prospectus

From French prospectus (“a prospectus”), borrowed from Latin.

prospectus (plural prospectuses or prospectus)

1. A document, distributed to prospective members, investors, buyers, or participants, which describes an institution (such as a university), a publication, or a business and what it has to offer.
2. A document which describes a proposed endeavor (venture, undertaking), such as a literary work (which one proposes to write).

Perfect passive participle of prōspiciō.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /prosˈpek.tus/, [prɔsˈpɛk.tʊs]

prospectus m (genitive prospectūs); fourth declension

1. view, sight, prospect
   • Caes. G. 2, 22:

     in prospectu esse

   • 78, Plinius, Naturalis Historia, XIX, 59

     iam in fenestris suis plebs urbana imagine hortorum cotidiana oculis rura praebebant, antequam praefigi prospectus omnes coegit multitudinis innumerae saeva latrocinatio.

2. panorama
   • 2015, Francisci, Laudato si' §85:

     Ex amplissimis prospectibus ad minimam vitae formam, natura mirationem reverentiamque indesinenter concitat

     From panoramic vistas to the tiniest living form, nature is a constant source of wonder and awe.

Fourth declension.

• prospicio

• French: prospectus
• Russian: проспект (prospekt)
• Spanish: prospecto

prōspectus m (feminine prōspecta, neuter prōspectum); first/second declension

1. watched or looked (out)
2. discerned
3. foreseen

First/second declension.

• prospectus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• prospectus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• prospectus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • one has a view over...; one is able to see as far as..: prospectus est ad aliquid