conspectus Latin · revision 18112

+ {{homograph|1|visible, conspicuous}}

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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=70–19 BC, Virgil|origins=ine-pro *speḱ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [kõːˈspɛk.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [konˈspɛk.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cōnspectus''' (feminine cōnspecta, neuter cōnspectum, comparative cōnspectior); first/second-declension adjective^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The adjective is the past participle of [[m|la|cōnspiciō|t=to catch sight of]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) That verb is formed [[af|la|con-|speciō|t2=to look at]], which de Vaan derives from [[itc-pro|*spekje/o-]], from [[ine-pro|*speḱ-ie/o-|t=to look]], cognate with [[sa|पश्यति|tr=páśyati|t=sees]] and, with metathesis, [[grc|σκέπτομαι|tr=sképtomai|t=to look at]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Virgil has ''Tyriō cōnspectus in ostrō'', “conspicuous in Tyrian purple”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Cōnspectus'' is “visible, in full view” (Livy: ''in tumulum hostī cōnspectum'', “onto a hill in view of the enemy”), and “conspicuous, striking”, of persons “eminent, distinguished”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil: ''Tyriō cōnspectus in ostrō''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy: ''in tumulum hostī cōnspectum''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|visible]], in view.^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|conspicuous]], striking; eminent, distinguished.^(OLD 2012)

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+ {{homograph|2|sight, view}}

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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=190–159 BC, Terence|origins=ine-pro *speḱ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [kõːˈspɛk.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [konˈspɛk.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cōnspectus''' ''m'' (genitive cōnspectūs); fourth declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The noun is formed [[af|la|cōnspiciō|-tus|t1=to catch sight of]], an action noun of the verb.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Terence has ''tuom cōnspectum fugitat'', “he avoids your sight”.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates it from Cicero.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Cōnspectus'' is the act of seeing, “sight, view”, and the range of sight, so that ''in cōnspectū'' is “in sight, in the presence of”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) It is also a person's appearance or look (Cicero: ''tuum iūcundissimum cōnspectum'', “the sight of your most pleasant face”), mental perception, “contemplation” (Cicero: ''in hōc cōnspectū et cognitiōne nātūrae'', “in this contemplation and knowledge of nature”), and for surveyors the area to be surveyed.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “sight, survey, view, look, presence”.^(Stelten 1995) Köbler records it widely in medieval texts.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence: ''tuom cōnspectum fugitat''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero: ''in hōc cōnspectū et cognitiōne nātūrae''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of turning away from the sight of evils.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|sight]], view, look;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995) ''in cōnspectū'': in sight, in the [[m|en|presence]] of.^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Appearance, aspect.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Mental perception, [[m|en|contemplation]], survey.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(surveying)'' An area to be surveyed.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cōnspiciō]]

+ * [[speciō]]

+ * [[aspectus]]

+ * [[en|conspectus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}