A figure or Image: a forme or shape: portraiture: similitve: likeneffe: phisnomie: bcautie: fauour. A colour: a w: a prerÊce: an apparance: the outward face or shewe. A kinde affirmed of many particuler in number. Accipere speciem, Vide ACCIPIO. Species & figura bumana. Cic. Gemma specie chrystallina. Plin. Resembling a cristall. Species oris. Liu. The fourme and shape of the visage. Vermiculos ouorum specie pariunt. Plin. They bring forth worines like egges or spawne. Nec contentos effe nos oportet prima specie summi soli, fed, &c. Colu. Peither must we be content with a a super- siciall shew and app arance of the ground at the first, &c. Species vrbis. Plaut. The fourme and maner of the situation of the citie. Animorum species vertuntur. Liu. The qualities and natures of soules and spirites are chaunged. Decolor æris species. Pl. The wan or pale colour of brasse. Decora species. Plin. A comly fauour. Eximia pulchritudinis species. Cic. Fœda specie teter. Lucre. Ill fauoured and loathsome to see. Formosa & illustris species, Cic. Globosa species. Plin. A round fourme. Liberalis. Cic. Miseranda. Lucret. Milera & flebilis species Cic. Multiformes species. Colum. Ouata species. Plin. The fashion of an egge. Sacra. Seneca. Semiferæ hominum species. Luc. Shapes being halfe lyke men, haife like beastes. Serena species mundi. Lucr. The beautie of faire weather. Species viti boni. Cic. The semblance or likenesse, &c. Præter speciem stultus es. Plaut. Thou art more foolish thã one would indge by thy countinaunce. Speciem boni viri præ se serre. Cic. To resemble, or bee like an honest man: to appeare outwardly to be an honest mã. Confingere quandam formam & speciem deorum. Cic. Aetatis specie vti. Ouid. To vse the beautie of his youth. Insidebat in eins mente species eloquentiæ. Ci. There was in his minde a certaine Image, &c. Idonea species honestatis Cic. Habere humanitatis speciem. Cic. To haue a shew of curte. sie. Scurrantis speciem prebere. Hor. To appeare to be a flattering iestour or scoffer. Dissimili specie viuere. Luc. To liue after another fathion. Intueri huius vitæ speciem, Ci. To bchold the outward face of this life. Speciem prisci Iuriscons. appellant, quod recentiores legis casum. Vlpianus. Vt Marcellus animaduertit in specie huiusmodi. In such a case. Species difinitur a dialecticis, vt sit id quod dicitur de pluribus differentibus numero. vt Homo est species sub qua comprehenduntur Socrates, Plato, &c. Ci. A special kind of many particuler differing in number. Partes generis cómunione quadam similes, specie autem differentes. Cic. Specie quidÊ blanda, sed reipsa multis locis repudiãda est. Cic. Faire to see to, or in appearaunce, but in deede, &c. Veri species, Hor. An appearaunce of truth. Pompeium imagine pacis, & Lepidum specie amicitiæ deceptos. Tacit. Onder a colour and pretence of, &c. Specie rixæ. Liu. As though they did chide. Pietas inesse non potest in fictæ simulation is specie. Ci. In a false pretended colour. Præclara classis in speciem, sed inops & infirma. Cicero. A goodly nauie to see to. In speciem. Liu. I or a colour or fashiou. Per speciem legationis in Asiam ablegatus est. Pli. iun. Vnder the colour of ambassade. &c. Accommodatus ad speciem, Vide ACCOMMODO. Adhibere speciem in dicendo, Vide ADHIBEO. Adornari ad speciem. Cic. To be set out to the shew. Excellentis cloquentiæ adumbrare speciÊ. Cic. To descriue the image. &c. Speciem hosti abeuntis exercitus dedit. Quintil. Hee made semblaunce to his enemie, as though his armye departed away. Duci vtilitatis specie. Quint. With an apparaunce. In speciem ducere captiuos; Liu. For a shew only. Res erat proximè speciem muros oppugnantium. Liu. The matter appeared very like to sight, as if they had assaulted the walles. Speciem exercirus efficere. Cassius ad CiceronÊ. To make a fashion of an armie. Quæ habent speciem gloriæ. Cice. Whiche haue an appearannce or shadow of glorie. Tephritis lunæ speciem habet curuatæ in cornua. Plin. Rsembleth or hath the fourme or figure of, &c. Habet aliquarn speciem probationis. Quintil. It hath some colone of proofe. Induere speciem latronis, Vide INDVO. Speciem atque opinionem pugnantum præbere. Cæs. To make a shew, and put men in opinion that they doe fight. Præsentare speciem alicuius rei. Plin. To resemble, &c. Reddere spetiem alicuius rei. Plin. To be like to. Repræsentat cordis effigiem Encardia gemma. Pli. Est pæantidibus gemmis species aquæ glaciatæ. Plin. Bee like to yse. Non tulit hanc speciem furiata mente Chorœbus. Virg. Chorœbus in a great rage could not abide to see this. Flebilis species tacitæ aulæ. Claud. A lamentable light of a desolate court. Species. Liu. Visions: sights in the night. Variæ illudunt species. Virg. Eadem est in somnijs species corum quæ vigilantes videmus. Cic. Vanæ finguntur species. Horat. Oblata cælestium species. Liu. Visions of aungels or gods appeared to him. Species, in plurali. Martiniani. Iurecons. Spices.

I. Act., a seeing, sight, look, view (rare; cf. aspectus): speciem quo vortimus, Lucr. 4, 242; so id. 4, 236 (for which, a little before, visus); 5, 707; 5, 724; Vitr. 3, 2 fin.; 5, 9: si tantis intervallis nostra species potest id animadvertere, id. 9, 4: qui sensus nostros specie primā acerrime commovent, Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 98: qui doloris speciem ferre non possunt, id. Tusc. 2, 23, 54.—

II. Pass., prop. that which is seen in a thing, i. e. the outward appearance, outside, exterior; shape, form, figure, mien, etc. (freq. and class.; syn. forma).

A. Lit.: praeter speciem stultus, Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 49: quod speciem ac formam similem gerit ejus imago, Lucr. 4, 52; cf.: quae species formaque pugnae, qui motus hominum non ita expictus est, ut, etc., outlines, contours, Cic. Tusc. 5, 39, 114: esse aliquem humanā specie et figurā, id. Rosc. Am. 22, 63: hominis esse specie deos confitendum est, id. N. D. 1, 18, 48: edepol specie lepida mulier! Plaut. Rud. 2, 4, 2; cf.: bellan' videtur specie mulier? id. Bacch. 4, 7, 40; id. Most. 1, 3, 23; id. Mil. 4, 2, 10; 4, 6, 20: urbis speciem vidi, id. Pers. 4, 4, 2; so, species praeclara oppidi, Cic. Rep. 3, 32, 44; id. Verr. 2, 4, 58, 129: sphaerae (Archimedeae), etc., id. Rep. 1, 14, 21: navium, Caes. B. G. 4, 25; cf.: nova atque inusitata, id. ib. 2, 31: horribilis, id. ib. 7, 36: agro bene culto nihil potest esse specie ornatius, Cic. Sen. 16, 57: horum hominum species est honestissima, id. Cat. 2, 8, 18: ad speciem magnifico ornatu, as to outward appearance, id. Verr. 2, 1, 22, 58: populi, id. Rep. 3, 33, 45: nec ulla deformior species est civitatis, quam illa, in quā opulentissimi optimi putantur, id. Rep. 1, 34, 51: speciem honesti habere, the look or semblance of what is right, id. Off. 3, 2, 7: turba majorem quam pro numero speciem ferens, Curt. 3, 2, 3; cf.: fallaces sunt rerum species, quibus credimus, Sen. Ben. 4, 34, 1.—

2. Something seen, a spectacle, sight, appearance: ponite itaque ante oculos miseram quidem illam ac flebilem speciem, Cic. Phil. 11, 3: non tulit hanc speciem furiatā mente Coroebus, Verg. A. 2, 407 (cf. I. supra).—

3. Trop., that which is seen by the mind, an idea, notion: hanc illi i)de/an appellabant: nos recte speciem possumus dicere, Cic. Ac. 1, 8, 30; cf. id. Top. 7, 30: insidebat in ejus mente species eloquentiae, id. Or. 5, 18: excellentis eloquentiae speciem et formam adumbrabimus, id. ib. 14, 43: species, forma et notio viri boni, id. Off. 3, 20, 81; cf.: prima sit haec forma et species et origo tyranni, id. Rep. 2, 29, 51: qui species alias veri scelerisque capiet, Hor. S. 2, 3, 208: utinam non inanes species anxio animo figuraret, Curt. 7, 1, 36.—

B. In partic.

1. A look, show, seeming, appearance, semblance, pretence, cloak, color, pretext, etc. (opp. that which is real, actual, etc.).

a. In gen.: obiciuntur saepe formae, quae reapse nullae sunt, speciem autem offerunt, Cic. Div. 1, 37, 81: ista securitas specie quidem blanda sed reapse, etc., id. Lael. 13, 47: cujus rei species erat acceptio frumenti, Sall. J. 29, 4: fraudi imponere aliquam speciem juris, Liv. 9, 11: specie liberā ... re verā, etc., id. 35, 31; cf.: litteras inanis vanā specie libertatis adumbratas esse, id. 33, 31, 2 Weissenb. ad loc.: plurimi ibi a fallaci equitum specie agasonibusque excepti sunt, id. 7, 15, 7: si dux primam speciem adpropinquantis terroris sustinuisset, id. 44, 6, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.: quae (nomina) primā specie admirationem, re explicatā risum movent, Cic. Fin. 4, 22, 61: quaedam humanitatis habent primam speciem ut misericordia, id. Tusc. 4, 14, 32: similitudinem quandam speciemque sapientium gerere, id. Off. 3, 4, 16: si speciem utilitatis voluptas habere dicetur, id. ib. 3, 33, 120.— Hence,

b. Esp. with gen. of that which is assumed or pretended, under pretext of, under pretence of, etc.

(a). With abl.: fortis viros specie quādam virtutis adsimulatae tenebat, Cic. Cael. 6, 14.—

(b). With sub: sub specie tutelae liberūm ejus invasisse regnum, Curt. 9, 2, 7; 10, 6, 21; Liv. 44, 24, 4.—

(g). With per: per speciem celebrandarum cantu epularum, Liv. 9, 30, 8: per speciem auxilii Byzantiis ferendi, re ipsā, etc., id. 39, 35, 4; 40, 13, 8; 42, 52, 8.—

(d). With in: si quis in speciem refectionis (viae) deteriorem viam facit, Dig. 43, 11, 1, 2.—Adverb.: in speciem, for a show, as a pretence: haud dubio in speciem consensu fit ad Poenos deditio, Liv. 24, 1, 8: dilatā in speciem actione, re ipsā sublatā, id. 3, 9, 13; so, ad speciem tabernaculis relictis, Caes. B. C. 2, 35 fin.; id. B. G. 1, 51; Quint. Cic. Pet. Cons. 5, 18 al.—

2. Also with gen.: in speciem, after the manner, in the fashion, like (cf. tamquam; poet.): inque chori ludunt speciem, Ov. M. 3, 685: in montis speciem curvari, id. ib. 15, 509; cf.: scorpiones vermiculos ovorum specie pariunt, Plin. 11, 25, 30, 86.—

3. Pregn., like the Engl. show, for ornament, display, splendor, beauty (cf.: dignitas, venustas): ut in usum boni sint et in speciem populo, Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 42: fuit pompa, fuit species, fuit incessus saltem Seplasiā dignus et Capuā, Cic. Pis. 11, 24: adhibere quandam in dicendo speciem atque pompam, id. de Or. 2, 72, 294: speciem candoremque caeli, id. Tusc. 1, 28, 68; cf. id. N. D. 2, 37; 2, 39: specie et motu capere homines, id. Brut. 62, 224: triumpho praebere speciem, Liv. 34, 52, 10: addere speciem, id. 37, 40; 9, 40: si fortunatum species et gratia praestat, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 49; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 203: ducit te species, id. S. 2, 2, 35: speciem Saturnia vaccae probat, Ov. M. 1, 612: juvenis, Juv. 10, 310: corporis, Curt. 7, 9, 19; Vitr. 3, 2.—

C. Transf.

1. Concr. (for simulacrum, i. q. ei)/dwgon).

a. An appearance in sleep, a vision, apparition (mostly poet.), Lucr. 1, 125: repetit quietis Ipsa suae speciem, Ov. M. 9, 473: voce suā specieque viri turbata soporem Excutit, id. ib. 11, 677: in quiete utrique consuli eadem dicitur visa species viri, etc., Liv. 8, 6: per nocturnas species, id. 26, 19; cf.: mirabundi velut ad somni vanam speciem, id. 33, 32, 7; Sil. 13, 394; Curt. 3, 6, 7.—

b. A likeness, image, statue: tum species ex aere vetus concidit ... Et divum simulacra peremit fulminis ardor ... Sancta Jovis species ... Haec tardata diu species tandem celsā in sede locata, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 12, 21.—

2. Reputation, honor: o speciem dignitatemque populi Romani, quam reges pertimescant, Cic. Dom. 33, 89.—

3. The particular thing among many to which the looks are turned; hence, a particular sort, kind, or quality, a species: species pars est generis, App. Asclep. p. 78, 26: harum singula genera minimum in binas species dividi possunt, etc., Varr. R. R. 3, 3, 3; cf.: genus est id, quod sui similes communione quādam, specie autem differentes, duas aut plures complectitur partes, Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 189: primum illud genus quaerimus, ex quo ceterae species suspensae sunt ... Homo species est, ut Aristoteles ait, canis species: commune his vinculum animal, Sen. Ep. 58, 7; Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 4; id. L. L. 10, 18; Cic. Inv. 1, 27, 40; id. Or. 10, 33; id. Top. 18, 68; Quint. 3, 6, 26; 3, 10, 2; 5, 10, 90 al.: codicillis multas species vestis, argenti specialiter reliquit, many kinds or sorts, Dig. 34, 2, 19; cf. ib. 41, 1, 7.—

b. In later jurid. lang., a special case: proponitur apud eum species talis: Sutor puero discenti cervicem percussit, etc., Dig. 9, 2, 5 fin.; 31, 1, 85.—

c. In late Lat., goods, wares (that are classed together; cf. assortment); publicae, Cod. Just. 1, 2, 10: annonariae, ib. 11, 73, 3: vendenda sit species, i. e. wine, Pall. Oct. 14, 3.—Esp., spices, drugs, etc., Macr. S. 7, 8 med.; Dig. 39, 4, 16, 7; Pall. Oct. 14 fin.