Latin

Alternative forms

• adspectus

Noun

aspectus m ‎(genitive aspectūs); fourth declension

1. The act of seeing or looking at something; look, sight, vision.
2. The sense of sight.
3. The visibility, appearance; aspect, presence, mien, countenance; form; color.

Inflection

Fourth declension.

Descendants

Participle

aspectus m ‎(feminine aspecta, neuter aspectum); first/second declension

1. looked at, beheld, having been looked at
2. caught sight of, noticed, having been noticed
3. surveyed, inspected, having been inspected

Inflection

First/second declension.

Related terms

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “aspectus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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