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“vision” in Latin
videōto see, perceive; look (at); to observe, note; to understand, perceive, comprehendaspiciōto look at, towards, or upon; behold, gaze at or upon; view, see, examine, survey, inspect, investigate; regard, respectcōnspectusa sight; sight (the ability to see; power of sight); presence, proximitysimulācrumimage, likeness, statue, effigy, portrait; specter, ghost, phantom; mimicry, imitationcomminīscorto devise, contrive, inventoculuseye; sight, vision; luminary of the sun and stars
The English word vision itself goes back to Latin videō, through vīsiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
vision
Sight, visus, -ūs: aspectus, -ūs: conspectus, -ūs, or by circumlocution with oculi.
An apparition, res objecta (that which presents itself to the eye, Cic., Acad., 2, 12, 38; 14, 48): visum (anything seen, a sight): visa species (a form which one believes he has seen, whether awake or in a dream): simulacrum (an apparition. ☞ Not spectrum, which is = εἴδωλον in the language of the Stoics; Vid: Cic., ad Div., 15, 16, 2) [Vid: also, APPARITION.]
A chimera, delirantis somnium: aberrantis animi mera deliria: commentum (a fiction).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for vision?
- The usual Latin words for “vision” are videō, aspiciō, cōnspectus; also simulācrum, comminīscor, oculus. 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.