spĕcŭlātĭo, ōnis, f. [speculor].
I A spying out , exploration , observation (late Lat.): speculationibus fidis doctus, Amm. 26, 10, 4; 27, 2, 4: turris speculationis, Greg. Mag. in Job, 31, 85.—
II A contemplation , speculation , Boëth. Consol. Phil. 4, 1; 5, 2; Aus. Mos. 326.