visum Latin · revision 9671

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈwiː.sũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈviː.s̬um]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''vīsum''' ''n'' (genitive vīsī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the neuter of the perfect participle of [[videō]] “to see”, used as a noun.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) De Vaan traces ⟨videō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*wid-ē-|t=to see]], from [[ine-pro|*wid-eh₁-|t=to see]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its earliest source is Cicero, who has ''vīsa somniōrum'' “the visions of dreams”.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant something seen, an appearance, sight, especially a supernatural or imaginary one, a vision, usually in a dream, as in Cicero and Lucan.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In Cicero's philosophical works it rendered [[grc|φαντασία|tr=phantasía]], an impression made on the senses from outside.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant a dream, vision, appearance.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Italian, Spanish and Portuguese ''viso'' and Old French ''vis''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of dream visions.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A thing seen, an appearance, sight.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A [[m|en|vision]], especially in a dream.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[videō]]

+ * [[vīsus]]

+ * [[vīsiō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}