respectus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [rɛsˈpɛk.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [resˈpɛk.tus]

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of respiciō.

Participle

respectus (feminine respecta, neuter respectum); first/second-declension participle

1. respected

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	respectus	respecta	respectum		respectī	respectae	respecta
genitive	respectī	respectae	respectī		respectōrum	respectārum	respectōrum
dative	respectō	respectae	respectō		respectīs
accusative	respectum	respectam	respectum		respectōs	respectās	respecta
ablative	respectō	respectā	respectō		respectīs
vocative	respecte	respecta	respectum		respectī	respectae	respecta

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-

Proto-Indo-European *speḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti

Proto-Italic *spekjō

Latin speciō

Latin respiciō

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Italic *-tus

Latin -tus

Latin respectus

From respiciō + -tus (forming action nouns).

Noun

respectus m (genitive respectūs); fourth declension

1. a looking back (at)
2. (followed by the genitive) regard, consideration, respect (for)
   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 26.1:

     Ea tum cura maxime intentos habebat Romanos, non ab ira tantum, quae in nullam unquam ciuitatem iustior fuit, quam quod urbs tam nobilis ac potens, sicut defectione sua traxerat aliquot populos, ita recepta inclinatura rursus animos uidebatur ad ueteris imperii respectum.

     This concern in particular troubled the mindful Romans at the time, not so much because of anger, which has never been more justified against any other city, rather because a city so noble and powerful, in the same way that it had attracted the support of a number of communities by its revolt, was thought would again turn attention back towards respect for the previous government once recaptured.

3. respite, relief (from)

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	respectus	respectūs
genitive	respectūs	respectuum
dative	respectuī	respectibus
accusative	respectum	respectūs
ablative	respectū	respectibus
vocative	respectus	respectūs

Related terms

• respiciō

Descendants

• Catalan: respecte
• English: respect, respite
• French: répit, respect
• Friulian: rispiet
• Galician: respecto
• Italian: rispetto
• Ladin: respet
• Portuguese: respeito
• Romanian: respect
• Sicilian: rispettu
• Spanish: respecto, respeto
• Venetan: respeto, rispeto

References

• “respectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “respectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "respectus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “respectus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.