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English
Etymology
From Latin cōnspectus (“survey”).
Noun
conspectus (plural conspectuses)
- A detailed survey or overview of a subject.
1911, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson:Already the whole of his past life had vividly presented itself to him—myriads of tiny incidents, long forgotten, now standing out sharply in their due sequence. He had mastered this conspectus in a flash of time, and was already tired of it.
Further reading
- “conspectus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “conspectus”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “conspectus”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of cōnspiciō (“perceive, observe”).
Pronunciation
Participle
cōnspectus (feminine cōnspecta, neuter cōnspectum); first/second-declension participle
- watched, looked at, having been watched
- caught sight of, noticed, having been caught sight of
- (by extension) visible
- (figuratively) distinguished, noteworthy
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
Noun
cōnspectus m (genitive cōnspectūs); fourth declension
- a sight
- sight (the ability to see; power of sight)
- presence, proximity
- (figuratively) survey, consideration
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “conspectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “conspectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to go out of sight, disappear: abire ex oculis, e conspectu alicuius
- to come in sight: venire in conspectum alicuius
- to show oneself to some one: se in conspectum dare alicui
- to keep out of a person's sight: fugere alicuius conspectum, aspectum
- before every one, in the sight of the world: in conspectu omnium or omnibus inspectantibus
- to take in everything at a glance: omnia uno aspectu, conspectu intueri
- to give a general idea of a thing: in uno conspectu ponere aliquid
- to make a short survey of a thing: in brevi conspectu ponere aliquid
- to have a general idea of a thing: uno conspectu videre aliquid
- conspectus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016