The corpus record — Latin

visus2

Part. of video

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Where it lives

Hamartigenia 2 · 3.13/10k
Peristephanon Liber 3 · 1.71/10k
Cathemerina 1 · 1.36/10k
De Anima 3 · 1.26/10k
Epistularum 1 · 1.1/10k
Adversus Hermogenem 1 · 0.9/10k
Contra Symmachum 1 · 0.83/10k
Ad Nationes 1 · 0.67/10k
De Carnis Resurrectione 1 · 0.44/10k
De consolatione philosophiae 1 · 0.41/10k
Silvae 1 · 0.4/10k
Annales 3 · 0.34/10k

Densest 12 of 18 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. vīsus — Lewis & Short

vīsus, a, um,

Part. of video.

2. vīsus — Lewis & Short

vīsus, ūs, m.video,

I a seeing, looking; a look, glance; the faculty or act of seeing, sight, vision.

I Lit.: feminas omnes visu nocere, quae duplices pupillas habent, Cic. Fragm. ap. Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 18: visu effascinare, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 16: oculorum visus, Lucr. 5, 101; so Quint. 1, 2, 11: corpus visu tactuque manifestum, id. 1, 4, 20: visus in duas acies (divisus est), Lact. Opif. Dei, 10, 10; Ambros. in Luc. 7, 113 al.—In plur., Ov. F. 3, 406; Cael. Aur. Acut. 1, 15, 122; App. de Deo Socr. p. 43, 31.—

II Transf.

A The sight, the organ of sight: spectare inocciduis visibus, with everwatchful eyes, Stat. Th. 6, 277.—

B Object., a thing seen, a sight, appearance, an apparition, a vision: conspectus ab utrāque acie aliquanto augustior humano visu, Liv. 8, 9, 10: rite secundarent visus, Verg. A. 3, 36: inopino territa visu, Ov. M. 4, 232: nocturni visus, Liv. 8, 6, 11.—

C Appearance, seeming, probability: multa esse probabilia, quae quamquam non perciperentur, tamen, quia visum haberent quendam insignem et illustrem, iis sapientis vita regeretur, Cic. N. D. 1, 5, 12.

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