prospectus

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From French prospectus ‎(“a prospectus”), borrowed from Latin.

Noun

prospectus ‎(plural prospectuses or prospectus)

1. 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.
2. 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

• Armenian: ազդագիր (hy) ‎(azdagir)
• Chinese:

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• Finnish: esite
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Latin

Noun

prospectus m ‎(genitive prospectūs); fourth declension

1. view, sight, prospect

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

• prospicio

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

1. watched or looked (out)
2. discerned
3. foreseen

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 & Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• prospectus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• prospectus in Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • one has a view over...; one is able to see as far as..: prospectus est ad aliquid