The story
- Latin · derived fromspeculum“mirror”
- English todayspeculum literature
From Latin speculum (“mirror”) in the title of these works.
Words from the same roots
Latinspeculum all →
speculum
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speculum literature
Today it means: A medieval literary genre, popular from the 12th through the 16th centuries, inspired by the urge to encompass encyclopedic knowledge within a single work. Full definition →
Latin speculum