What is the Latin word for view?

The usual Latin words for “view” are videō, aspiciō, cōnspectus; also invīsō, īnspiciō, contemplor. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“view” in Latin

videōto see, perceive; look (at); to observe, note; to understand, perceive, comprehend aspiciōto look at, towards, or upon; behold, gaze at or upon; view, see, examine, survey, inspect, investigate; regard, respect cōnspectusa sight; sight (the ability to see; power of sight); presence, proximity invīsōto visit; to look after or watch over īnspiciōto examine or inspect; to look into, look upon, consider or contemplate; to observe contemplorto observe, note or notice; to gaze at or regard; to contemplate perlūstrōto go over, wander, traverse; to visit, see, search, explore; to consider, examine, observe, survey, look at prōspiciōto look far off; to see into the distance; to watch or look out for; to discern, descry or espy cōnsiliumplan, intention, design, purpose; counsel, advice; determination, resolve, resolution fīnisend; limit, border, bound boundary, frontier; boundaries, bounds, frontiers; by extension, territory, region, lands

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

view

Sight, visus, -ūs. [Vid: SIGHT.]

Survey, aspectus, -ūs: conspectus, -ūs. To take a view of, aliquid visere or invisere (to look at out of curiosity; invisere, with accuracy): aspicere (to look at): inspicere (to inspect): contemplari (to view): oculis collustrare or perlustrare (to examine one by one). To take a view of a country, aspicere situm omnem regionis; contemplari locorum situm: to take a view of anything on the spot, in re praesenti cognoscere aliquid: point of view [Vid: POINT].

Prospect, prospectus, -ūs [Vid: PROSPECT]. To command a view [Vid: also, To COMMAND (end, β).

Design, object, end, consilium (plan, design): finis (object in view): quod mihi proposui (end proposed): quod maxime sequor, specto (special object in view: ☞ scopus is not Latin): to have anything in view, spectare aliquid or ad aliquid, or followed by ut (to look at): quaerere or sequi aliquid (to endeavor to reach or attain): propositum habeo or propositum est mihi aliquid, or followed by an infinitive (to propose or purpose a thing): cogitare aliquid, or followed by an infinitive (to think of doing anything): (animo) intendere, followed by the accusative of a pronoun, by ut, or by an infinitive; animum intendere ad or in aliquid (to turn one’s mind to a thing): tendere ad aliquid (to strive after anything): id agere, ut (to have in hand): rationem referre ad aliquid. To have anything especially in view, aliquid potissimum, maxime sequi; aliquo consilia et cogitationes imprimis referre: to have a different view, non idem velle: to have quite other views, longe alio spectare: to entertain views hostile to the state, contra rempublicanl sentire: to have nothing in view but the public good, ad communem salutem referre omnia; alicujus mens nihil nisi commodum publicum videt: to take the same view of anything, de aliqua re idem sentire (with anybody, cum aliquo or atque aliquis), or simply cum aliquo sentire: all entertain the very same views, omnes sentiunt unum atque idem: to entertain a different view, non idem sentire de aliqua re: what are your views? quid tibi vis? quid tua mens est? my view is, mens mea haec est; eo pertinent, or valent, mea consilia: it is far from my view, plurimum ab eo absum: with a good view, bono consilio or animo: with this view, with a view to, eo consilio ut; hoc animo; hac mente (☞ ad eum finem, in this sense, occurs only in later writers); idcirco; ita, ut; eo, ut, etc. *With a view to,” often by ad only; e.g., with a view to conciliation, ad conciliationem gratiae.

view v.

aliquid inspicere (to see in what state a thing is; survey): visere; invisere (to look narrowly into, examine closely): spectare (to look at openly and carefully): perlustrare (to look over, look at thoroughly): contemplari (to look at steadily): intueri (to look at attentively, with interest): oculis collustrare or perlustrare (to look over carefully or minutely): oculis obire, Plin., Ep., (to look over, take a view of).

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for view?: The usual Latin words for “view” are videō, aspiciō, cōnspectus; also invīsō, īnspiciō, contemplor. 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.