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Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of respiciō.
Participle
respectus (feminine respecta, neuter respectum); first/second-declension participle
- respected
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Noun
respectus m (genitive respectūs); fourth declension
- looking back (at)
- (followed by the genitive) regard, consideration, respect (for)
27 BCE – 25 BCE,
Titus Livius,
Ab Urbe Condita 26.1:
- Ea tum cura maxime intentos habebat Romanos, non ab ira tantum, quae in nullam unquam ciuitatem iustior fuit, quam quod urbs tam nobilis ac potens, sicut defectione sua traxerat aliquot populos, ita recepta inclinatura rursus animos uidebatur ad ueteris imperii respectum.
- This concern in particular troubled the mindful Romans at the time, not so much because of anger, which has never been more justified against any other city, rather because a city so noble and powerful, in the same way that it had attracted the support of a number of communities by its revolt, was thought would again turn attention back towards respect for the previous government once recaptured.
- respite, relief (from)
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
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Descendants
References
- “respectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “respectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- respectus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- respectus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.