spectrum

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

spectrum, i, n. [specio],

an appearance , form , image of a thing; an apparition , spectre , the Gr. εἴδωλον (much less freq. than simulacrum and species): spectra Catiana ... nam quae Democritus εἴδωλα, Catius Insuber Epicureus spectra nominat, Cic. Fam. 15, 16, 1 sq.: spectra Catiana, Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 15, 19, 1.

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