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Webster 1913 Edition
Prospectus
Pro-spec′tus
,Noun.
[L., a prospect, sight, view: cf. F.
prospectus
. See Prospect
.] A summary, plan, or scheme of something proposed, affording a prospect of its nature; especially, an exposition of the scheme of an unpublished literary work.
Webster 1828 Edition
Prospectus
PROSPECT'US
,Noun.
Definition 2024
prospectus
prospectus
English
Noun
prospectus (plural prospectuses or prospectus)
- A document, distributed to prospective members, investors, buyers, or participants, which describes an institution (such as a university), a publication, or a business and what it has to offer.[1]
- A document which describes a proposed endeavor (venture, undertaking), such as a literary work (which one proposes to write).
Translations
document which describes an institution, publication or business
Latin
Noun
prospectus m (genitive prospectūs); fourth declension
Inflection
Fourth declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | prospectus | prospectūs |
| genitive | prospectūs | prospectuum |
| dative | prospectuī | prospectibus |
| accusative | prospectum | prospectūs |
| ablative | prospectū | prospectibus |
| vocative | prospectus | prospectūs |
Related terms
Descendants
- French: prospectus
- Russian: проспект (prospekt)
- Spanish: prospecto
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of prōspiciō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /prosˈpek.tus/, [prɔsˈpɛk.tʊs]
Participle
prōspectus m (feminine prōspecta, neuter prōspectum); first/second declension
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | prōspectus | prōspecta | prōspectum | prōspectī | prōspectae | prōspecta | |
| genitive | prōspectī | prōspectae | prōspectī | prōspectōrum | prōspectārum | prōspectōrum | |
| dative | prōspectō | prōspectō | prōspectīs | ||||
| accusative | prōspectum | prōspectam | prōspectum | prōspectōs | prōspectās | prōspecta | |
| ablative | prōspectō | prōspectā | prōspectō | prōspectīs | |||
| vocative | prōspecte | prōspecta | prōspectum | prōspectī | prōspectae | prōspecta | |
References
- prospectus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- prospectus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “prospectus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- one has a view over...; one is able to see as far as..: prospectus est ad aliquid
- one has a view over...; one is able to see as far as..: prospectus est ad aliquid