aspectio

Pronunciation

• IPA (Classical): [asˈpɛk.ti.oː]^[1]
• IPA (Ecclesiastical): [asˈpɛk.t͡si.o]^[1]

Forms

aspectiō f (genitive aspectiōnis); third declension^[1] Also spelled adspectiō.^[2]

Etymology

It is from Latin aspiciō (“to look at”) + -tiō.^[3][1] ⟨aspiciō⟩ is from ad- and speciō (“to look”), which de Vaan traces to Proto-Indo-European *speḱ-ye/o- (“to look”).^[1][4]

Earliest recorded meaning

It is known from Festus, under spectiō.^[2][5][6]

Semantic evolution

In augury it was the right to watch for and observe auspices, and Lewis & Short and Gaffiot render it a look, a view.^[3][2][5]

In British Medieval Latin it was an astrological aspect.^[7] English aspection is a learned borrowing.^[1]

Meanings

Noun

1. The right to observe auguries.^[3]
2. A look, view.^[2][5]
3. (Medieval Latin, astrology) An aspect.^[7]

Related words

• aspiciō
• spectiō
• aspectus

References

1. ^ a b c d e f Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
3. ^ a b c Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
4. ^ de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
5. ^ a b c Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
6. ^ Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
7. ^ a b Latham, R. E., D. R. Howlett, R. K. Ashdowne, et al. (1975–2013), Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: British Academy / Oxford University Press