visus

Latin

Etymology

From videō (“I see”)

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈwiː.sus/, [ˈwiː.sʊs]

Noun

vīsus m (genitive vīsūs); fourth declension

  1. The action of looking.
  2. The power of sight.
  3. A vision, sight, apparition.
  4. Appearance

Inflection

Fourth declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative vīsus vīsūs
Genitive vīsūs vīsuum
Dative vīsuī vīsibus
Accusative vīsum vīsūs
Ablative vīsū vīsibus
Vocative vīsus vīsūs

Descendants

Participle

vīsus m (feminine vīsa, neuter vīsum); first/second declension

  1. having been seen
  2. having been looked (at)
  3. having been observed
  4. having been understood

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative vīsus vīsa vīsum vīsī vīsae vīsa
Genitive vīsī vīsae vīsī vīsōrum vīsārum vīsōrum
Dative vīsō vīsae vīsō vīsīs vīsīs vīsīs
Accusative vīsum vīsam vīsum vīsōs vīsās vīsa
Ablative vīsō vīsā vīsō vīsīs vīsīs vīsīs
Vocative vīse vīsa vīsum vīsī vīsae vīsa

References
  • visus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • visus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • visus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • visus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • I dreamed I saw..: in somnis visus (mihi) sum videre
    • (ambiguous) the question has forced itself on my mind: quaerendum esse mihi visum est

Latvian

Adjective

visus

  1. accusative plural masculine form of viss

Pronoun

visus

  1. accusative plural masculine form of viss
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