spĕcŭlātīvus

a, um, adj.

id.

I. speculative (late Lat.): philosophia, Boëth. ap. Porphyr. Dial. 1, p. 2.—Hence, subst.: spĕcŭlātīva, ae, f., = contemplativa (sc. philosophia), Cassiod. Var. 1, 45.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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