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語源 1

Originally in the phrase in specie; from Latin speciē, ablative singular of species. Compare in kind.

名詞

specie (uncountable)

1. Type or kind, in various uses of the phrase in specie.
2. Money in the form of coins made from precious metal that has an intrinsic value; coinage.

   Antonym: paper

   • 1830, Joseph Plumb Martin, “Ch. IX”, in A Narrative of Some of the Adventures, Dangers and Sufferings of a Revolutionary Soldier:

     I received one month's pay in specie while on the march to Virginia, in the year 1781, and except that, I never received any pay worth the name while I belonged to the army.

   • 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 805:

     ‘It was not money or specie he thought himself hunting!’

   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 8:

     “Dick” Counterfly had absquatulated swiftly into the night, leaving his son with only a pocketful of specie and the tender admonition, “Got to ‘scram,’ kid — write if you get work.”

派生語

関連する語

• sub specie aeterni

参考

• payment in kind

語源 2

Back-formation from species (plural), the final “s” being misinterpreted as a plural ending.

名詞

specie (plural species)

1. (hypercorrect) singular of species

使用する際の注意点

• Although in wide use, this is universally considered by prescriptive references to be an error.

参照

アナグラム

• pieces

名詞

speciē

1. ablative singular of speciēs

前置詞

speciē (+ genitive)

1. under the pretext of; under the guise of

参照

• “specie”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) in truth; really: re (vera), reapse (opp. specie)
    
  • (ambiguous) apparently; to look at: specie (De Amic. 13. 47)