English → Latin
“aspect” in Latin
aspiciōto look at, towards, or upon; behold, gaze at or upon; view, see, examine, survey, inspect, investigate; regard, respectvideōto see, perceive; look (at); to observe, note; to understand, perceive, comprehendspeciēsseeing, view, look; spectacle, sight; external appearance, looks; general outline or shapefōrmaform; figure, shape, appearance; fine form; beauty; outline, plan, designfaciōto do (particularly as a specific instance or occasion of doing); to make, construct, fashion, frame, build, erect; to mōsmouth; (in general) head or face; (in general) facial features, countenance, appearancevultusa facial expression, look, countenance; the front of the head, face; the face as involved in looking; the view, gazespectōto watch, observe, look at, consider; to examine, try, test; to aim, strive, or endeavour afterstatusstate, status, condition; position, place; rank, statusconditiōa making, creating; condition, status, position, circumstance
The English word aspect itself goes back to Latin speciō, through aspectus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
aspect
look, aspectus [aspectus laetus, horridus, deformis turpisque]: visus (not visum): species: forma: facies (outward appearance, form: forma also of beautiful appearance: all five both of livingand lifeless things): os (with reference to the whole form of the face): vultus (with reference to the countenance).
Look (active); act of beholding, aspectus.
Direction (of local position): circumlocution by specto (mostly with ad, in), less frequently aspecto with accusative. To have an eastern aspect, ad orientem solem spectare. The situation and aspect of a villa are of great importance, permagni est, ubi sit posita villa, quo spectet (porticibus, ostiis ac fenestris, Varr.).
Situation or prospect of affairs: status: conditio: locus: temporum ratio, or tempora, or res only, or a neuter adjective: the aspect of things is brighter, omnia jam hilariora sunt: the aspect of my affairs is brighter, res meae meliore loco sunt: is darker, res meae sunt minus secundae; deteriore sum statu: the aspect of things is much changed, magna facta est rerum commutatio; versa sunt omnia: the unfavorable or threatening aspect of the times, iniquitas rerum or temporum.
Aspect of the stars, aspectus (siderum, Plin.): positus ac spatia siderum (Tac.): positura stellarum (Gell.).
aspect v.
aspectare: spectare.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for aspect?
- The usual Latin words for “aspect” are aspiciō, videō, speciēs; also fōrma, faciō, ōs. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.