conspectus
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin cōnspectus (“survey”).
Noun
[edit]conspectus (plural conspectuses)
- A detailed survey or overview of a subject.
- 1911, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson:
- Already the whole of his past life had vividly presented itself to him—myriads of tiny incidents, long forgotten, now standing out sharply in their due sequence. He had mastered this conspectus in a flash of time, and was already tired of it.
Further reading
[edit]- “conspectus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “conspectus”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “conspectus”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Perfect passive participle of cōnspiciō (“perceive, observe”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /konˈspek.tus/, [kõːˈs̠pɛkt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /konˈspek.tus/, [konˈspɛkt̪us]
Participle
[edit]cōnspectus (feminine cōnspecta, neuter cōnspectum); first/second-declension participle
- watched, looked at, having been watched
- caught sight of, noticed, having been caught sight of
- (by extension) visible
- (figuratively) distinguished, noteworthy
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | cōnspectus | cōnspecta | cōnspectum | cōnspectī | cōnspectae | cōnspecta | |
genitive | cōnspectī | cōnspectae | cōnspectī | cōnspectōrum | cōnspectārum | cōnspectōrum | |
dative | cōnspectō | cōnspectae | cōnspectō | cōnspectīs | |||
accusative | cōnspectum | cōnspectam | cōnspectum | cōnspectōs | cōnspectās | cōnspecta | |
ablative | cōnspectō | cōnspectā | cōnspectō | cōnspectīs | |||
vocative | cōnspecte | cōnspecta | cōnspectum | cōnspectī | cōnspectae | cōnspecta |
Descendants
[edit]- Galician: Cospeito (place name)
Noun
[edit]cōnspectus m (genitive cōnspectūs); fourth declension
- a sight
- sight (the ability to see; power of sight)
- presence, proximity
- (figuratively) survey, consideration
Declension
[edit]Fourth-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
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nominative | cōnspectus | cōnspectūs |
genitive | cōnspectūs | cōnspectuum |
dative | cōnspectuī | cōnspectibus |
accusative | cōnspectum | cōnspectūs |
ablative | cōnspectū | cōnspectibus |
vocative | cōnspectus | cōnspectūs |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “conspectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “conspectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to go out of sight, disappear: abire ex oculis, e conspectu alicuius
- to come in sight: venire in conspectum alicuius
- to show oneself to some one: se in conspectum dare alicui
- to keep out of a person's sight: fugere alicuius conspectum, aspectum
- before every one, in the sight of the world: in conspectu omnium or omnibus inspectantibus
- to take in everything at a glance: omnia uno aspectu, conspectu intueri
- to give a general idea of a thing: in uno conspectu ponere aliquid
- to make a short survey of a thing: in brevi conspectu ponere aliquid
- to have a general idea of a thing: uno conspectu videre aliquid
- to go out of sight, disappear: abire ex oculis, e conspectu alicuius
- conspectus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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