prospectus
English edit
Etymology edit
From French prospectus (“a prospectus”), borrowed from Latin prospectus. Doublet of prospect.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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.
- A document which describes a proposed endeavor (venture, undertaking), such as a literary work (which one proposes to write).
- A booklet or other document giving details of a share offer for the benefit of investors.
- 1960 March, J. P. Wilson, E. N. C. Haywood, “The route through the Peak - Derby to Manchester: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 148:
- The Manchester, Buxton, Matlock & Midlands Junction Railway, which was the title of this project, issued its prospectus on May 30, 1845, and announced that "this Company is formed to complete the communication by Railway between Lancashire and the East Districts. [...]". The capital to be raised was £800,000.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
document which describes an institution, publication or business
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document which describes a proposed endeavor
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References edit
- “prospectus”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin prospectus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
prospectus m (plural prospectus)
- prospectus, leaflet
- 1923, Marcel Proust, chapter 1, in La Prisonnière [The Prisoner] (À la recherche du temps perdu)[2]:
- […] Bergotte ne fit plus venir de médecin et essaya avec succès, mais avec excès, de différents narcotiques, lisant avec confiance le prospectus accompagnant chacun d’eux, prospectus qui proclamait la nécessité du sommeil mais insinuait que tous les produits qui l’amènent (sauf celui contenu dans le flacon qu’il enveloppait et qui ne produisait jamais d’intoxication) étaient toxiques et par là rendaient le remède pire que le mal.
- […] Bergotte no longer sent for a doctor, and tried successfully, but excessively, different narcotics, reading with confidence the prospectus which accompanied each one; a prospectus which proclaimed the need for sleep, but hinted that all the preparations which induce it (except the one contained in the bottle, which never produced intoxication) were toxic, and thus made the remedy worse than the disease.
Further reading edit
- “prospectus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Perfect passive participle of prōspiciō.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /prosˈpek.tus/, [prɔs̠ˈpɛkt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /prosˈpek.tus/, [prosˈpɛkt̪us]
Noun edit
prospectus m (genitive prospectūs); fourth declension
- view, sight, prospect
- Caes. G. 2, 22:
- in prospectu esse
- 78, Plinius, Naturalis Historia, XIX, 59
- iam in fenestris suis plebs urbana imagine hortorum cotidiana oculis rura praebebant, antequam praefigi prospectus omnes coegit multitudinis innumerae saeva latrocinatio.
- Caes. G. 2, 22:
- panorama
- 2015, Francisci, Laudato si' §85:
- Ex amplissimis prospectibus ad minimam vitae formam, natura mirationem reverentiamque indesinenter concitat
- From panoramic vistas to the tiniest living form, nature is a constant source of wonder and awe.
- 2015, Francisci, Laudato si' §85:
Declension edit
Fourth-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | prospectus | prospectūs |
Genitive | prospectūs | prospectuum |
Dative | prospectuī | prospectibus |
Accusative | prospectum | prospectūs |
Ablative | prospectū | prospectibus |
Vocative | prospectus | prospectūs |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Catalan: prospecte
- → English: prospect
- → French: prospectus
- → English: prospectus
- → German: Prospekt
- → Norwegian: prospekt
- → Spanish: prospecto
Participle edit
prōspectus (feminine prōspecta, neuter prōspectum); first/second-declension participle
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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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 edit
- “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
- prospectus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[3], 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