prospecto Latin · revision 10104

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=ine-pro *speḱ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [proːsˈpɛk.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [prosˈpɛk.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''prōspectō''' (present infinitive prōspectāre, perfect active prōspectāvī, supine prōspectātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the frequentative of [[prōspiciō]] “to look forward”, with [[m|la|-tō]], from [[m|la|prō-]] and [[speciō]] “to look”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan traces ⟨speciō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*spekje/o-]], [[ine-pro|*spéḱ-ye/o-|t=to look]], cognate with [[sa|पश्यति|tr=páśyati|t=sees]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are Cicero.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to look out at, gaze at, watch, as in Cicero and Livy's people looking out from the roofs; to look out for, look to see what will happen; and Tibullus, of places, to look out on, face towards.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means to look forward, look forth upon, look for.^(Stelten 1995) It survives as Italian ''prospettare'' and Spanish ''prospectar''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 55–19/18 BC – Tibullus uses it of a place facing a view.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of looking out from roofs.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To gaze out at, [[m|en|watch]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To look out for, await.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To look out on, [[m|en|face]] (of a place).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[prōspiciō]]

+ * [[prōspectus]]

+ * [[speciō]]

+ * [[en|prospect]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}