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prospectus

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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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).
  3. 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.
    • 2021 May 18, Jack Ewing, Lauren Hirsch, “The Big Money Is Going Vegan”, in The New York Times‎[1], →ISSN:
      Just in case, Oatly’s prospectus gives it the option of listing in Hong Kong if the foreign ownership becomes a problem in the United States.

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin prospectus.

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Noun

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prospectus m (plural prospectus)

  1. 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.

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Latin

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Etymology

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Perfect passive participle of prōspiciō.

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prospectus m (genitive prospectūs); fourth declension

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

Declension

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Fourth-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative prospectus prospectūs
genitive prospectūs prospectuum
dative prospectuī prospectibus
accusative prospectum prospectūs
ablative prospectū prospectibus
vocative prospectus prospectūs
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Participle

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prōspectus (feminine prōspecta, neuter prōspectum); first/second-declension participle

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

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First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative prōspectus prōspecta prōspectum prōspectī prōspectae prōspecta
genitive prōspectī prōspectae prōspectī prōspectōrum prōspectārum prōspectōrum
dative prōspectō prōspectae prōspectō prōspectīs
accusative prōspectum prōspectam prōspectum prōspectōs prōspectās prōspecta
ablative prōspectō prōspectā prōspectō prōspectīs
vocative prōspecte prōspecta prōspectum prōspectī prōspectae prōspecta

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  • “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
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