I.a seeing, looking; a look, glance; the faculty or act of seeing, sight, vision.
I. Lit.: feminas omnes visu nocere, quae duplices pupillas habent, Cic. Fragm. ap. Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 18: “visu effascinare,” Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 16: “oculorum visus,” Lucr. 5, 101; “so Quint. 1, 2, 11: corpus visu tactuque manifestum,” id. 1, 4, 20: visus in duas acies (divisus est), Lact. Opif. Dei, 10, 10; Ambros. in Luc. 7, 113 al.—In plur., Ov. F. 3, 406; Cael. Aur. Acut. 1, 15, 122; App. de Deo Socr. p. 43, 31.—
II. Transf.
A. The sight, the organ of sight: “spectare inocciduis visibus,” with everwatchful eyes, Stat. Th. 6, 277.—
B. Object., a thing seen, a sight, appearance, an apparition, a vision: “conspectus ab utrāque acie aliquanto augustior humano visu,” Liv. 8, 9, 10: “rite secundarent visus,” Verg. A. 3, 36: “inopino territa visu,” Ov. M. 4, 232: “nocturni visus,” Liv. 8, 6, 11.—