spectamen

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

spectāmen, ĭnis, n. [specto]. *

I = specimen, a mark , sign , proof : spectamen bono servo id est, Ut absente ero rem sui eri diligenter Tutetur, Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 1.—

II = spectaculum, a sight , scene , spectacle (Appuleian): miserum funestumque spectamen aspexi, Ap. Met. 4, 20, 15; novum et memorandum, id. ib. 7, 13, 5.