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ŏcŭlus (sync. oclus, Prud. steph. 10, 592 dub.), i, m. [kindr. with Sanscr. akshi and aksha, from the root ītsh, videre; Gr. ossomai, osse; Goth. augō; Germ. Auge; Engl. eye], an eye.

Lit.:

quae (natura) primum oculos membranis tenuissimis vestivit et saepsit... sed lubricos oculos fecit et mobiles,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142; cf. Cels. 7, 7, 13; Plin. 11, 37, 52, § 139 sq.; Cic. de Or. 3, 59, 221:

venusti,

id. Tusc. 5, 16, 46:

eminentes,

prominent, id. Vatin. 2, 4:

oculi tanquam speculatores,

id. N. D. 2, 57, 140:

acuti,

id. Planc. 27, 69:

maligni,

Verg. A. 5, 654:

minaces,

Luc. 2, 26: oculos conicere in aliquem, to cast or fix one's eyes upon, Cic. Clu. 19, 54:

oculos conjecit in hostem,

Verg. A. 12, 483: adicere alicui rei, to cast one's eyes upon, glance at:

ad eorum ne quem oculos adiciat suos,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 24; to covet, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 15, § 37:

adicere ad rem aliquam,

id. Agr. 2, 10, 25:

de aliquo nusquam deicere,

to never turn one's eyes away from, to regard with fixed attention, id. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 33:

deicere ab aliquā re,

to turn away, id. Phil. 1, 1, 1:

in terram figere,

to fix one's eyes upon the ground, Tac. H. 4, 72:

deicere in terram,

to cast down to, Quint. 1, 11, 9:

demittere,

Ov. M. 15, 612:

erigere,

id. ib. 4, 146: attollere. Verg. A. 4, 688; Ov. M. 2, 448:

circumferre,

id. ib. 6, 169:

premere,

Verg. A. 9, 487: deponere, to fix, Hor C. 1, 36, 18:

distorquere,

id. S. 1, 9, 65:

spargere,

to direct hither and thither, Pers. 5, 33:

oculis cernere,

to see with one's own eyes, Nep. Timol. 2, 2:

oculos auferre spectanti,

to blind the eyes of an observer, to cheat him before his eyes, Liv. 6, 15 fin.: ponere sibi aliquid ante oculos. i. e. to imagine to one's self any thing, Cic. Agr. 2, 20, 53:

proponere oculis suis aliquid,

id. Sest. 7, 17:

esse ante oculos,

to be before one's eyes, id. Lael. 11, 38: res posita in oculis, and ante oculos, that lies before one's eyes, is apparent, evident:

de rebus ante oculos positis,

id. Ac. 1, 2, 5:

omnia sunt enim posita ante oculos,

id. de Or. 1, 43, 192:

inque meis oculis candida Delos erat,

before my eyes, Ov. H. 21, 82: vivere in oculis, habitare in oculis, to live in the sight of, in the presence of, in intercourse with:

in maximā celebritate atque in oculis civium quondam viximus,

Cic. Off. 3, 1, 3:

habitavi in oculis,

id. Planc. 27, 66; cf.:

in foro palam Syracusis in ore atque in oculis provinciae,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 33, § 81; Liv. 22, 12; 35, 10; Tac. H. 4, 77:

habere in oculis,

to keep in sight, to watch, observe, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 66:

in oculis omnium submergi,

Curt. 9, 4, 11:

se ante oculos suos trucidari sinerent,

Liv. 2, 6, 2; 4, 14, 5; Auct. Her. 4, 36, 48: ab oculis alicujus abire (ire), to leave one's presence:

Abin' hinc ab oculis?

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 147; id. Truc. 2, 5, 24; Sen. Ep. 36, 10; cf.:

ab oculis recedere,

Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 11:

ab oculis concedere,

Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 17:

(angues) conspecti repente ex oculis abierunt,

out of sight, Liv. 25, 16, 2:

prodigii species ex oculis elapsa,

id. 26, 19, 7:

(avem) ablatam ex oculis,

Tac. H. 2, 50:

facesserent propere ex urbe ab ore atque oculis populi Romani,

Liv. 6, 17, 8:

sub oculis alicujus,

before a person's eyes, in his presence, Caes. B. C. 1, 71; Vell. 2, 79, 4:

sub oculis domini esse,

Col. 9, 5, 2:

quos honores sub oculis tuis gessit,

Plin. Ep. 10, 11, 2:

sub avi oculis necari,

Just. 1, 4, 5; Flor. 4, 7, 8:

hostes sub oculis erant,

Liv. 22, 14, 3; 26, 38, 9:

sub oculis Caesaris,

Tac. A. 2, 35: hunc oculis suis nostrarum numquam quisquam vidit, with his own eyes, i. e. actually, in person, Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 10:

numquam ante hunc diem meis oculis eam videram,

id. Hec. 5, 4, 23: ad oculum, for display, to be seen:

non ad oculum servientes,

Vulg. Eph. 1, 18; id. Col. 3, 22.—As a term of endearment, the apple of my eye, my darling:

ubi isti sunt quibus vos oculi estis, quibus vitae estis, quibus deliciae?

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 46:

bene vale, ocule mi!

id. Curc. 1, 3, 47 —Hence, in a double sense:

par oculorum in amicitiā M. Antonii triumviri,

Suet. Rhet. 5.—The ancients swore by their eyes:

si voltis per oculos jurare, nihilo magis facietis,

Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 1.—

Transf.

The power of seeing, sight, vision: ut eum quoque oculum, quo bene videret, amitteret, lost, i. e. became blind, Cic. Div. 1, 24, 48:

oculos perdere,

id. Har. Resp. 18, 37:

restituere alicui,

Suet. Vesp. 7; cf.:

oculis usurpare rem,

i. e. see, Lucr. 1, 301.—

A luminary, said of the sun and stars ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose): mundi oculus. i. e. the sun, Ov. M. 4, 228:

stellarum oculi,

Plin. 2, 5, 4, § 10.—

A spot resembling an eye, as on a panther's hide, a peacock's tail, etc., Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62:

pavonum caudae,

id. 13, 15, 30, § 96. —So arch. t. t.:

oculus volutae,

Vitr. 3, 5. —

Of plants.

An eye, bud, bourgeon: oculos imponere, i. e. to bud, inoculate, Verg. G. 2, 73:

gemmans,

Col. 4, 24, 16.—

A bulb or knob on many roots, on the reed, etc.:

harundinis,

Cato, R. R. 6, 3; Varr. R. R. 1, 24, 3:

seritur harundo bulbo radicis, quem alii oculum vocant,

Plin. 17, 20, 33, § 144.—

A plant, called also aizoum majus, Plin. 25, 13, 102, § 160. —

Trop.

A principal ornament: hi duo illos oculos orae maritimae effoderunt ( Corinth and Carthage), Cic. N. D. 3, 38, 91:

ex duobus Graeciae oculis,

i. e. Athens and Sparta, Just. 5, 8, 4.—

The eye of the soul, the mind's eye:

eloquentiam quam nullis nisi mentis oculis videre possumus,

Cic. Or. 29, 101:

acrioribus mentis oculis intueri,

Col. 3, 8, 1:

oculos pascere re aliquā,

to feast one's eyes on any thing, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 26, § 65; cf.:

concupiscentia oculorum,

Vulg. 1 Joh. 2, 16: fructum oculis (dat.) capere ex aliquā re, Nep. Eum. 11, 2: oculi dolent, the eyes ache, i. e. one is afflicted by something seen, Ter. Ph. 5, 8, 64; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 1; cf.:

pietas, pater, oculis dolorem prohibet,

i. e. forbids me to take offence, Plaut. As. 5, 1, 4: in oculis, in the eye, i. e. in view, hoped or expected:

frumenti spes, quae in oculis fuerat, utrosque frustrata pariter,

Liv. 26, 39, 23:

acies et arma in oculis erant,

Curt. 3, 6, 3:

Philotae supplicium in oculis erat,

id. 8, 6, 21:

esse in oculis,

to be beloved, esteemed, Cic. Att. 6, 2, 5:

esse in oculis multitudinis,

id. Tusc. 2, 26, 63: ferre, gestare in oculis, to love, esteem, value:

oderat tum, cum, etc....jam fert in oculis,

id. Phil. 6, 4, 11:

rex te ergo in oculis,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 11: aequis oculis videre, i. e. contentedly, with satisfaction (like aequo animo), Curt. 8, 2, 9: ante oculos, in mind, in view:

mors ante oculos debet esse,

Sen. Ep. 12, 6; Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 6; also plain, obvious:

simul est illud ante oculos,

Cic. de Or. 2, 85, 349:

sit ante oculos Nero,

i. e. set him before you, consider him, Tac. H. 1, 16: ante oculos habere, to keep in mind (post-class.):

habe ante oculos hanc esse terram,

Plin. Ep. 8, 24, 4:

mortalitatem,

id. ib. 2, 10, 4; Just. 5, 6, 1; for which (late Lat.) prae oculis: prae oculis habere terrorem futuri judicii, Greg. M. Ep. 2, 48;

3, 27 al.: nec jam fas ullum prae oculis habent,

Amm. 30, 4, 18: ob oculos versari, to be before the mind, etc.:

mors (ei) ob oculos versatur,

Cic. Rab. Post. 14, 39; Liv. 28, 19, 14; cf.:

usu versatur ante oculos vobis Glaucia,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 98; id. Fin. 2, 22, 75; 5, 1, 3; id. Dom. 55, 141; Liv. 34, 36, 6: ponere aliquid ante oculos, to call up in mind, imagine, etc.:

eā (translatione) utimur rei ante oculos ponendae causā,

Auct. Her. 4, 34, 45:

ora eorum ponite vobis ante oculos,

Cic. Phil. 13, 2, 4:

calamitatem Cottae sibi ante oculos ponunt,

Caes. B. G. 6, 37:

exsilium Cn. Marci sibi proponunt ante oculos,

Liv. 2, 54, 6:

conjurationem ante oculos ponere,

id. 24, 24, 8:

studia eorum vobis ante oculos proponere,

Auct. Her. 4, 36, 48;

rarely: constituere sibi aliquid ante oculos,

Cic. Cael. 32, 79; Aug. Serm. 233, 3: ante oculos ponere (proponere), with ellips. of dat. of person, Cic. Marc. 2, 5; id. Deiot. 7, 20; id. Phil. 2, 45, 115; 11, 3, 7; id. N. D. 1, 41, 114:

nec a re publicā deiciebam oculos,

id. Phil. 1, 1, 1.

vīsus, a, um, Part. of video.

vīsus, ūs, m. [video], a seeing, looking; a look, glance; the faculty or act of seeing, sight, vision.

Lit.: feminas omnes visu nocere, quae duplices pupillas habent, Cic. Fragm. ap. Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 18:

visu effascinare,

Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 16:

oculorum visus,

Lucr. 5, 101;

so quint. 1, 2, 11: corpus visu tactuque manifestum,

id. 1, 4, 20: visus in duas acies (divisus est), Lact. Opif. Dei, 10, 10; Ambros. in Luc. 7, 113 al.—In plur., Ov. F. 3, 406; Cael. Aur. Acut. 1, 15, 122; App. de Deo Socr. p. 43, 31.—

Transf.

The sight, the organ of sight:

spectare inocciduis visibus,

with everwatchful eyes, Stat. Th. 6, 277.—

Object., a thing seen, a sight, appearance, an apparition, a vision:

conspectus ab utrāque acie aliquanto augustior humano visu,

Liv. 8, 9, 10:

rite secundarent visus,

Verg. A. 3, 36:

inopino territa visu,

Ov. M. 4, 232:

nocturni visus,

Liv. 8, 6, 11.—

Appearance, seeming, probability:

multa esse probabilia, quae quamquam non perciperentur, tamen, quia visum haberent quendam insignem et illustrem, iis sapientis vita regeretur,

Cic. N. D. 1, 5, 12.

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abs-condo, condi and condĭdi, condĭtum and consum, 3, v. a. (abscondi, Tac. H. 3, 68; Curt. 6, 6; Gell. 17, 9; Caecil. and Pompon. ap. Non. 75, 25:

abscondidi,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 25; Sil. 8, 192:

absconsum,

Quint. Decl. 17, 15), to put away, conceal carefully, hide, secrete (the access. idea of a careful concealment distinguishes this word from its synn. abdo, celo, abstrudo, etc.).

Lit.:

est quiddam, quod occultatur, quod quo studiosius ab istis opprimitur et absconditur, eo magis eminet et apparet,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 41 fin.:

nequiquam (eam) abdidi, abscondidi, abstrusam habebam,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 25: aurum secundum aram, Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 890 P.: fontes absconditi, Auct. ad Her. 4, 6, 9:

ensem in vulnere,

to bury, Sen. Thyest. 721 (cf.:

lateri abdidit ensem,

Verg. A. 2, 553; v. abdo, II. e); so,

abscondit in aëre telum,

i. e. shot it out of sight, Sil. 1, 316.— Pass., of stars, to set, and thus become invisible, Verg. G. 1, 221.—Hence,

In gen., to make invisible, to cover:

fluvium et campos caede,

Sil. 11, 522; so id. 17, 49.—

Poet., to put a place out of sight, to lose sight of, to depart from:

aërias Phaeacum abscondimus arces,

we leave behind, Verg. A. 3, 291 (cf. id. ib. 4, 154: transmittunt cursu campos).—

Trop.:

fugam furto,

to conceal flight, Verg. A. 4, 337: praenavigavimus vitam, et quemadmodum in mari, sic in hoc cursu rapidissimi temporis, primum pueritiam abscondimus, deinde adulescentiam, leave behind, outlive (cf. the prec., C.), Sen. Ep. 70, 2; Tac. A. 13, 16.— Hence, abscondĭtus, a, um, P. a., hidden, concealed, secret, unknown:

gladii absconditi,

Cic. Phil. 2, 108:

in tam absconditis insidiis,

id. Cat. 3, 1, 3:

jus pontificum,

id. Dom. 54, 138.— Adv.

abscondĭtē, of discourse.

Obscurely, abstrusely, Cic. Inv. 2, 23.—

Profoundly, Cic. Fin. 3, 1, 2.—

absconsē (from absconsus), secretly, Hyg. Fab. 184; Firm. Math. 2, 2.

abs-condo, condi and condĭdi, condĭtum and consum, 3, v. a. (abscondi, Tac. H. 3, 68; Curt. 6, 6; Gell. 17, 9; Caecil. and Pompon. ap. Non. 75, 25:

abscondidi,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 25; Sil. 8, 192:

absconsum,

Quint. Decl. 17, 15), to put away, conceal carefully, hide, secrete (the access. idea of a careful concealment distinguishes this word from its synn. abdo, celo, abstrudo, etc.).

Lit.:

est quiddam, quod occultatur, quod quo studiosius ab istis opprimitur et absconditur, eo magis eminet et apparet,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 41 fin.:

nequiquam (eam) abdidi, abscondidi, abstrusam habebam,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 25: aurum secundum aram, Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 890 P.: fontes absconditi, Auct. ad Her. 4, 6, 9:

ensem in vulnere,

to bury, Sen. Thyest. 721 (cf.:

lateri abdidit ensem,

Verg. A. 2, 553; v. abdo, II. e); so,

abscondit in aëre telum,

i. e. shot it out of sight, Sil. 1, 316.— Pass., of stars, to set, and thus become invisible, Verg. G. 1, 221.—Hence,

In gen., to make invisible, to cover:

fluvium et campos caede,

Sil. 11, 522; so id. 17, 49.—

Poet., to put a place out of sight, to lose sight of, to depart from:

aërias Phaeacum abscondimus arces,

we leave behind, Verg. A. 3, 291 (cf. id. ib. 4, 154: transmittunt cursu campos).—

Trop.:

fugam furto,

to conceal flight, Verg. A. 4, 337: praenavigavimus vitam, et quemadmodum in mari, sic in hoc cursu rapidissimi temporis, primum pueritiam abscondimus, deinde adulescentiam, leave behind, outlive (cf. the prec., C.), Sen. Ep. 70, 2; Tac. A. 13, 16.— Hence, abscondĭtus, a, um, P. a., hidden, concealed, secret, unknown:

gladii absconditi,

Cic. Phil. 2, 108:

in tam absconditis insidiis,

id. Cat. 3, 1, 3:

jus pontificum,

id. Dom. 54, 138.— Adv.

abscondĭtē, of discourse.

Obscurely, abstrusely, Cic. Inv. 2, 23.—

Profoundly, Cic. Fin. 3, 1, 2.—

absconsē (from absconsus), secretly, Hyg. Fab. 184; Firm. Math. 2, 2.

abs-condo, condi and condĭdi, condĭtum and consum, 3, v. a. (abscondi, Tac. H. 3, 68; Curt. 6, 6; Gell. 17, 9; Caecil. and Pompon. ap. Non. 75, 25:

abscondidi,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 25; Sil. 8, 192:

absconsum,

Quint. Decl. 17, 15), to put away, conceal carefully, hide, secrete (the access. idea of a careful concealment distinguishes this word from its synn. abdo, celo, abstrudo, etc.).

Lit.:

est quiddam, quod occultatur, quod quo studiosius ab istis opprimitur et absconditur, eo magis eminet et apparet,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 41 fin.:

nequiquam (eam) abdidi, abscondidi, abstrusam habebam,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 25: aurum secundum aram, Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 890 P.: fontes absconditi, Auct. ad Her. 4, 6, 9:

ensem in vulnere,

to bury, Sen. Thyest. 721 (cf.:

lateri abdidit ensem,

Verg. A. 2, 553; v. abdo, II. e); so,

abscondit in aëre telum,

i. e. shot it out of sight, Sil. 1, 316.— Pass., of stars, to set, and thus become invisible, Verg. G. 1, 221.—Hence,

In gen., to make invisible, to cover:

fluvium et campos caede,

Sil. 11, 522; so id. 17, 49.—

Poet., to put a place out of sight, to lose sight of, to depart from:

aërias Phaeacum abscondimus arces,

we leave behind, Verg. A. 3, 291 (cf. id. ib. 4, 154: transmittunt cursu campos).—

Trop.:

fugam furto,

to conceal flight, Verg. A. 4, 337: praenavigavimus vitam, et quemadmodum in mari, sic in hoc cursu rapidissimi temporis, primum pueritiam abscondimus, deinde adulescentiam, leave behind, outlive (cf. the prec., C.), Sen. Ep. 70, 2; Tac. A. 13, 16.— Hence, abscondĭtus, a, um, P. a., hidden, concealed, secret, unknown:

gladii absconditi,

Cic. Phil. 2, 108:

in tam absconditis insidiis,

id. Cat. 3, 1, 3:

jus pontificum,

id. Dom. 54, 138.— Adv.

abscondĭtē, of discourse.

Obscurely, abstrusely, Cic. Inv. 2, 23.—

Profoundly, Cic. Fin. 3, 1, 2.—

absconsē (from absconsus), secretly, Hyg. Fab. 184; Firm. Math. 2, 2.

aspectus ( adsp-), a, um, Part. of aspicio

aspectus ( adsp-), ūs, m. ( gen. aspecti, Att. ap Non. p. 485, 21; cf. Prisc. p. 712 P.; Rudd. I. p. 103, n. 46; dat. sing. aspectu, like jussu, manu, etc., Verg. A. 6, 465; cf. Schneid Gr II. 332) [aspicio].

A.. Act., a seeing, looking at, a look, sight.

Absol.: intellegens dicendi existimator uno aspectu et praeteriens de oratore saepe judicat, Cic Brut. 54, 200:

e quibus (litteris tuis) primo aspectu voluptatem cepi, quod erant a te ipso scriptae,

id. Att. 7, 3, 1 hic primo aspectu inanimum quiddam se putat cernere, id. N. D 2, 35, 90:

urbs situ est praeclaro ad aspectum,

id. Verr 2, 4, 52 fin.:

voci tamen et aspectui pepercit,

Tac. A. 15, 61 et saep.—

With gen. of obj. or adj. for gen.:

carere aspectu civium,

Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 17:

hominum aspectum lucemque vitare,

id. Sull. 26, 74:

aspectum civium gravari,

Tac. A. 3, 59:

se aspectu alicujus subtrahere,

Verg. A. 6, 465:

ab aspectu alicujus auferri,

Vulg. Tob. 12, 21:

aspectum alicujus fugere, Sen Hippol. 734: aspectum alicujus rei exuere,

Tac. A. 16, 28:

si te aspectus detinet urbis,

Verg. A. 4, 347:

in aspectu earum,

Vulg. Gen. 30, 38:

violare sacra aspectu virili, i. e. virorum,

Cic. Har Resp. 5, 8. in aspectu tuo gaudebit, Vulg. Tob. 11, 8.—In plur.:

sic orsus Apollo Mortales medio aspectus sermone reliquit, i. e. mortalium,

Verg. A. 9, 657.—

Physically, the sight, glance:

lubricos oculos fecit (natura) et mobiles, ut aspectum, quo vellent, facile converterent,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142: si contendemus per continuationem, acri aspectu utemur, Auct. ad Her. 3, 15, 27.—

The sense of sight: Sed mihi ne utiquam cor consentit cum oculorum aspectu, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 17, 52' quicquid sub aspectum oculorum cadit, Vulg. Lev. 13, 12:

caelum ita aptum est. ut sub aspectum et tactum cadat,

Cic. Tim. 5:

aspectum omnino amittere,

id. Tusc. 1, 30, 73:

res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,

id. de Or. 2, 87, 357.—

Pass. (i. e. transferred to the object seen).

The visibility, appearance:

adspectu siderum,

Plin. 2, 68, 68, § 172:

In sedecim partes caelum in eo adspectu divisere Tusci,

id. 2, 54, 55, § 143, where Jan reads spectu. —

The manner of appearance, appearance, look, aspect, presence, mien, countenance.

In gen.: quadrupes aspectu truci, Pac. ap. Cic. Div 2, 64, 133:

Horribili super aspectu mortalibus instans,

Lucr. 1, 65:

erat rotis horribilis aspectus,

Vulg. Ezech. 2, 18: pomorum [p. 174] jucundus aspectus, Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158; id. Phil. 2, 29:

erat aspectus ejus sicut fulgur,

Vulg. Matt. 28, 3:

aspectus faciei illius immutatus est super Sidrach etc.,

ib. Dan. 3, 19:

fuit (Iphicrates) et animo magno et corpore imperatoriāque formā, ut ipso aspectu cuivis iniceret admirationem sui,

Nep. Iphicr. 3, 1:

Canidia et Sagana horrendae aspectu,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 26:

apes horridae adspectu,

Plin. 11, 18, 19, § 59:

(rex) erat terribilis aspectu,

Vulg. Esth. 15, 9:

lignum (erat) aspectu delectabile,

ib. Gen. 3, 6:

Bucephalus adspectu torvo,

Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 154:

Oceanus cruento aspectu,

Tac. A. 14, 32 al. —Hence,

Of shape, the form, appearance:

herba adspectu roris marini,

Plin. 24, 19, 113, § 173; 10, 39, 56, § 115:

super similitudinem throni similitudo quasi aspectus hominis,

Vulg. Ezech. 1, 26: quasi aspectus equorum, ib. Joel, 2, 4.—

Of color, the color, appearance, look:

carbunculi adspectūs nigrioris,

Plin. 37, 7, 25, § 95:

discolor,

id. 31, 2, 20, § 30:

Cum color albus in cute fuerit et capillorum mutaverit aspectum,

Vulg. Lev. 13, 10; ib. Ezech. 1, 7; 1, 16.

aspectus ( adsp-), a, um, Part. of aspicio

aspectus ( adsp-), ūs, m. ( gen. aspecti, Att. ap Non. p. 485, 21; cf. Prisc. p. 712 P.; Rudd. I. p. 103, n. 46; dat. sing. aspectu, like jussu, manu, etc., Verg. A. 6, 465; cf. Schneid Gr II. 332) [aspicio].

A.. Act., a seeing, looking at, a look, sight.

Absol.: intellegens dicendi existimator uno aspectu et praeteriens de oratore saepe judicat, Cic Brut. 54, 200:

e quibus (litteris tuis) primo aspectu voluptatem cepi, quod erant a te ipso scriptae,

id. Att. 7, 3, 1 hic primo aspectu inanimum quiddam se putat cernere, id. N. D 2, 35, 90:

urbs situ est praeclaro ad aspectum,

id. Verr 2, 4, 52 fin.:

voci tamen et aspectui pepercit,

Tac. A. 15, 61 et saep.—

With gen. of obj. or adj. for gen.:

carere aspectu civium,

Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 17:

hominum aspectum lucemque vitare,

id. Sull. 26, 74:

aspectum civium gravari,

Tac. A. 3, 59:

se aspectu alicujus subtrahere,

Verg. A. 6, 465:

ab aspectu alicujus auferri,

Vulg. Tob. 12, 21:

aspectum alicujus fugere, Sen Hippol. 734: aspectum alicujus rei exuere,

Tac. A. 16, 28:

si te aspectus detinet urbis,

Verg. A. 4, 347:

in aspectu earum,

Vulg. Gen. 30, 38:

violare sacra aspectu virili, i. e. virorum,

Cic. Har Resp. 5, 8. in aspectu tuo gaudebit, Vulg. Tob. 11, 8.—In plur.:

sic orsus Apollo Mortales medio aspectus sermone reliquit, i. e. mortalium,

Verg. A. 9, 657.—

Physically, the sight, glance:

lubricos oculos fecit (natura) et mobiles, ut aspectum, quo vellent, facile converterent,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142: si contendemus per continuationem, acri aspectu utemur, Auct. ad Her. 3, 15, 27.—

The sense of sight: Sed mihi ne utiquam cor consentit cum oculorum aspectu, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 17, 52' quicquid sub aspectum oculorum cadit, Vulg. Lev. 13, 12:

caelum ita aptum est. ut sub aspectum et tactum cadat,

Cic. Tim. 5:

aspectum omnino amittere,

id. Tusc. 1, 30, 73:

res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,

id. de Or. 2, 87, 357.—

Pass. (i. e. transferred to the object seen).

The visibility, appearance:

adspectu siderum,

Plin. 2, 68, 68, § 172:

In sedecim partes caelum in eo adspectu divisere Tusci,

id. 2, 54, 55, § 143, where Jan reads spectu. —

The manner of appearance, appearance, look, aspect, presence, mien, countenance.

In gen.: quadrupes aspectu truci, Pac. ap. Cic. Div 2, 64, 133:

Horribili super aspectu mortalibus instans,

Lucr. 1, 65:

erat rotis horribilis aspectus,

Vulg. Ezech. 2, 18: pomorum [p. 174] jucundus aspectus, Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158; id. Phil. 2, 29:

erat aspectus ejus sicut fulgur,

Vulg. Matt. 28, 3:

aspectus faciei illius immutatus est super Sidrach etc.,

ib. Dan. 3, 19:

fuit (Iphicrates) et animo magno et corpore imperatoriāque formā, ut ipso aspectu cuivis iniceret admirationem sui,

Nep. Iphicr. 3, 1:

Canidia et Sagana horrendae aspectu,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 26:

apes horridae adspectu,

Plin. 11, 18, 19, § 59:

(rex) erat terribilis aspectu,

Vulg. Esth. 15, 9:

lignum (erat) aspectu delectabile,

ib. Gen. 3, 6:

Bucephalus adspectu torvo,

Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 154:

Oceanus cruento aspectu,

Tac. A. 14, 32 al. —Hence,

Of shape, the form, appearance:

herba adspectu roris marini,

Plin. 24, 19, 113, § 173; 10, 39, 56, § 115:

super similitudinem throni similitudo quasi aspectus hominis,

Vulg. Ezech. 1, 26: quasi aspectus equorum, ib. Joel, 2, 4.—

Of color, the color, appearance, look:

carbunculi adspectūs nigrioris,

Plin. 37, 7, 25, § 95:

discolor,

id. 31, 2, 20, § 30:

Cum color albus in cute fuerit et capillorum mutaverit aspectum,

Vulg. Lev. 13, 10; ib. Ezech. 1, 7; 1, 16.

conspectus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from conspicio.

conspectus, ūs, m. [conspicio], a seeing, looking at, a look, sight, view, the range or reach of sight, the power of sceing (freq., and class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.: casurusne in conspectum videatur animus, an tanta sit ejus tenuitas, ut fugiat aciem, Cic. Tusc. 1, 22, 50:

quo longissime conspectum oculi ferebant,

Liv. 1, 18, 8:

obscuritas lucis Romanis non adimebat in omnis partes conspectum,

id. 37, 41, 3:

conspectu urbis frui,

Cic. Sull. 9, 26:

suorum,

id. Mur. 41, 89: sese dare in conspectum, Enn. Ann. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 41:

dare se in conspectum alicui,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 31; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 86; cf.:

alicui in conspectum prodire,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 4, 3:

prodire ad aliquem in conspectum,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 84; id. Most. 5, 2, 33:

paene in conspectu exercitūs nostri,

before the eyes, Caes. B. G. 1, 11:

illam e conspectu amisi meo,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 2:

venire in conspectum alicujus,

Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 24; Nep. Con. 3, 3 al.:

fugere e conspectu alicujus,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 107; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 88:

ex hominum conspectu morte decedere,

Nep. Timol. 1, 6:

fugare aliquem e conspectu,

Lucr. 3, 49:

conspectum fugere,

Ov. M. 2, 594.—

Pregn., public attention, notice:

subito consilium cepi ut ante quam luceret exirem, ne qui conspectus fieret aut sermo,

Cic. Att. 7, 10 init. —

Meton.

Presence, proximity (very freq.; in many connections coinciding with the foregoing, as the phrase venire in conspectum can be translated to come before the eyes or to come near; so also e conspectu fugere, etc.).

Of persons:

etsi scio, eis fore meum conspectum invisum hodie,

Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 22:

(tibi) cujus prope in conspectu Aegyptus est,

Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 5; so, in conspectu, in the presence or vicinity, before the eyes, before the face of, in sight, id. Agr. 1, 3, 7; Caes. B. G. 2, 25 fin.; Liv. 1, 31, 2; Verg. A. 1, 184.—

Of inanimate things:

quercus, quae est in oppidi conspectu,

Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 6:

procul a conspectu imperii,

Cic. Agr. 2, 32, 87: spectet patriam;

in conspectu legum libertatisque moriatur,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 66, § 170.—

Appearance (cf. adspectus;

very rare): videamus animi partis, quarum est conspectus inlustrior,

Cic. Fin. 5, 18, 48 Madv. ad loc.:

Hieronymus... primo statim aspectu omnia quam disparia essent ostendit,

i. e. at the first view the public had of him, Liv. 24, 5, 2; 6, 8, 6.—

Trop., the mental view, glance, survey, consideration (rare, but in good prose):

quae ponunt in conspectu animi, quae cernere et videre non possumus,

Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 161:

et cognitio naturae,

id. Leg. 1, 23, 61:

uno in conspectu omnia videre,

id. Brut. 4, 15; id. Leg. 3, 5, 12; Quint. 10, 1, 6; 7, 1, 4; Liv. 10, 25, 12:

ut ea ne in conspectu quidem relinquantur,

never come into consideration, are scarcely observed, Cic. Fin. 5, 31, 93.—

In Gellius concr., like the Gr. sunopsis, a short view, sketch, synopsis, Gell. 17, 21, 2; 19, 10, 3.

prospectus, a, um, Part., from prospicio.

prospectus, ūs, m. [prospicio].

Lit., a lookout, distant view, prospect (class.):

sterilis prospectus,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 15:

cum saepibus prospectus impediretur,

Caes. B. G. 2, 22; cf. Sall. J. 53, 1:

non prospectu modo extra vallum adempto, sed propinquo etiam congredientium inter se conspectu,

Liv. 10, 32:

petere prospectum ex arce,

Cat. 64, 241:

habere prospectum in praeceps,

Vulg. 2 Macc. 13, 5.—

Transf.

Sight, view:

aliquem in prospectum populi Romani producere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 122:

cum jam extremi essent in prospectu,

to be in sight, Caes. B. G. 5, 10; cf. Hirt. B. Afr. 62:

lugubris,

Tac. H. 1, 4:

praeclarus,

Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 80:

praebere prospectum navium,

Liv. 27, 23:

prospectum eripiens oculis,

Verg. A. 8, 254.—

Poet., sight, vision:

late Aequora prospectu metior,

Ov. H. 10, 28.—

Trop.

Regard, respect (post-class.):

cujus rationem prospectumque Bias non habuit,

Gell. 5, 11, 10; so,

prospectum officii deponere,

Val. Max. 5, 1, 3 ext. —

Foresight (eccl. Lat.):

humanus prospectus,

Tert. Spect. 1.

spectācŭlum (contr. spectāclum, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 21 and 56), i, n. [specto], a show, sight, spectacle (class.).

In gen.:

lepidum spectaculum,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 81:

superarum rerum atque caelestium,

Cic. N. D. 2, 56, 140:

bis terque mutatae dapis,

Hor. Epod. 5, 34:

potius quam hoc spectaculum viderem,

Cic. Mil. 38, 103: capere oblatae spectacula praedae, Ov. M. 3, 246; cf. id. ib. 7, 780:

scorti procacis,

Liv. 39, 43:

Euripi,

id. 45, 27:

non hoc ista sibi tempus spectacula poscit,

Verg. A. 6, 37:

spectaclum ipsa sedens,

i. e. exposed to public view, in the sight of all, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 21:

neque hoc parentes Effugerit spectaculum,

Hor. Epod. 5, 102.—Esp. in the phrases:

spectaculum (alicui) praebere, spectaculum (spectaculo) esse alicui: circuitus solis et lunae spectaculum hominibus praebent,

Cic. N. D. 2, 62, 155; so,

praebere,

Liv. 45, 28:

praebent spectacula capti,

Ov. A. A. 2, 581:

o spectaculum illud hominibus luctuosum, cedere e patriā servatorem ejus, manere in patriā perditores!

Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 8; cf. id. Corn. 1, § 19:

homini non amico nostra incommoda spectaculo esse nolim,

id. Att. 10, 2, 2:

insequitur acies ornata armataque, ut hostium quoque magnificum spectaculum esset,

Liv. 10, 40 fin. —

In partic.

Lit., in the theatre, circus, etc., a public sight or show, a stageplay, spectacle (cf.:

munus, ludi, fabula): spectacula sunt tributim data,

Cic. Mur. 34, 72:

apparatissimum,

id. Phil. 1, 15, 36:

gladiatorium,

Liv. 39, 42:

gladiatorum,

id. 28, 21 fin.; Plin. 2, 26, 25, § 96:

circi,

Liv. 7, 2:

scenae,

Ov. A. A. 3, 351:

ludorum,

Suet. Aug. 14:

athletarum,

id. ib. 44; id. Ner. 12:

naumachiae,

id. Caes. 44:

nondum commisso spectaculo,

Liv. 2, 36, 1:

interesse spectaculo,

id. 2, 38, 4:

inter matutina harenae spectacula,

Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 2:

meridianum,

id. Ep. 7, 3.—

Transf., the place whence plays are witnessed, the seats of the spectators, seats, places in the theatre, the amphitheatre:

spectacula ruunt,

Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 47:

ex omnibus spectaculis plausus est excitatus,

Cic. Sest. 58, 124:

resonant spectacula plausu,

Ov. M. 10, 668:

loca divisa patribus equitibusque, ubi spectacula sibi quisque facerent,

Liv. 1, 35, 8:

spectaculorum gradus,

Tac. A. 14, 13:

spectaculis detractus et in harenam deductus,

Suet. Calig. 35; id. Dom. 10.—

In gen., the theatre:

ingressum spectacula,

Suet. Calig. 35:

in caelum trabibus spectacula textis surgere,

Calp. Ecl. 7, 23.—

The spectators:

spectacula tantum este, viri,

Sil. 2, 230:

virtutis,

id. 8, 556.—

A wonder, miracle: spectacula septem, the seven wonders of the world:

in septem spectaculis nominari,

Vitr. 2, 8, 11:

numerari inter septem omnium terrarum spectacula,

Gell. 10, 18, 4.

spectācŭlum (contr. spectāclum, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 21 and 56), i, n. [specto], a show, sight, spectacle (class.).

In gen.:

lepidum spectaculum,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 81:

superarum rerum atque caelestium,

Cic. N. D. 2, 56, 140:

bis terque mutatae dapis,

Hor. Epod. 5, 34:

potius quam hoc spectaculum viderem,

Cic. Mil. 38, 103: capere oblatae spectacula praedae, Ov. M. 3, 246; cf. id. ib. 7, 780:

scorti procacis,

Liv. 39, 43:

Euripi,

id. 45, 27:

non hoc ista sibi tempus spectacula poscit,

Verg. A. 6, 37:

spectaclum ipsa sedens,

i. e. exposed to public view, in the sight of all, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 21:

neque hoc parentes Effugerit spectaculum,

Hor. Epod. 5, 102.—Esp. in the phrases:

spectaculum (alicui) praebere, spectaculum (spectaculo) esse alicui: circuitus solis et lunae spectaculum hominibus praebent,

Cic. N. D. 2, 62, 155; so,

praebere,

Liv. 45, 28:

praebent spectacula capti,

Ov. A. A. 2, 581:

o spectaculum illud hominibus luctuosum, cedere e patriā servatorem ejus, manere in patriā perditores!

Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 8; cf. id. Corn. 1, § 19:

homini non amico nostra incommoda spectaculo esse nolim,

id. Att. 10, 2, 2:

insequitur acies ornata armataque, ut hostium quoque magnificum spectaculum esset,

Liv. 10, 40 fin. —

In partic.

Lit., in the theatre, circus, etc., a public sight or show, a stageplay, spectacle (cf.:

munus, ludi, fabula): spectacula sunt tributim data,

Cic. Mur. 34, 72:

apparatissimum,

id. Phil. 1, 15, 36:

gladiatorium,

Liv. 39, 42:

gladiatorum,

id. 28, 21 fin.; Plin. 2, 26, 25, § 96:

circi,

Liv. 7, 2:

scenae,

Ov. A. A. 3, 351:

ludorum,

Suet. Aug. 14:

athletarum,

id. ib. 44; id. Ner. 12:

naumachiae,

id. Caes. 44:

nondum commisso spectaculo,

Liv. 2, 36, 1:

interesse spectaculo,

id. 2, 38, 4:

inter matutina harenae spectacula,

Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 2:

meridianum,

id. Ep. 7, 3.—

Transf., the place whence plays are witnessed, the seats of the spectators, seats, places in the theatre, the amphitheatre:

spectacula ruunt,

Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 47:

ex omnibus spectaculis plausus est excitatus,

Cic. Sest. 58, 124:

resonant spectacula plausu,

Ov. M. 10, 668:

loca divisa patribus equitibusque, ubi spectacula sibi quisque facerent,

Liv. 1, 35, 8:

spectaculorum gradus,

Tac. A. 14, 13:

spectaculis detractus et in harenam deductus,

Suet. Calig. 35; id. Dom. 10.—

In gen., the theatre:

ingressum spectacula,

Suet. Calig. 35:

in caelum trabibus spectacula textis surgere,

Calp. Ecl. 7, 23.—

The spectators:

spectacula tantum este, viri,

Sil. 2, 230:

virtutis,

id. 8, 556.—

A wonder, miracle: spectacula septem, the seven wonders of the world:

in septem spectaculis nominari,

Vitr. 2, 8, 11:

numerari inter septem omnium terrarum spectacula,

Gell. 10, 18, 4.