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.