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“physiognomy” in Latin
oculuseye; sight, vision; luminary of the sun and starsvultusa facial expression, look, countenance; the front of the head, face; the face as involved in looking; the view, gaze
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
physiognomy
Art of determining the character from the features, etc., *physioynomia, quae dicitur; or, by circumlocution, *ars hominum mores naturasque ex corpore, oculis, vultu, fronte pernoscendi (after Cic., De Fat., 5, 10); ars naturam cujusque ex forma perspiciendi (after Cic., Tusc 4, 37, 80): to practise physiognomy, mores naturasque hominum conjectatione quadam de oris et vultus ingenio deque totius corporis filo atque habitu sciscitari (Gell., 1, 9, in., as an explanation of φυσιογνωμονεῖν).
Countenance and features, as indicating character, oris habitus: lineamentorum qualitas: habitus oris lineamentaque: oris et vultus ingenium, or simply os vultusque, or os et vultus.
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- What is the Latin word for physiognomy?
- The usual Latin words for “physiognomy” are oculus, vultus. 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.