aspectus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of aspiciō (“behold, see; catch sight of”).

Pronunciation

Participle

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

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

Noun

aspectus m (genitive aspectūs); fourth declension

  1. the act of seeing or looking at something; look, sight, vision, view
  2. sense of sight
  3. visibility, appearance, vision; aspect, presence, mien, countenance; form; color
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.279–280:
      At vērō Aenēās aspectū obmūtuit āmēns,
      arrēctaeque horrōre comae, et vōx faucibus haesit.
      But in truth Aeneas, bewildered by the vision, was struck speechless. His hair stood bristling, and his voice was caught in his throat.
      (Mercury had appeared suddenly to Aeneas; the god spoke, and vanished.)

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

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
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