with everwatchful eyes

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.