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Conspectus
Con-spec′tus
(kŏn-spĕk′tŭs)
, Noun.
A general sketch or outline of a subject; a synopsis; an epitome.
Definition 2024
conspectus
conspectus
English
Noun
conspectus (plural conspectuses)
- A detailed survey or overview of a subject.
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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.
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1911, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson:
Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of cōnspiciō (“perceive, observe”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /konˈspek.tus/, [kõːˈspɛk.tʊs]
Participle
cōnspectus m (feminine cōnspecta, neuter cōnspectum); first/second declension
- watched, looked at, having been watched
- caught sight of, noticed, having been caught sight of
- (by extension) visible
- (figuratively) distinguished, noteworthy
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | cōnspectus | cōnspecta | cōnspectum | cōnspectī | cōnspectae | cōnspecta | |
| genitive | cōnspectī | cōnspectae | cōnspectī | cōnspectōrum | cōnspectārum | cōnspectōrum | |
| dative | cōnspectō | cōnspectō | cōnspectīs | ||||
| accusative | cōnspectum | cōnspectam | cōnspectum | cōnspectōs | cōnspectās | cōnspecta | |
| ablative | cōnspectō | cōnspectā | cōnspectō | cōnspectīs | |||
| vocative | cōnspecte | cōnspecta | cōnspectum | cōnspectī | cōnspectae | cōnspecta | |
Noun
cōnspectus m (genitive cōnspectūs); fourth declension
- A seeing
- The ability to see; power of sight
- presence, proximity
- (figuratively) survey, consideration
Inflection
Fourth declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cōnspectus | cōnspectūs |
| genitive | cōnspectūs | cōnspectuum |
| dative | cōnspectuī | cōnspectibus |
| accusative | cōnspectum | cōnspectūs |
| ablative | cōnspectū | cōnspectibus |
| vocative | cōnspectus | cōnspectūs |
Descendants
- Russian: конспе́кт (konspékt)
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
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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
- to go out of sight, disappear: abire ex oculis, e conspectu alicuius
- conspectus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016