aspectus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === adspectus === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [asˈpɛk.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [asˈpɛk.tus] === Etymology 1 === Perfect passive participle of aspiciō (“behold, see; catch sight of”). ==== 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. === Etymology 2 === From aspiciō + -tus (forming action nouns). ==== Noun ==== aspectus m (genitive aspectūs); fourth declension the act of seeing or looking at something; look, sight, vision, view the sense of sight Synonyms: vīsus, vīsiō Coordinate terms: audītus, gustātus, tāctus, odōrātus / olfactus visibility, appearance, vision; aspect, presence, mien, countenance; form; color ===== Declension ===== Fourth-declension noun. ===== Descendants ===== === 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 “aspectus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.