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vīsum

vīsum · n

something seen

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What it meant

vīsum — Lewis & Short

vīsum, i, n.video,

I something seen, !*? sight, appearance, vision.

I In gen.: visa somniorum, Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 97: talia visa, Prop. 2, 26 (3, 21), 20: dic age ... visa quid ista ferant, Ov. Am. 3, 5, 32: turpia, Prop. 2, 6, 28.—

II In partic., a transl. of the Gr. fantasi/a, an impression made by some external object upon the senses, an image, Cic. Ac. 1, 11, 40; 2, 6, 18; 2, 24, 77.

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