Lewis Short
vīsus (noun M) : video
* A seeing, looking; a look, glance; the faculty or act of seeing, sight, vision.
* 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.
* Transf.
* The sight, the organ of sight: spectare inocciduis visibus,with everwatchful eyes,Stat. Th. 6, 277.
* 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.
* 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.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
vīsus, a, um, Part. of video.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary