view (subs.) Copy link Outline I. The power or act of seeing1. aspectus, ūs2. conspectus, ūs3. prospectus, ūs (to be used cautiously)4. transpectus, ūs (rare)5. ŏcŭlus6. ăcies, ei, f.II. The v. presented or general aspectIII. A picture of sceneryIV. Mental survey, opinion, judgmentV. End in v., design • view (subs.): I. The power or act of seeing: 1. aspectus, ūs: nature has made the eyes moveable so that they might with ease turn their v. whither they would, oculos fecit (natura) mobiles ut aspectum, quo vellent, facile converterent, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142: at the first v., primo aspectu, ib. 2, 35, 90. Also in pl. (poet.): sic orsus Apollo mortales medio aspectus sermone reliquit, Virg. Aen. 9, 657 (654). 2. conspectus, ūs: almost in v. of our army, paene in c. exercitus nostri, Caes. B. G. 1, 11: to enjoy a v. of the city, conspectu urbis frui, Cic. Sull. 9, 26: he descries no ship in v., navem in c. nullam prospicit, Virg. Aen. 1, 184. Fig.: to place in the mind's v., ponere in c. animi, Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 161. Join: conspectus et cognitio naturae, id. Leg. 1, 23, 61 (v. survey). Also in sense of a short v. (or sketch, like Gr. σύνοψις) Gell. 17, 21, init. 3. prospectus, ūs (to be used cautiously): v. prospect. 4. transpectus, ūs (rare): since the door affords an open v. through it, janua quum per se t. praebet apertum, Lucr. 4, 273 (271). 5. ŏcŭlus: he vanished from their v., ex oculis evanuit, Virg. Aen. 9, 655. 6. ăcies, ei, f.: such subtlety as to elude the v., tanta tenuitas ut aciem fugiat, Cic.: v. eye (subs., 3): v. also look (subs.), gaze (subs.): and for fig. sense, v. consideration (I.). Special Phr.: (i.) field or range of v.: as far as the field of v. extended, quo longissime conspectum oculi ferebant, Liv. 1, 18: cf. qua longissime prospectari poterat, Tac. A. 3, 1: v. prospect (I.), range (subs., IV.), scope, scenery. (ii.) point of v.: locus late prospectans, Tac. H. 3, 60, ad init.: perh., too, *locus unde prospectus s. despectus est (based on Caes. B. G. 7, 79, erat ex oppido Alesia despectus in campum), Georg. Fig.: this is my point of v., sic hoc mihi videtur, Cic.: to regard a thing from a right point of v., vere s. recte judicare de aliqua re, id.: to regard a thing from a wrong (or mistaken) point of v., aliquid fallacibus judiciis videre, id. (iii.) a bird's-eye v.: to take a bird's-eye v. of a city, *omnem urbem sub uno aspectu despicere: he takes possession of a mountain's lofty summit to get a bird's-eye v. sitting, montis sublime cacumen occupat, unde sedens partes speculetur in omnes, Ov. M. 1, 667. Fig.: so that by chronology I get a bird's-eye v. of all, ut, explicatis ordinibus temporum, uno in conspectu omnia videam, cf. Cic. Brut. 4, 15: cf. brevi in conspectu poni, id. Leg. 3, 5, 12 (v. also to glance, III.). (iv.) to be in v.: the enemy was in v., hostis in conspectu erat, cf. Gell. 1, 11, med.: cf. cujus prope in conspectu Aegyptus est, Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 5: esse in prospectu, Caes. B. G. 5, 10: v. also VISIBLE (TO BE). (v.) to expose to v.: (1.) prōpōno, pŏsui, pŏsĭtum, 3: p. vexillum, Caes. B. G. 2, 20: p. argentum, Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 161: p. in medio, id. Verr. 1. 11, 29. (2.) prōpălam collŏco: tabulas et signa propalam c., Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 161: v. also to display, to show. (vi.) to be exposed to v.: spectaculo esse, Cic. Att. 10, 2, 2: she herself sitting exposed to (public) v., spectaculum ipsa sedens, Prop. 5 (4), 8, 21: the tablets are exposed to v., tabulae sunt in medio, Cic. Verr. 2, 42, 104. (vii.) to come into v.: cadere in conspectum, Cic. Tusc. 1, 22, 50: sub oculos cadere, id. Or. 3, 9: cf. dare se in conspectum alicui, Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 31: alicui in conspectum prodire, ib. 2, 4, 3: venire in conspectum alicujus, Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 24: v. also to appear. (viii.) to disappear from v.: v. to disappear, vanish. (ix.) to obstruct a v.: prospectum prohibere, Sall. J. 53, init.: prospectum impedire, based on Caes. B. G. 2, 22. (x.) to command a v.: the town Alesia commanded a v. into the plain, erat ex oppido Alesia despectus in campum, Caes. B. G. 7, 79: v. also to command (III.). Expr. also by prospicio, prospecto (v. prospect, I., med., aspect, III.): specto, aspecto (v. to look towards). (xi.) in v.: v. visible: in one's v., in ore atque in oculis alicujus, Cic. Verr. 2, 33, 81: riches, honour, glory, are placed in v., divitiae, decus, gloria, in oculis sita sunt, Sall. C. 20, fin.: in v. of their own men, praeter ora suorum, Tac. H. 4, 30: cf. ante ora parentum (Virg.): (v. also sight, presence): in public v., pălam, ăpertē, prōpălam (v. openly): cf. in luce (v. Smith's Lat. Dict. s. v. lux). (xii.) to take a v. of, expr. by verbs given under to view, q. v. (xiii.) to keep in v., custōdio, tueor (v. to guard, watch): spĕcŭlor, etc. (v. to observe): subsĕquor, prōsĕquor (v. to follow up): to keep silver-plate in v., nusquam ab argento digitum discedere, Cic. Verr. 4, 15, 33 (also ellipt. without discedere, in fig. sense: ab honestissima sententia digitum nusquam, Cic. Att. 7, 3, 11): (Caesar) wanted to keep the Helvetii in v., discedere nolebat (ab Helvetiis), Caes. B. G. 1, 16: (of a speaker), to keep the argument constantly in v., *argumentum orationis summa constantia persequi (Georg.), opp. aberrare a proposito, Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 83. II. The v. presented or general aspect: spĕcies, făcies, aspectus: v. appearance (III.), aspect (I.): spectācŭlum (v. sight, spectacle). III. A picture of scenery: v. landscape (II.). Phr. (fig.): as we design to give a v. of Epaminondas's way and manner of life, quum exprimere imaginem consuetudinis atque vitae velimus Epaminondae, Nep. Epam. 1. IV. Mental survey, opinion, judgment: sententia, etc. (v. opinion, judgment, III.): a speculative v., ratio (v. theory): a superficial v., disputatiuncula inanis, Sen. Ep. 117, post med.: v. also doctrine. Special Phr.: (i.) to or in one's v., expr. (1.) by judicium: e. g. to my v. at least: meo quidem judicio, Cic. (2.) by a simple dat.: e. g. if they wanted to be cleared from blame in his (Caesar's) v. (or eyes), si sibi purgati esse vellent, Caes. B. G. 1, 28, init. (ii.) to take or entertain a v.: often expr. by sentire (with an explanatory word): to entertain one and the same v., unum atque idem sentire, Cic.: who entertained most noble and generous v.s respecting the state, qui de republica praeclara atque egregia sentirent, Cic. Cat. 3, 2, 5: to entertain v.s hostile to the state, contra rempublicam sentire, Cic.: but v. also opinion. (I., phr.). Also expr. by videtur with dat.: e. g. this is the v. I take, hoc mihi videtur (with acc. and inf.), Cic.: different people entertain different v.s of the honourable and the base, non eadem omnibus sunt honesta atque turpia (Quich.): v. also to think, to judge. V. End in v., design: prōpŏsĭtum, consĭlium, etc. (v. purpose, subs.). Expr. also by periphrasis of such verbs as volo, specto, peto, sequor, valeo, with id, quod, quid, and other pronouns: v. purpose (subs., 11.). Phr.: with what v.? quo consilio? Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 1: quorsum (v. Smith's Lat. Dict. s. v.: and art. wherefore): with a good v., bono consilio, Cic. N. D. 3, 31, 78: with this v. that, or with a v. to, eo consilio ut, Caes. B. G. 1, 48, init.: ea mente ... ut, Cic. Fam. 12, 14, 1. ad eam rem ... ut, id. Verr. 4, 15, 33. idcirco s. ideo ... ut, id.: v. also SO (V., throughout). Also expr. by ad or in, foll. by pron. or gerund: or by ad simply. e. g. confingis falsas causas ad discordiam, Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 71: v. also for (prep., V.). Also expr. by causa, gratia (in abl.): v. Smith's Lat. Dict. s. vv. Special Phr.: to have in v.: spectare (v. end, subs., IV., 3, 4): also expr. by, in animo est, cōgĭto, etc. (v. to intend, to purpose): to have in v. one's interests, alicui servīre, consŭlere, prospĭcere (v. to consult, III.).