LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinefourth declension

vīsus1

vīsus m (genitive vīsūs)

Meaning

  1. the action of looking, looking
  2. the sense of sight
  3. a vision, sight, apparition
  4. appearance

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativevīsusvīsūs
visī
genitivevīsūs
visī		vīsuum
dativevīsuīvīsibus
accusativevīsumvīsūs
ablativevīsūvīsibus
vocativevīsusvīsūs
visī

vīsus, ūs, m. video,
I. a seeing, looking; a look, glance; the faculty or act of seeing, sight, vision.
I. Lit.: feminas omnes visu nocere, quae duplices pupillas habent, Cic. Fragm. ap. Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 18: visu effascinare, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 16: oculorum visus, Lucr. 5, 101; so Quint. 1, 2, 11: corpus visu tactuque manifestum, id. 1, 4, 20: visus in duas acies (divisus est), Lact. Opif. Dei, 10, 10; Ambros. in Luc. 7, 113 al.—In plur., Ov. F. 3, 406; Cael. Aur. Acut. 1, 15, 122; App. de Deo Socr. p. 43, 31.—
II. Transf.
A. The sight, the organ of sight: spectare inocciduis visibus, with everwatchful eyes, Stat. Th. 6, 277.—
B. Object., a thing seen, a sight, appearance, an apparition, a vision: conspectus ab utrāque acie aliquanto augustior humano visu, Liv. 8, 9, 10: rite secundarent visus, Verg. A. 3, 36: inopino territa visu, Ov. M. 4, 232: nocturni visus, Liv. 8, 6, 11.—
C. Appearance, seeming, probability: multa esse probabilia, quae quamquam non perciperentur, tamen, quia visum haberent quendam insignem et illustrem, iis sapientis vita regeretur, Cic. N. D. 1, 5, 12.

Origins

Fourth-declension noun. From Proto-Italic *weissus or *wissus, from Proto-Indo-European *wéydˢtus. Cognate with Old Irish fius (“knowledge”). As with the participle vīsus above, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *weyd- (“to see, know”).

Ibero-Romance
  • Portugueseviso
  • Spanishviso
  • Galicianviso
Insular Romance
  • Sardinianbisu
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italianviso
  • Istriotveîso
  • Istriotvèiso
  • Norwegian Bokmålvisofrom Italian viso
Gallo-Romance
  • Old Frenchvis
  • Old Frenchavis
Borrowings
  • Indonesianvisus
verbfirst/second-declension participle
vīsus2
vīsus (feminine vīsa, neuter vīsum)
Classical[ˈwiː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈviː.s̬us]

Meaning

  1. participlehaving been seen
  2. participlehaving been looked (at)
  3. participlehaving been observed
  4. participlehaving been understood

vīsus, a, um, Part. of video.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*widtós
  3. Proto-Italic*wissos
  4. Latinvīsus

Perfect passive participle of videō (“to see”). Diachronically, from Proto-Italic *wissos, from Proto-Indo-European *widtós.

Quick answers

What does vīsus mean in Latin?
vīsus, a noun, means “the action of looking, looking; the sense of sight; a vision, sight, apparition”.
What is the genitive of vīsus?
The genitive singular is vīsūs. vīsus is masculine, fourth declension.