Sight

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English-Latin

sight, n.

1. The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view.
   • visus (-us, masc.)
   • aspectus (-us, masc.)
   • conspectus (-us, masc.)
2. The power of seeing; the faculty of vision, or of perceiving objects by the instrumentality of the eyes.
   • visus (-us, masc.)
   • sensus videndi (-us —, masc.)
3. A spectacle; a view; a show; something worth seeing.
   • spectaculum (-i, neut.)
4. A small piece of metal, fixed or movable, on the breech, muzzle, center, or trunnion of a gun, or on the breech and the muzzle of a rifle, pistol, etc., by means of which the eye is guided in aiming.
   • dioptra (-ae, fem.)
   • stochastrum (-i, neut.)