aspectus
Latin
Alternative forms
- adspectus
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of aspiciō (“behold, see; catch sight of”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /asˈpek.tus/, [äs̠ˈpɛkt̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /asˈpek.tus/, [äsˈpɛkt̪us]
Noun
aspectus m (genitive aspectūs); fourth declension
- The act of seeing or looking at something; look, sight, vision.
- The sense of sight.
- The visibility, appearance; aspect, presence, mien, countenance; form; color.
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | aspectus | aspectūs |
| Genitive | aspectūs | aspectuum |
| Dative | aspectuī | aspectibus |
| Accusative | aspectum | aspectūs |
| Ablative | aspectū | aspectibus |
| Vocative | aspectus | aspectūs |
Descendants
- English: aspect
- Catalan: aspecte
- French: aspect
- German: Aspekt
- Italian: aspetto
- Old Portuguese: aspeito
- Polish: aspekt
- Portuguese: aspecto, aspeto
- Russian: аспе́кт m (aspékt)
- Sicilian: aspettu
- Spanish: aspecto
Participle
aspectus (feminine aspecta, neuter aspectum); first/second-declension participle
- looked at, beheld, having been looked at
- caught sight of, noticed, having been noticed
- surveyed, inspected, having been inspected
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | aspectus | aspecta | aspectum | aspectī | aspectae | aspecta | |
| Genitive | aspectī | aspectae | aspectī | aspectōrum | aspectārum | aspectōrum | |
| Dative | aspectō | aspectō | aspectīs | ||||
| Accusative | aspectum | aspectam | aspectum | aspectōs | aspectās | aspecta | |
| Ablative | aspectō | aspectā | aspectō | aspectīs | |||
| Vocative | aspecte | aspecta | aspectum | aspectī | aspectae | aspecta | |
Related terms
- aspectābilis
- aspectāmen
- aspectiō
- aspectō
- aspiciō
References
- “aspectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “aspectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- aspectus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the city is very beautifully situated: urbs situ ad aspectum praeclara est
- to keep out of a person's sight: fugere alicuius conspectum, aspectum
- to take in everything at a glance: omnia uno aspectu, conspectu intueri
- to come within the sphere of the senses: sub sensum or sub oculos, sub aspectum cadere
- to represent a thing vividly: oculis or sub oculos, sub aspectum subicere aliquid
- graphic depiction: rerum sub aspectum paene subiectio (De Or. 3. 53. 202)
- to give a general idea of a thing: sub unum aspectum subicere aliquid
- the city is very beautifully situated: urbs situ ad aspectum praeclara est