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.
ASPECT Copy link • ASPECT 1. look, aspectus [aspectus laetus, horridus, deformis turpisque]: visus (not visum): species: forma: facies (outward appearance, form: forma also of beautiful appearance: all five both of livingand lifeless things): os (with reference to the whole form of the face): vultus (with reference to the countenance). Look (active); act of beholding, aspectus. Direction (of local position): circumlocution by specto (mostly with ad, in), less frequently aspecto with accusative. To have an eastern aspect, ad orientem solem spectare. The situation and aspect of a villa are of great importance, permagni est, ubi sit posita villa, quo spectet (porticibus, ostiis ac fenestris, Varr.). Situation or prospect of affairs: status: conditio: locus: temporum ratio, or tempora, or res only, or a neuter adjective: the aspect of things is brighter, omnia jam hilariora sunt: the aspect of my affairs is brighter, res meae meliore loco sunt: is darker, res meae sunt minus secundae; deteriore sum statu: the aspect of things is much changed, magna facta est rerum commutatio; versa sunt omnia: the unfavorable or threatening aspect of the times, iniquitas rerum or temporum. Aspect of the stars, aspectus (siderum, Plin.): positus ac spatia siderum (Tac.): positura stellarum (Gell.). 2. v. aspectare: spectare.