speculativus

spĕcŭlātīvus, a, um, adj. [speculor],

• speculative (late Lat.): philosophia, Boëth. ap. Porphyr. Dial. 1, p. 2.—Hence, subst.: spĕcŭlātīva, ae, f., = contemplativa (sc. philosophia), Cassiod. Var. 1, 45.

speculātīvus, a, um (speculor), spekulativ, philosophia, Boëth. in Porphyr. dial. 1. p. 2: dies. subst., speculātīva, ae, f., Ggstz. activa, Cassiod. var. 1, 45, 3.

speculativus [LL] 1 watchful, attentive, vigilant. nec tantum urbis sed et totius orbis sui ~um fiducialiter preferebat custodem Elmh. Cant. 79. 2 contemplative, characterized by, engaged in, or obtained through contemplation. in crescente ad homines luna vitae nobis activae, in reversa vero ad caelos ~ae, typus ostenditur Bede TR 64 p. 289; in illorum [lapidum; cf. Psalm. ci 15] contemplatione ~a Osb. Clar. Ep. 41 p. 153; diu exercitatus in activa, incipit requiescere in vita ~a Ord. Vit. VI 3 p. 11; ~i consideratores Ad. Scot Serm. 288A (v. considerator a); visio qua videtur Deus in ratione dicitur esse ~a Neckam SS I 12. 8; ne viam eminentiorem ~ae felicitatis maturior exitus fatiscentis etatis frustrato desiderio, inter varia vite turbamina mihi ‥ intercipiat Ad. Marsh Ep. 48; cum veritates ‥ theologice, in quantum theologia distinguitur a metaphysica, sint ~e Duns Ord. I 209. 3 speculative, theoretical, characterized by, engaged in, or obtained through (purely) intellectual (esp. as dist. from practical) enquiry. b (as sb. f.) theoretical enquiry, science, or investigation. c (as sb. m.) theoretician (as dist. from practitioner). d (as sb. n.) theory. ad sublimiora ~ae scientiae Alcuin Gram. 853D; in illa parte philosophie que ~a vocatur J. Sal. Pol. 643B; hinc speculativam gignit sapientia, gignit / hunc ramum cujus practica nomen erit Garl. Tri. Eccl. 100; ad ~am partem anime Ps.-Gros. 300 (v. affectivus a); ortus partis ~e philosophie Kilwardby OS 6; 1335 in ~is studiis cum pleniori zelo persistimus FormOx 88.  b philosophia dividitur per theoricam et practicam, sive per ~am et activam Kilwardby OS 622; 1406 in logicalibus, philosophicis ‥ et ~is inter omnes nostre universitatis ‥ scripserat sine pari Conc. III 302b.  c in logica ~us est qui docet modum disputandi ‥ activus autem qui ex arte recte disputat Kilwardby OS 624.  d practica discipulo bene convenit atque magistro / ut speculativum construat ipse suum Gower VC III 1461.

spĕcŭlātīvus , a, um (speculor), spéculatif : Boet. Porph. dial. 1, p. 2 || subst. f. , spéculation, observation : Cassiod. Var. 1, 45.