aspect Copy link Outline I. Look, appearanceII. CountenanceIII. Position; with respect to prospect or exposure. Phr..IV. The relative situation of the planets • aspect: I. Look, appearance: q. v.: aspectus, ūs, vīsus, ūs, forma, făcĭes. Phr.: the following is the a. of city affairs, urbanae res sic se habent, Cic.: such is the a. of public affairs, haec sunt in republica, Cic.: you see the entire a. of my affairs, qui sit rerum status noster vides, Cic.: nothing could be more desperate than the a. of public affairs, republica nihil desperatius, Cic. II. Countenance: q. v.: vultus, ūs. III. Position; with respect to prospect or exposure. Phr..: the part of the city which had a sea a., urbis pars quae ad mare spectabat, Cic.: let winter dining-rooms have a western a., hiberna triclinia occidentem spectent, Vitr.: bedrooms ought to have an eastern a., cubicula ad orientem spectare debent, Vitr. IV. The relative situation of the planets: aspectus: v. Plin. 2, 68.