, 5, 23, § 64; Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 4 and 21; Mart. 8, 14; Juv. 4, 21; Col. 11, 3, 52; Pall. 1, 20, 1 al.—In sing.: per corneum specular, Tert. Anim. 53 med.

speculāris, e (speculum), zum Spiegel gehörig, spiegelartig, ratio, Spiegelhypothese, Sen. nat. qu. 1, 5, 9: lapis, der Spiegelstein = das Fraueneis, Marienglas, ein durchsichtiger Stein, der sich in dünne Blättchen spalten läßt, die die Alten als Fensterscheiben gebrauchten, s. Plin. 36, 150 sqq. – subst., speculāria, ium u. iōrum, n., Fenstergläser, -scheiben, Fenster, Sen. u. Plin.: als Treibhausfenster, Plin. ep. u. Mart.

specularis [CL] 1 like a mirror, reflective. b (of image) reflected, indirect, obtained or produced by reflection; c (transf.). d shining, outstanding. imperat geometrie [v. l. geometro] ut corpus ~e preparet et figuret Bacon Tert. 45; necesse est ut [stelle] habeant superficies ~es. reflectunt ergo radios solares Peckham Persp. II 56.  b ista visio expressa de mente ‥ verbum est; verbum autem ymago est; cognicio autem, que est sive per ymaginem sive in ymagine, ~is est. igitur ista visio ~is est Lutterell Visio Beat. f. 93.  c evacuatur ibi [in patria] noticia ~is vel enigmatica [cf. I Cor. xiii 12] et succedit clara visio veritatis Wycl. Ver. I 215.  d s1308 defecerat ibi ~is disposicio convivii regibus assueta Ann. Paul. 261. 2 (lapis ~is, also absol. as sb. n.) transparent stone used for making windows or sim.. b window. gissos, i. ~e Gl. Laud. 745; gipsus ‥ cujus quedam species est lucida et hoc dicitur specula[ris] Alph. 76; ~is, i. gipsus Ib. 168; gipsus plastrum, terra glutinosa, cujus quedam species est lucida et hec dicitur specular SB 22.  b ~ia [gl.: fenestres] ‥ competenter sint disposita in domo, eoas partes respicientia Neckam Ut. 109; a wyndowe ‥ specular, ~e CathA; hoc spelare, A. wyndow WW. 3 (as sb. n.) image, reflection, (transf.) model, shining example. ros anathematis ‥ qui velut in specular descendit in Annam Osb. Clar. Anna f. 50v; hic jacet ‥ / justitiae fulmen, munditie specular W. Malm. GP V 246; prelucidum illud Christiane nobilitatis specular, in quo velut e [v. l. in] splendido lacunari omnium virtutum repercutiebatur jubar, Godefridus Id. GR IV 370; fidei specular et exemplar justitie Canon. G. Sempr. f. 34v; habebitis in eo [libro] lucidissimum specular imitationis J. Furness Walth. 4; de multis speculis simul et semel ut speculare / sit Christus melius Garl. Myst. Eccl. 546.

spĕcŭlāris, (16) e (speculum), de miroir : Sen. Nat. 1, 5, 9 || transparent : specularis lapis Plin. 36, 150, pierre spéculaire [sélinite transparente, qui se distribuait en feuilles minces, et dont les anciens faisaient des vitres].

specularis , e. adj.
透光。照光者。— significatio 墪上之燈號。— lapis 透光之石。

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