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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [asˈpɛk.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [asˈpɛk.tus]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''aspectus''' ''m'' (genitive aspectūs); fourth declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[aspiciō]] “to look at” with the suffix of action nouns [[-tus]], and is also spelled ⟨adspectus⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Accius has an old genitive ⟨aspectī⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Köbler's first source is Ennius, whom he dates 204–169 BC.^(Köbler 2010) The OLD's earliest citations include Plautus, of the sight of something, and Cato, of appearance.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant the act of looking, sight, as Cicero's ''ūnō aspectū'' “at a single glance”, and the sight of something, as in Plautus.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) It meant the faculty of sight, the range of vision, a direction, and the gaze, the eyes, and in Pacuvius the look or expression of the face.^(OLD 2012) From Cato it meant visible form, appearance, aspect, and in Tacitus proper appearances and a sight.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant countenance, vision, sight, appearance, aspect, look.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it of a look, and British Medieval Latin also of a legal view.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS) [[en|aspect]] came in the late 14th century, first in astrology of the planets' relative positions.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius has the word.^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of the sight of something.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of appearance.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 14th century – English ''aspect'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # A look, glance, ''ūnō aspectū'', at a glance.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Sight, vision; range of view.^(OLD 2012)
+ # The gaze; an expression, mien.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Appearance, [[m|en|aspect]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # A sight.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[aspectābilis]]
+ * [[aspectāmen]]
+ * [[aspectiō]]
+ * [[aspectō]]
+ * [[aspiciō]]
+ * [[speciō]]
+ * [[en|aspect]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}