뜻

1. 동굴, 굴, 구렁, 골
2. 동굴, 석굴

1. cave, chasm, abyss
2. grotto

예문

• Est in Africa consuetudo incolarum, ut in agris et in omnibus fere villis sub terra specus frumenti condendi gratia clam habeant, atque id propter bella maxime hostiumque subitum adventum praeparant. (CAESAR, INCERTI AVCTORIS DE BELLO AFRICO 65:1)

  (카이사르, 아프리카 전기 65:1)

• "An ignoras hoc genus bestiae lucos consitos et specus roridos et fontes amoenos semper incubare?" (Apuleius, Metamorphoses, book 4 9:58)

  (아풀레이우스, 변신, 4권 9:58)

• sed quae fuerat optima, attica, ideo nunc non habetur, quod Athenis argentifodinae cum habuerunt familias, tunc specus sub terra fodiebantur ad argentum inveniendum. (Vitruvius Pollio, De Architectura, LIBER SEPTIMUS, chapter 7 8:3)

  (비트루비우스 폴리오, 건축술에 관하여, , 7장 8:3)

• Cum haec ita erunt pertemptata et, qua supra scripta sunt, signa inventa, tum deprimendus est puteus in eo loco, et si erit caput aquae inventum, plures circa sunt fodiendi et per specus in unum locum omnes conducendi. (Vitruvius Pollio, De Architectura, LIBER OCTAVUS, chapter 1 2:36)

  (비트루비우스 폴리오, 건축술에 관하여, , 1장 2:36)

• Sin autem medii montes erunt inter moenia et caput fontis, sic erit faciendum, uti specus fodiantur sub terra librenturque ad fastigium, quod supra scriptum est. (Vitruvius Pollio, De Architectura, LIBER OCTAVUS, chapter 6 7:9)

  (비트루비우스 폴리오, 건축술에 관하여, , 6장 7:9)

유의어 사전

1. Specus and caverna are cavities, whether under-ground, or on a level with the ground,—consequently, a species of antrum; spelunca and spelæum, cavities with a perpendicular opening, leading up into a mountain; scrobs, fovea, and favissa, pits with an horizontal opening, leading down into the earth. 2. Specus (σπέος) is a gap, with a longish opening; caverna (from κύαρ) a hole, with a round opening. 3. Spelunca (σπήλυγξ) is a cavity, in a merely physical relation, with reference to its darkness and dreadfulness; antrum (ἄντρον) a grotto, as a beautiful object, with reference to its romantic appearance and cooling temperature; lastly, spelæum (σπήλαιον) is used only by the poets, as the abode and lurking-hole of wild beasts. 4. Fovea (from φύειν) is a pit meant to remain open, or only covered in order to keep in or to catch a wild beast; scrobs, a pit meant to be filled up again, and only dug, in order to bury something, the root of a tree, for instance, or a corpse. (v. 140.)

출처: Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes by Ludwig von Doederlein