“look” in Latin

Act of looking, glance, aspectus (oculorum), obtutus (☞ intuitus is late): to direct a look at or toward a place, aspectum or oculos aliquo convertere, oculos in rem conjicere (general term); obtutum figere in re (to fix the eyes upon), animo intueri, animo collustrare aliquid (to consider): to cast a look at anyone, oculos or os in aliquem conjicere; intueri aliquem or in aliquem (general term, to look at): spectare in aliquem, aspicere aliquem (as to one from whom one expects help, etc., Vid: Cic., Off., 1, 17, 58; Nep., Chabr., 4, 1): to turn away a look, oculos avertere; from anyone, ab aliquo (Ov., Met., 2, 770): to avoid the looks of anyone, alicujus aspectum vitare.

Air of the face, expression of the countenance, vultus (the proper word): os (the countenance as expressive): a friendly, kind look, vultus benignus: a cheerful look, vultus hilaris, serenus: a calm, composed look, vultus tranquillus: a composed and cheerful look, frons tranquilla et serena (Cic., Tusc., 3, 15, 31): a mournful look, vultus maestus: a sad, gloomy look, vultus tristis: a serious look, vultus severus; vultus adductus (indicating intense thought): a big look, look of importance, supercilium grande (Juv., 6, 169): a bold look, os durum or ferreum (os simply, only when the context fixes the sense; e.g., Cic., Verr., 4, 29, 66, os hominis insignemque impudentiam cognoscite): a false look, vultus ficti, simulati: to assume a cheerful look, faciem or vultum diffundere, frontem remittere; frontem explicare or porrigere (poetical): to put on a sad look, vultum ad tristitiam adducere: to assume a grave or serious look, severum vultum inducere (poetical): adducere (indicating much thought or care): to assume an angry look, frontem contrahere: to assume a threatening look, supercilia tollere (cf., Catullus, 57, 46): to assume another look, vultum mutare (☞ poetical, novos capere vultus): to assume a false look, vultum fingere (Vid: Caes., B.G., 3, 19, med.).

Appearance, (a) PROPR., aspectus, visus (☞ not visum): species, forma, facies (form, shape; forma, also, beautiful form. All five of things with or without life): os (with reference to the countenance): vultus (with reference to mien or air): habitus (with reference to everything else external, carriage of the body, dress, etc.; these three of persons): a good look, (in respect of beauty), venustas, pulchritudo (of women): dignitas corporis, decor (of men). (in respect of health), bona corporis habitudo: corpus validum or integrum: a bad look, deformitas corporis; pallor (of paleness); macies (of leanness); languor (of disease): a youthful look, juvenilis species: to have a healthy look, bona corporis habitudine esse; corporis sanitatem prae se ferre: to have a pale look, pallere: to have the looks of a gentleman, esse forma or facie honesta et liberali; esse dignitate honesta: to have a rough or wild look, horridiore esse aspectu: to have the looks of a man, esse humano visu: to have an imposing or majestic look, forma esse imperatoria or augusta: to give a certain look to anything, alicui rei speciem addere or praebere: (b) FIG., species (opposed to res): it has the look of, videtur (followed by a nominative and infinitive).

INTRANS., specie esse; speciem habere, praebere, reddere, prae se ferre: to look like, similem esse, videri (to seem to be like): imitari, repraesentare aliquid (to come near, in shape, color, etc.; Tac., Germ., 16, 5. Plin., 37, 10, 67): facie alicujus similem esse, os vultumque alicujus referre (to be like in features, etc.): to look likely, speciem habere; spem facere, dare, afferre, praebere (to give hope): it looks likely for, res spectat ad aliquid (e.g., for war, tumult, ad bellum, seditionem): it looks likely for rain, nubilat or nubilatur (it is cloudy, overcast): pluvia impendet (rain is at hand; Verg., Georg., 4, 191): to look black, white, red, pale, nigro, albo, rubro, pallido colore esse (really to have these colors): nigrere, albere, rubere, pallere (to come near to these colors): to look ugly, deformem habere aspectum: to look very ugly, insignem esse ad deformitatem: to look well, forma or facie esse honesta et liberali (in respect of beauty or form): sanitatem corporis prae se ferre; plenum et speciosum et coloratum esse (in respect of health): decoro habitu esse (in respect of dress and manner): he looks better, plenior et speciosior et coloratior factus est (Cels., 2, 2, in.): to look well or ill, (figuratively) = to be in a certain condition, hold out certain prospects, esse: se habere (res bene or male se habet): to look modest, modestiam praeferre or prae se ferre (of mere appearance): *ex ore alicujus modestia eminet (of the reality): to look cruel, toto ex ore alicujus crudelitas eminet: to look terrible, terribili esse facie: a sad or gloomy look, vultus maestus, turbatus: to look sad, alicui vultus tristis est in ore (Ov., Her., 17, 13): frontem contraxisse (opposed to frontem exporrexisse, explicavisse, remisisse: to look cheerful, vultu speciem laetitiae prae se ferre or laetitiam praeferre: to look grave or composed, vultum composuisse; gravitatem asseverasse: to look confused, ore confuso esse; ore confuso magnae perturbationis notas prae se ferre: to look like a philosopher, studium philosophiae habitu corporis praeferre or prae se ferre: to look like a girl, virginis os habitumque gerere (Verg., Aen., 1, 315): puerili in ore vultus est virgineus (of features, Ov., Met., 10, 361): he is not so stupid as he looks, praeter speciem sapit or callidus est (after Plaut., Most., 4, 2, 29): he looks like a good man, speciem viri boni prae se fert: you look as if you had suffered some calamity, vultus tuus nescio quod ingens malum praefert.