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  • 1 respiciō

        respiciō spēxī, spectus, ere    [re-+*specio], to look back, look behind, look about, see behind, look back upon, gaze at, look for: longe retro: respicere vetitus, L.: inproviso ad eum, T.: patriae ad oras, O.: tanta militum virtus fuit, ut paene ne respiceret quidem quisquam, Cs.: Respiciunt atram in nimbo volitare favillam, see behind them, V.: modo Prospicit occasūs, interdum respicit ortūs, O.: proxima signa, Cs.: Italiae litora, L.: amissam (Creüsam) respexi, looked back for, V.: versas ad litora puppīs, V.: medio cum Sol orbe Tantum respiceret, quantum, etc., i. e. had already passed, O.—Fig., to look, have regard, turn attention, regard, look to, contemplate: ad hunc summa imperi respiciebat, i. e. was centred in him, Cs.: maiores tuos respice: subsidia, quae respicerent in re trepidā, etc., might look to, L.: exemplar vitae morumque, have in mind, H.— To look at anxiously, have a care for, regard, be mindful of, consider, respect: nisi quis nos deus respexerit: Sive neglectum genus et nepotes Respicis, auctor, H.: Respiciens ad opem ferendam (an epithet of Fortuna): miseros aratores: non Pylium Nestora respicis, H.: Quantum quisque ferat respiciendus erit, O.: salutem cum meam tum meorum: neque te respicis, spare yourself, T.: si quid pietas antiqua labores Respicit humanos, V.
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    respicere, respexi, respectus V
    look back at; gaze at; consider; respect; care for, provide for

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  • 2 respecto

    respecto, āre, v. freq. n. and a. [id.], to look back, look round or behind repeatedly or intently, to look or gaze about; to look at any thing (class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    (α).
    Neutr. absol.:

    quid respectas? nihil pericli est,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 3:

    ubi respectantes hostium antesignanos vidit,

    Liv. 8, 39; Quint. 12, 3, 2; Verg. A. 11, 630:

    respectans abit,

    Sil. 12, 729; Stat. Th. 3, 377:

    ad tribunal,

    Liv. 3, 48:

    respecto identidem, ne senex, etc.,

    Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 13; so,

    identidem, ne,

    id. Men. 1, 2, 51. — Poet.:

    leti janua patet immani et vasto respectat hiatu,

    Lucr. 5, 375.—
    (β).
    Act.:

    dictatore arcem Romanam respectante,

    Liv. 4, 18, 6:

    funera respectans,

    Lucr. 6, 1234:

    sine fine Caesarem,

    Vell. 2, 107, 2:

    alium (alius),

    Tac. Agr. 37 fin.:

    suos,

    Sil. 11, 594.—
    II.
    Trop., to cast a look behind, to wait; to wait for, look for, expect; to care for, regard, respect.
    (α).
    Neutr.:

    verum haec ita praetereamus, ut tamen intuentes et respectantes relinquamus,

    Cic. Sest. 5, 13: animus non me deserens, sed respectans in ea loca discessit, id. Sen. 23, 84:

    taciti respectabant somnoque sepulti, Dum, etc.,

    i. e. waited, Lucr. 5, 974. —
    (β).
    Act.:

    si qua pios respectant numina,

    regard, Verg. A. 1, 603:

    neque hoc liberis nostris interdicendum est, ne observent tribules suos... ne par ab iis munus in suā petitione respectent,

    look for, expect, Cic. Planc. 18, 45:

    meum amorem,

    Cat. 11, 21.

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  • 3 prōspectō

        prōspectō āvī, ātus, āre, freq.    [prospicio], to look forth, look out, look at, view, behold, see after off, gaze upon: ex tectis fenestrisque, L.: Campani moenia urbis prospectantes repleverant, L.: mare: proelium, S.: e puppi pontum, O.—Of places, to command, look towards, lie towards: villa, quae monte summo posita Prospectat Siculum, Ph.: hos (campos) terra prospectat, Cu.: vastum turribus aequor, Tb.: locus late prospectans, Ta. —Fig., to look for, expect, hope, look out for, await: exsilium: diem de die prospectans, ecquod auxilium appareret, L.: te quoque fata Prospectant paria, await, V.
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    prospectare, prospectavi, prospectatus V
    gaze out (at); look out on

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  • 4 spērō

        spērō āvī, ātus, āre    [spes], to hope, look for, trust, expect, promise oneself: stulti erat sperare, suadere, etc.: tu iam, ut spero, aderis: Salvus sit; spero, T.: victoriam: gloriam a latronum gregibus: omnia ex victoriā, Cs.: sperata praeda, Cs.: cui tribunatus magis optandus quam sperandus fuerit, L.: spero nos ad haec perventuros: amicitiae nostrae memoriam spero sempiternam fore: totius Galliae sese potiri posse sperant, Cs.: sperabam tuum adventum appropinquare: spero esse, ut volumus: sperat se a me avellere, T.: speramus carmina fingi Posse, H.—Ellipt.: Qui semper vacuam, semper amabilem Sperat (sc. te fore), H.: ut salvum vellent tyrannum, sperare non poterat, L.: de isto licet bene speres: de absolutione istius neque iste iam sperat, etc.; cf. de eo bene sperare talem eum futurum, N.—With non, to have no fear of: sin a vobis, id quod non spero, deserar, which I am confident will not happen.—To look for, expect, await, apprehend, fear: Nam quod tu speres, propulsabo, T.: si potui tantum sperare dolorem, V.: iam quartanam sperantibus aegris, Iu.— To trust, believe, assume, suppose, apprehend: spero nostram amicitiam non egere testibus: me eius spero fratrem prope modum Iam repperisse, T.: sperasse libertatem se civium suorum emisse, L.: sperabam ita notata me reliquisse genera, etc.
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    sperare, speravi, speratus V
    hope for; trust; look forward to; hope

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  • 5 quaerō

        quaerō sīvī, sītus, ere    [QVAES-], to seek, look for: quaerenti (deae) defuit orbis, O.: te ipsum quaerebam, was looking for, T.: suos notos, Cs.: ab ostio quaerens Ennium, asking for: cum praetor quaereretur: quem quaeritis, adsum, V.: liberi ad necem quaerebantur: escam in sterquilinio, Ph.: per imas Quaerit iter vallīs (Ufens), V.: cauda colubrae... moriens dominae vestigia quaerit, O.— To seek to obtain, look for, strive for, seek: sibi alium imperatorem, S.: in regnum quaeritur heres, V.: milites ducem quaerentes: in eum invidia quaesita est, i. e. prejudice is excited: ad ornatum ludorum aurum: regia potestas hac lege quaeritur: ne quaeratur latebra periurio: voce pericula, provoke, O.: defensorem suae salutis eum.—With inf, to seek, strive, endeavor, ask: ne quaere doceri Quam poenam, etc., V.: Antequam... speciosa quaero Pascere tigrīs, i. e. let me rather, H.: classibus advehebantur, qui mutare sedes quaerebant, Ta.— To strive to gain, earn, win by effort, acquire: Conserva, quaere, parce, T.: Quaerit ac timet uti, H.: victum volgo, T.: confiteri sibi quaesito opus esse, that he must earn something.—To feel the want of, miss, lack: Siciliam in uberrimā Siciliae parte: ne ille saepe Persas et Indos quaesisset, L.: quaerit Boeotia Dircen, O.— To ask, desire, require, demand, need, call for: quid sibi hic vestitus quaerit? i. e. what do you mean by? T.: collis pauca munimenta quaerebat, S.: qui tumultus dictatoriam maiestatem quaesisset, made necessary, L.: nego esse quicquam, quod cuiusquam oratoris eloquentiam quaereret: quaeris ut suscipiam cogitationem, quidnam istis agendum putem.—Fig., to seek mentally, think over, meditate, aim at, plan, devise, find: consilium, T.: quonam modo maxime ulti sanguinem nostrum pereamus, S.: remedium: rationes eas, quae ex coniecturā pendent.— To seek to learn, make inquiry, ask, inquire, interrogate: item alio die Quaerebam, T.: quaerendo cognoveram: vide, quaere, circumspice!: quaesiturus, unum caelum esset an innumerabilia: Naturā fieret laudabile carmen, an arte, Quaesitum est, has been made a question, H.: cum ab iis saepius quaereret, made inquiries, Cs.: quaero abs te nunc, Hortensi, cum, etc.: quaesivit a medicis, quem a modum se haberet, N.: quaero de te, num, etc.: Cura tibi de quo quaerere nulla fuit, O.: in dominos quaeri de servis iniquom est, i. e. to examine under torture: quaerit ex solo ea, quae, etc., Cs.: habes, quod ex me quaesisti.— To examine, inquire into, make inquiry, investigate: coëgit consules circa fora proficisci ibique quaerere, L.: hunc abduce, vinci, quaere rem, T.: scrutatus sum quae potui et quaesivi omnia: rem illam: quorum de naturā Caesar cum quaereret, sic reperiebat, Cs.—Esp., of judicial investigation: de pecuniis repetundis: dum de patris morte quaereretur: ut veteribus legibus, tantum modo extra ordinem, quaereretur, the investigation should be made.—In parenthet. clauses, to inquire, consider: omnino, si quaeris, ludi apparatissimi: noli quaerere: ita mihi pulcher hic dies visus est, in short: si verum quaeritis, to speak the truth: si verum quaerimus.
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    quaerere, quaesivi, quaesitus V
    search for, seek, strive for; obtain; ask, inquire, demand

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  • 6 exspecto

    ex-specto ( expect-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to look out for a thing (syn.: prospecto, opperior, maneo, moror, praestolor).
    1.
    Objectively, to await, expect something that is to come or to take place, to be waiting for, etc. (very freq. and class.). —Constr. with the acc., with rel.-clauses, with dum, si, ut, quin, or absol.; very rarely with object-clause.
    A.
    In gen.
    1.
    With acc.:

    caritatem,

    Cato, R. R. 3, 2:

    alicujus mortem,

    Plaut. As. 3, 1, 28:

    cum ea Scipio dixisset silentioque omnium reliqua ejus exspectaretur oratio,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 38:

    injurias,

    id. ib. 1, 5:

    transitum tempestatis,

    id. Att. 2, 21, 2:

    adventum alicujus,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 27, 2; 2, 16, 2:

    eventum pugnae,

    id. ib. 7, 49 fin.:

    scilicet ultima semper Exspectanda dies homini est,

    Ov. M. 3, 136:

    cenantes haud animo aequo Exspectans comites,

    i. e. waiting till they have done eating, Hor. S. 1, 5, 9 et saep.; cf.:

    exspectandus erit annus,

    I must wait a year, Juv. 16, 42. —
    2.
    With relative and esp. interrogative clauses: exspectabat populus atque ora tenebat rebus, utri magni victoria sit data regni, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. s. 90, ed. Vahl.):

    exspecto, quo pacto, etc.,

    Plaut. Poen. 4, 1, 1:

    exspecto, quid ad ista,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 20, 46; id. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 92:

    quid hostes consilii caperent, exspectabat,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 24, 1:

    exspectante Antonio, quidnam esset actura,

    Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 121:

    ne utile quidem, quam mox judicium fiat, exspectare,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 28, 85; so,

    quid exspectas quam mox ego dicam, etc.,

    id. Rosc. Com. 15, 44:

    et, quam mox signis collatis dimicandum sit, in dies exspectet,

    id. 34, 11, 4; 3, 37, 5:

    exspectans, quando, etc.,

    Quint. 11, 3, 159.—
    3.
    With dum, si, ut, etc.:

    ne exspectetis meas pugnas dum praedicem,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 1:

    ne exspectemus quidem, dum rogemur,

    Cic. Lael. 13, 44:

    exspectas fortasse, dum dicat, etc.,

    id. Tusc. 2, 7, 17:

    exspectare, dum hostium copiae augerentur,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 13, 2:

    nec dum repetatur, exspectat,

    Quint. 4, 2, 45:

    Caesar non exspectandum sibi statuit, dum, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 11 fin.; cf.:

    nec vero hoc loco exspectandum est, dum, etc.,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 19:

    rusticus exspectat, dum defluat amnis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 42:

    jam dudum exspecto, si tuum officium scias,

    Plaut. Poen. prol. 12:

    exspecto si quid dicas,

    id. Trin. 1, 2, 61:

    hanc (paludem) si nostri transirent, hostes exspectabant,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 9, 1; id. B. C. 2, 34, 1:

    nisi exspectare vis ut eam sine dote frater conlocet,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 7:

    mea lenitas hoc exspectavit, ut id quod latebat, erumperet,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 27:

    nisi forte exspectatis ut illa diluam, quae, etc.,

    id. Rosc. Am. 29, 82:

    neque exspectant, ut de eorum imperio ad populum feratur,

    Caes. ib. 1, 6, 6:

    quare nemo exspectet, ut, etc.,

    Quint. 7, 10, 14; Liv. 23, 31, 7; 26, 18, 5; 35, 8, 5 al.— Pass. impers.:

    nec ultra exspectato, quam dum Claudius Ostiam proficisceretur,

    Tac. A. 11, 26 fin.:

    cum omnium voces audirentur, exspectari diutius non oportere, quin ad castra iretur,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 24 fin. —
    4.
    Absol.:

    comites ad portam exspectare dicunt,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 17, 1:

    diem ex die exspectabam, ut statuerem, quid esset faciendum,

    id. Att. 7, 26, 3:

    exspectent paullum et agi ordine sinant,

    Quint. 4, 5, 19.—
    5.
    With object-clause:

    cum expectaret effusos omnibus portis Aetolos in fidem suam venturos,

    Liv. 43, 22, 2 Weissenb. ad loc.:

    venturum istum,

    Aug. Conf. 5, 6.—
    * B.
    Transf., of an abstract subject, like maneo, to await:

    seu me tranquilla senectus Exspectat seu, etc.,

    Hor. S. 2, 1, 58.
    II.
    To look for with hope, fear, desire, expectation, to hope for, long for, expect, desire; to fear, dread, anticipate, apprehend.
    1.
    With acc.:

    reliquum est, ut tuam profectionem amore prosequar, reditum spe exspectem,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 21 fin.; cf.:

    quod magna cum spe exspectamus,

    id. Att. 16, 16 E. fin.:

    ego jam aut rem aut ne spem quidem exspecto,

    id. ib. 3, 22 fin.: magnum inceptas, si id exspectas, quod nusquam'st, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 56:

    quam (rem) avidissime civitas exspectat,

    Cic. Phil. 14, 1, 1:

    longiores (epistolas) exspectabo vel potius exigam,

    id. Fam. 15, 16, 1:

    finem laborum omnium,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 85, 4:

    illum ut vivat, optant, meam autem mortem exspectant scilicet,

    to wish, Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 20:

    fama mortis meae non accepta solum sed etiam exspectata est,

    Liv. 28, 27, 9; cf.

    in the pun with I.: cum Proculeius quereretur de filio, quod is mortem suam exspectaret, et ille dixisset, se vero non exspectare: Immo, inquit, rogo exspectes,

    Quint. 9, 3, 68 Spald.:

    nescio quod magnum hoc nuntio exspecto malum,

    dread, Ter. Ph. 1, 4, 16:

    mortem,

    id. Hec. 3, 4, 8:

    multis de causis Caesar majorem Galliae motum exspectans,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 1, 1: 7, 43 fin. —With a personal object:

    pater exspectat aut me aut aliquem nuntium,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 22:

    ite intro, filii vos exspectant intus,

    id. Bacch. 5, 2, 86:

    hic ego mendacem usque puellam Ad mediam noctem exspecto,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 83; cf. Ov. M. 14, 418:

    video jam, illum, quem exspectabam, virum, cui praeficias officio et muneri,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 42.—
    2.
    Aliquid ab (rarely ex) aliquo (a favorite expression of Cicero):

    a te hoc civitas vel omnes potius gentes non exspectant solum, sed etiam postulant,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 5, 3; cf. id. ib. 3, 10, 1:

    dixi Servilio, ut omnia a me majora exspectaret,

    id. ib. 3, 12, 4:

    alimenta a nobis,

    id. Rep. 1, 4:

    ab aliquo gloriam,

    id. ib. 6, 19 fin.:

    tristem censuram ab laeso,

    Liv. 39, 41, 2:

    ut ex iis (proletariis) quasi proles civitatis exspectari videretur,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40.—
    3.
    Aliquid ab or ex aliqua re (rare):

    aliquid ab liberalitate alicujus,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 28, 3:

    dedecus a philosopho,

    id. Tusc. 2, 12, 28:

    omnia ex sua amicitia,

    id. ib. 3, 60, 1.—
    4.
    Aliquid aliquem (very rare): ne quid exspectes amicos, quod tute agere possies, Enn. ap. Gell. 2, 29; Sat. v. 38 Vahl.—
    5.
    With object-clause:

    quid mihi hic adfers, quam ob rem exspectem aut sperem porro non fore?

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 9, 36:

    exspecto cupioque te ita illud defendere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 64, § 151.—With inf. alone (cf. cupio), Front. ad Ver. Imp. p. 137, ed. Rom.—
    6.
    Absol. (very rare):

    cum mihi nihil improviso, nec gravius quam exspectavissem pro tantis meis factis evenisset,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 4:

    aliquando ad verum, ubi minime exspectavimus, pervenimus,

    Quint. 12, 8, 11.—
    B.
    Poet. transf., of an abstr. subject, to have need of, require:

    silvarumque aliae pressos propaginis arcus Exspectant,

    Verg. G. 2, 27:

    neque illae (oleae) procurvam exspectant falcem rastrosque tenaces,

    id. ib. 2, 421; cf.:

    lenta remedia et segnes medicos non exspectant tempora mea,

    Curt. 3, 5, 13.—Hence, exspectātus ( expect-), a, um, P. a. (acc. to II.), anxiously expected, longed for, desired, welcome (class.):

    carus omnibus exspectatusque venies,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 7; cf.:

    venies exspectatus omnibus,

    id. ib. 4, 10, 1; Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 11:

    quibus Hector ab oris exspectate venis?

    Verg. A. 2, 282:

    sensi ego in exspectatis ad amplissimam dignitatem fratribus tuis,

    who were expected to arrive at the highest dignities of the state, Cic. de Sen. 19, 68:

    ubi te exspectatum ejecisset foras,

    i. e. whose death is waited, longed for, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 29 Ruhnk.— Comp.:

    nimis ille potuit exspectatior venire,

    Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 12.— Sup.:

    adventus suavissimus exspectatissimusque,

    Cic. Att. 4, 4 a:

    litterae,

    id. Fam. 10, 5, 1:

    triumphus,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 51 fin. —
    b.
    In the neutr. absol.:

    quis non diversa praesentibus contrariaque exspectatis aut speret aut timeat?

    Vell. 2, 75, 2:

    hosti Ante exspectatum positis stat in agmine castris,

    before it was expected, Verg. G. 3, 348; so,

    ante exspectatum,

    Ov. M. 4, 790; 8, 5; Sen. Ep. 114:

    ille ad patrem patriae exspectato revolavit maturius,

    than was expected, Vell. 2, 123, 1.

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  • 7 sperata

    spēro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
    I.
    To hope (something desirable), to look for, trust, expect; to promise or flatter one's self (the predom. signif. of the word; syn.: confido, exspecto).
    (α).
    Absol.: spero, si speres quicquam prodesse potes sunt, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 333 Müll. (Ann. v. 410 Vahl.):

    quoad Pompeius in Italiā fuit, sperare non destiti,

    Cic. Att. 9, 10, 3:

    sperat animus,

    Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 36:

    ut neque accusator timere neque reus sperare debuerit,

    Cic. Clu. 7, 20:

    jubes bene sperare et bono esse animo,

    id. Deiot. 14, 38:

    Attica nostra quid agat, scire cupio: etsi tuae litterae recte sperare jubent,

    id. Att. 13, 17:

    tu jam, ut spero et ut promittis, aderis,

    id. ib. 16, 3, 4:

    omnia experiar et, ut spero, assequar... Sed, ut spero, valebis,

    id. ib. 7, 2, 6:

    ut mihi detis hanc veniam accommodatam huic reo, vobis, quemadmodum spero, non molestam,

    id. Arch. 2, 3:

    Argyrippus exorari spero poterit, ut sinat, etc.,

    Plaut. As. 5, 2, 67; cf.: Ch. Non usus veniet, spero. Sy. Spero hercle ego quoque, Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 42:

    interea fiet aliquid, spero,

    id. And. 2, 1, 14: salvus sit;

    spero,

    id. Ad. 3, 3, 57.—
    (β).
    With acc.:

    his omnibus victoriam sperantibus pacis nomen adferemus,

    Cic. Phil. 12, 5, 10:

    consulatum,

    id. ib. 12, 6, 14:

    gloriam sperabit a latronum gregibus,

    id. ib. 12, 10, 26: magis adversos rerum exitus metuens quam sperans secundos, id. Fam. 6, 14, 1:

    id ego et speraram prudentiā tuā fretus, et, ut confiderem, fecerunt tuae litterae,

    id. ib. 12, 18: a quo nihil speres boni rei publicae, quia non vult;

    nihil metuas mali, quia non audet,

    id. Att. 1, 13, 2:

    a quo genere hominum victoriam sperasset,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 96 fin.:

    omnia ex victoriā et ex suā liberalitate sperarent,

    id. ib. 3, 6; cf. id. ib. 3, 60:

    quibus (tormentis) ipsi magna speravissent,

    id. ib. 2, 16 fin.:

    spero meliora,

    Cic. Att. 14, 16, 3:

    aliquid sibi,

    id. Tusc. 1, 36, 86; Sall. C. 37, 6:

    bona alicuius,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 6, 13:

    hoc sperans, ut, etc.,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 85:

    sperare victoriam ab aliquo,

    id. B. C. 3, 96: quod sapienter speravimus, perseveranter consectari, have expected, Col. praef. §

    29: sperata gloria (opp. parta),

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 15; Liv. 28, 41, 6:

    sperata praeda,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 8:

    spem speratam quom optulisti,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 2:

    civitatem optandam magis quam sperandam quam minimam posuit,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 30, 52; Liv. 4, 15, 5:

    exitum malis sperare,

    Sall. C. 40, 2:

    amicitiam, regnum,

    id. J. 24, 5:

    mortem honestam,

    id. H. 2, 41, 2 Dietsch:

    salutem,

    id. C. 58, 16:

    spes,

    Curt. 5, 10, 1:

    mali poenam, Lact. de Ira, 16, 8: perpetuam felicitatem,

    Suet. Aug. 94; id. Vesp. 12; Sen. Ira, 3, 31, 2; Just. 21, 2, 5:

    sperat infestis, metuit secundis Alteram sortem bene praeparatum Pectus,

    Hor. C. 2, 10, 13:

    grata superveniat, quae non sperabitur hora,

    id. Ep. 1, 4, 14 et saep.: dis sum fretus, deos sperabimus, we will hope or trust in the gods, Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 38; cf. id. Mil. 4, 5, 10; id. Cist. 2, 3, 52.—
    (γ).
    With obj.-clause (so most freq.; usually with inf. fut.; less freq. but class. with inf. pres. or perf.).—With inf. fut.:

    ego me confido liberum fore, tu te numquam speras,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 15; Cic. Rep. 1, 20, 33:

    ex quibus sperant se maximum fructum esse capturos,

    id. Lael. 21, 79:

    quod amicitiae nostrae memoriam spero sempiternam fore, etc.,

    id. ib. 4, 15:

    tu fac animo forti magnoque sis, speresque fore, ut, etc.,

    id. Fam. 1, 5, 6 fin.; cf.:

    spero fore, ut contingat id nobis,

    id. Tusc. 1, 34, 82 et saep.— With inf. pres.:

    qui istoc te speras modo Potesse dissimulando infectum hoc reddere,

    Plaut. Most. 4, 3, 22:

    spero me habere, qui hunc excruciem,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 3, 11:

    sperat se a me avellere,

    id. ib. 3, 3, 14:

    totius Galliae sese potiri posse sperant,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 3:

    spero, quae tua prudentia est, et hercule, ut me jubet Acastus, confido te jam, ut volumus, valere,

    Cic. Att. 6, 9, 1:

    sperabam tuum adventum appropinquare,

    id. Fam. 4, 6, 3:

    speremus, nostrum nomen volitare et vagari latissime,

    id. Rep. 1, 17, 26:

    spero te mihi ignoscere, si, etc.,

    id. Fam. 1, 6, 2:

    spero esse, ut volumus,

    id. Att. 12, 6 b, 4:

    ita quiddam spero nobis profici, cum, etc.,

    id. ib. 1, 1; Sall. H. 4, 61, 2 Dietsch:

    speramus carmina fingi posse,

    Hor. A. P. 331: neque ego hanc abscondere furto Speravi, ne finge, fugam, I did not hope or expect, Verg. A. 4, 338.—So esp. when used like Engl. hope, in the sense trust, believe:

    spero nostram amicitiam non egere testibus,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 2:

    id enim deos immortalis spero aequissimum judicare,

    id. Phil. 11, 15, 39; cf. infra, II. fin. —With inf. perf.:

    speravi miser Ex servitute me exemisse filium,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 99:

    me ejus spero fratrem propemodum Jam repperisse,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 123:

    sperabam jam defervisse adulescentiam,

    id. Ad. 1, 2, 72: spero tibi me causam probasse;

    cupio quidem certe,

    Cic. Att. 1, 1, 4:

    spero cum Crassipede nos confecisse,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 2:

    et tum mirifice sperabat se esse locutum,

    Cat. 84, 3:

    sperasse libertatem se civium suorum emisse,

    Liv. 4, 15, 6:

    sperabam ita notata me reliquisse genera, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 32, 1; id. Att. 2, 21, 2; 10, 7, 3. —Ellipt.:

    qui semper vacuam, semper amabilem Sperat (sc. te fore),

    Hor. C. 1, 5, 11.—
    (δ).
    With ut and subj.:

    quoniam, ut salvum vellent tyrannum, sperare non poterat,

    Liv. 34, 27, 3:

    ut patiatur... nec sperandum ulli nec concupiscendum est,

    Sen. ad Polyb. 18, 6; Just. 5, 3, 3.—() In a Greek construction, with fut. part.:

    visura et quamvis numquam speraret Ulixen, etc. (for se visuram esse),

    Prop. 2, 9, 7 Paley ad loc.—
    (ζ).
    With de (very rare):

    neque de otio nostro spero jam,

    Cic. Att. 9, 7, 5; id. Verr. 2, 1, 2, § 6: de eo bene sperare (with obj.clause, cf. g supra), Nep. Milt. 1, 1.—
    II.
    To look for, expect, apprehend that which is undesired, elpizô (rare, and mostly poet.;

    in Cic. only with non, and ironically): nam quod tu speres, propulsabo facile,

    Ter. And. 2, 3, 21:

    mihi non hoc miserae sperare jubebas, Sed conubia laeta,

    Cat. 64, 140:

    haec merui sperare? dabis mihi, perfida, poenas,

    Prop. 2, 5, 3:

    hunc ego si potui tantum sperare dolorem, Et perferre, soror, potero,

    Verg. A. 4, 419 (cf. Quint. 8, 2, 3); cf. Flor. 3, 1, 1:

    haec adeo ex illo mihi jam speranda fuerunt Tempore, cum, etc.,

    Verg. A. 11, 275:

    mene efferre pedem, genitor, te posse relicto Sperasti?

    id. ib. 2, 658; cf. Suet. Caes. 60:

    si genus humanum et mortalia temnitis arma, At sperate deos memores fandi atque nefandi,

    expect, fear, Verg. A. 1, 543:

    exstinguine mea Speravi te posse manu,

    Val. Fl. 3, 295:

    aliquod in Africā bellum,

    Flor. 3, 1, 1:

    jam quartanam sperantibus aegris,

    Juv. 4, 57.—With a negative particle: Sc. Moneo ego te: te deseret ille aetate et satietate. Ph. Non spero. Sc. Insperata accidunt magis saepe quam quae speres, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 40: id quod non spero, Afran ap. Charis. p. 195 P.:

    sin a vobis, id quod non spero, deserar,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 10: te tam mobili in me meosque esse animo non sperabam, Q. Metell. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 1, 2:

    non speravi te sequi,

    Stat. Th. 6, 139.—Ironically:

    quoniam haec satis spero vobis molesta videri,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 13, 51.—Hence, spērātus, a, um, P. a., that is hoped or longed for; as subst.: spērātus, i, m.; spērāta, ae, f., a betrothed, intended, a lover; a bride (ante- and post-class.): curre et nuntia Venire me et mecum speratum adducere, Afran. ap. Non. 174, 31:

    sperata, salve,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 97; so, sperata, id. Fragm. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, 7, 71; Afran. ap. Non. 174, 33; Arn. 4, 140; Hyg. Fab. 31; 33.—Once also of a wife not seen for a long time:

    Amphitruo uxorem salutat laetus speratam suam,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 53.

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  • 8 spero

    spēro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
    I.
    To hope (something desirable), to look for, trust, expect; to promise or flatter one's self (the predom. signif. of the word; syn.: confido, exspecto).
    (α).
    Absol.: spero, si speres quicquam prodesse potes sunt, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 333 Müll. (Ann. v. 410 Vahl.):

    quoad Pompeius in Italiā fuit, sperare non destiti,

    Cic. Att. 9, 10, 3:

    sperat animus,

    Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 36:

    ut neque accusator timere neque reus sperare debuerit,

    Cic. Clu. 7, 20:

    jubes bene sperare et bono esse animo,

    id. Deiot. 14, 38:

    Attica nostra quid agat, scire cupio: etsi tuae litterae recte sperare jubent,

    id. Att. 13, 17:

    tu jam, ut spero et ut promittis, aderis,

    id. ib. 16, 3, 4:

    omnia experiar et, ut spero, assequar... Sed, ut spero, valebis,

    id. ib. 7, 2, 6:

    ut mihi detis hanc veniam accommodatam huic reo, vobis, quemadmodum spero, non molestam,

    id. Arch. 2, 3:

    Argyrippus exorari spero poterit, ut sinat, etc.,

    Plaut. As. 5, 2, 67; cf.: Ch. Non usus veniet, spero. Sy. Spero hercle ego quoque, Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 42:

    interea fiet aliquid, spero,

    id. And. 2, 1, 14: salvus sit;

    spero,

    id. Ad. 3, 3, 57.—
    (β).
    With acc.:

    his omnibus victoriam sperantibus pacis nomen adferemus,

    Cic. Phil. 12, 5, 10:

    consulatum,

    id. ib. 12, 6, 14:

    gloriam sperabit a latronum gregibus,

    id. ib. 12, 10, 26: magis adversos rerum exitus metuens quam sperans secundos, id. Fam. 6, 14, 1:

    id ego et speraram prudentiā tuā fretus, et, ut confiderem, fecerunt tuae litterae,

    id. ib. 12, 18: a quo nihil speres boni rei publicae, quia non vult;

    nihil metuas mali, quia non audet,

    id. Att. 1, 13, 2:

    a quo genere hominum victoriam sperasset,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 96 fin.:

    omnia ex victoriā et ex suā liberalitate sperarent,

    id. ib. 3, 6; cf. id. ib. 3, 60:

    quibus (tormentis) ipsi magna speravissent,

    id. ib. 2, 16 fin.:

    spero meliora,

    Cic. Att. 14, 16, 3:

    aliquid sibi,

    id. Tusc. 1, 36, 86; Sall. C. 37, 6:

    bona alicuius,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 6, 13:

    hoc sperans, ut, etc.,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 85:

    sperare victoriam ab aliquo,

    id. B. C. 3, 96: quod sapienter speravimus, perseveranter consectari, have expected, Col. praef. §

    29: sperata gloria (opp. parta),

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 15; Liv. 28, 41, 6:

    sperata praeda,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 8:

    spem speratam quom optulisti,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 2:

    civitatem optandam magis quam sperandam quam minimam posuit,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 30, 52; Liv. 4, 15, 5:

    exitum malis sperare,

    Sall. C. 40, 2:

    amicitiam, regnum,

    id. J. 24, 5:

    mortem honestam,

    id. H. 2, 41, 2 Dietsch:

    salutem,

    id. C. 58, 16:

    spes,

    Curt. 5, 10, 1:

    mali poenam, Lact. de Ira, 16, 8: perpetuam felicitatem,

    Suet. Aug. 94; id. Vesp. 12; Sen. Ira, 3, 31, 2; Just. 21, 2, 5:

    sperat infestis, metuit secundis Alteram sortem bene praeparatum Pectus,

    Hor. C. 2, 10, 13:

    grata superveniat, quae non sperabitur hora,

    id. Ep. 1, 4, 14 et saep.: dis sum fretus, deos sperabimus, we will hope or trust in the gods, Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 38; cf. id. Mil. 4, 5, 10; id. Cist. 2, 3, 52.—
    (γ).
    With obj.-clause (so most freq.; usually with inf. fut.; less freq. but class. with inf. pres. or perf.).—With inf. fut.:

    ego me confido liberum fore, tu te numquam speras,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 15; Cic. Rep. 1, 20, 33:

    ex quibus sperant se maximum fructum esse capturos,

    id. Lael. 21, 79:

    quod amicitiae nostrae memoriam spero sempiternam fore, etc.,

    id. ib. 4, 15:

    tu fac animo forti magnoque sis, speresque fore, ut, etc.,

    id. Fam. 1, 5, 6 fin.; cf.:

    spero fore, ut contingat id nobis,

    id. Tusc. 1, 34, 82 et saep.— With inf. pres.:

    qui istoc te speras modo Potesse dissimulando infectum hoc reddere,

    Plaut. Most. 4, 3, 22:

    spero me habere, qui hunc excruciem,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 3, 11:

    sperat se a me avellere,

    id. ib. 3, 3, 14:

    totius Galliae sese potiri posse sperant,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 3:

    spero, quae tua prudentia est, et hercule, ut me jubet Acastus, confido te jam, ut volumus, valere,

    Cic. Att. 6, 9, 1:

    sperabam tuum adventum appropinquare,

    id. Fam. 4, 6, 3:

    speremus, nostrum nomen volitare et vagari latissime,

    id. Rep. 1, 17, 26:

    spero te mihi ignoscere, si, etc.,

    id. Fam. 1, 6, 2:

    spero esse, ut volumus,

    id. Att. 12, 6 b, 4:

    ita quiddam spero nobis profici, cum, etc.,

    id. ib. 1, 1; Sall. H. 4, 61, 2 Dietsch:

    speramus carmina fingi posse,

    Hor. A. P. 331: neque ego hanc abscondere furto Speravi, ne finge, fugam, I did not hope or expect, Verg. A. 4, 338.—So esp. when used like Engl. hope, in the sense trust, believe:

    spero nostram amicitiam non egere testibus,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 2:

    id enim deos immortalis spero aequissimum judicare,

    id. Phil. 11, 15, 39; cf. infra, II. fin. —With inf. perf.:

    speravi miser Ex servitute me exemisse filium,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 99:

    me ejus spero fratrem propemodum Jam repperisse,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 123:

    sperabam jam defervisse adulescentiam,

    id. Ad. 1, 2, 72: spero tibi me causam probasse;

    cupio quidem certe,

    Cic. Att. 1, 1, 4:

    spero cum Crassipede nos confecisse,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 2:

    et tum mirifice sperabat se esse locutum,

    Cat. 84, 3:

    sperasse libertatem se civium suorum emisse,

    Liv. 4, 15, 6:

    sperabam ita notata me reliquisse genera, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 32, 1; id. Att. 2, 21, 2; 10, 7, 3. —Ellipt.:

    qui semper vacuam, semper amabilem Sperat (sc. te fore),

    Hor. C. 1, 5, 11.—
    (δ).
    With ut and subj.:

    quoniam, ut salvum vellent tyrannum, sperare non poterat,

    Liv. 34, 27, 3:

    ut patiatur... nec sperandum ulli nec concupiscendum est,

    Sen. ad Polyb. 18, 6; Just. 5, 3, 3.—() In a Greek construction, with fut. part.:

    visura et quamvis numquam speraret Ulixen, etc. (for se visuram esse),

    Prop. 2, 9, 7 Paley ad loc.—
    (ζ).
    With de (very rare):

    neque de otio nostro spero jam,

    Cic. Att. 9, 7, 5; id. Verr. 2, 1, 2, § 6: de eo bene sperare (with obj.clause, cf. g supra), Nep. Milt. 1, 1.—
    II.
    To look for, expect, apprehend that which is undesired, elpizô (rare, and mostly poet.;

    in Cic. only with non, and ironically): nam quod tu speres, propulsabo facile,

    Ter. And. 2, 3, 21:

    mihi non hoc miserae sperare jubebas, Sed conubia laeta,

    Cat. 64, 140:

    haec merui sperare? dabis mihi, perfida, poenas,

    Prop. 2, 5, 3:

    hunc ego si potui tantum sperare dolorem, Et perferre, soror, potero,

    Verg. A. 4, 419 (cf. Quint. 8, 2, 3); cf. Flor. 3, 1, 1:

    haec adeo ex illo mihi jam speranda fuerunt Tempore, cum, etc.,

    Verg. A. 11, 275:

    mene efferre pedem, genitor, te posse relicto Sperasti?

    id. ib. 2, 658; cf. Suet. Caes. 60:

    si genus humanum et mortalia temnitis arma, At sperate deos memores fandi atque nefandi,

    expect, fear, Verg. A. 1, 543:

    exstinguine mea Speravi te posse manu,

    Val. Fl. 3, 295:

    aliquod in Africā bellum,

    Flor. 3, 1, 1:

    jam quartanam sperantibus aegris,

    Juv. 4, 57.—With a negative particle: Sc. Moneo ego te: te deseret ille aetate et satietate. Ph. Non spero. Sc. Insperata accidunt magis saepe quam quae speres, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 40: id quod non spero, Afran ap. Charis. p. 195 P.:

    sin a vobis, id quod non spero, deserar,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 10: te tam mobili in me meosque esse animo non sperabam, Q. Metell. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 1, 2:

    non speravi te sequi,

    Stat. Th. 6, 139.—Ironically:

    quoniam haec satis spero vobis molesta videri,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 13, 51.—Hence, spērātus, a, um, P. a., that is hoped or longed for; as subst.: spērātus, i, m.; spērāta, ae, f., a betrothed, intended, a lover; a bride (ante- and post-class.): curre et nuntia Venire me et mecum speratum adducere, Afran. ap. Non. 174, 31:

    sperata, salve,

    Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 97; so, sperata, id. Fragm. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, 7, 71; Afran. ap. Non. 174, 33; Arn. 4, 140; Hyg. Fab. 31; 33.—Once also of a wife not seen for a long time:

    Amphitruo uxorem salutat laetus speratam suam,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 53.

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  • 9 quaero

    quaero (old orthogr. QVAIRO, Epitaphs of the Scipios, 6; for the original form and etym. quaeso, ĕre, v. quaeso), sīvi or sĭi, sītum, 3, v. a., to seek.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.: aliquem, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 43 Vahl.); Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 3:

    te ipsum quaerebam,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 8, 3:

    escam in sterquilinio,

    Phaedr. 3, 12 init. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To seek to get or procure, to seek or search for a thing, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 38:

    rem mercaturis faciendis,

    Cic. Par. 6, 2, 46.— Absol.:

    contrivi in quaerendo vitam atque aetatem meam,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 15; 5, 3, 27; Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 57; id. A. P. 170.—
    b.
    Transf., to get, procure, obtain, acquire a thing:

    uxores liberorum quaerendorum causā ducere,

    Suet. Caes. 52:

    liberorum quaerundorum causā ei uxor data est,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 109; cf.:

    quaerunt litterae hae sibi liberos,

    id. Ps. 1, 1, 21.—
    2.
    To seek for something missing, to miss:

    Siciliam in uberrimā Siciliae parte,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 47:

    optatos Tyndaridas,

    Prop. 1, 17, 18:

    Phoebi comam,

    Tib. 2, 3, 20:

    amnes,

    Stat. Th. 4, 703.—
    3.
    To ask, desire, with ut and subj.:

    quaeris ut suscipiam cogitationem quidnam istis agendum putem,

    Cic. Att. 14, 20, 4.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to seek, i. e. to think over, meditate, aim at, plan a thing:

    dum id quaero, tibi qui filium restituerem,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 83:

    quonam modo maxime ulti sanguinem nostrum pereamus,

    Sall. C. 33,5:

    fugam,

    Cic. Att. 7, 17, 1; id. Mur. 37, 80:

    sibi remedium ad rem aliquam,

    id. Clu. 9, 27:

    de gratiā quid significares, mecum ipse quaerebam,

    id. Att. 9, 11, A, 1.—With inf.:

    tristitiae causam si quis cognoscere quaerit,

    seeks, strives, endeavors, Ov. Tr. 5, 4, 7; id. Am. 1, 8, 51; Hor. C. 3, 4, 39; id. Ep. 1, 1, 2 al.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To look for, seek to gain any thing; to get, acquire, obtain, procure:

    laudem sibi,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 74:

    salutem alicui malo,

    id. Ad. 3, 2, 2:

    negabant ullā aliā in re nisi in naturā quaerendum esse illud summum bonum,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 5, 19:

    pudentem exitum suae impudentiae,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 2:

    invidiam in aliquem,

    id. Rab. Post. 17, 46. —
    2.
    Of inanim. and abstr. subjects, to demand, need, require, = requirere:

    quod cujusquam oratoris eloquentiam quaereret,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 29:

    lites ex limitibus judicem quaerant,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 15, 1:

    bellum dictatoriam majestatem quaesivisset,

    Liv. 8, 30:

    quaerit Boeotia Dircen,

    Ov. M. 2, 239. —
    3.
    To seek to learn from any one; to ask, inquire, interrogate (cf.: interrogo, percontor).
    (α).
    With ab:

    cum ab iis saepius quaereret,

    made inquiries, Caes. B. G. 1, 32:

    quaero abs te nunc, Hortensi, cum, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 83, § 191:

    quaesivit a medicis, quemadmodum se haberet,

    Nep. Dion, 2, 4:

    a quo cum quaesisset, quo se deduci vellet,

    id. Epam. 4, 5; cf. Cic. N. D. 1, 22, 60. —
    (β).
    With de:

    quaerebat paulo ante de me, quid, etc.,

    Cic. Pis. 9, 18:

    de te ipso quaero, Vatini, utrum, etc.,

    id. Vatin. 4, 10:

    quaero de te, arbitrerisne, etc.,

    Liv. 4, 40:

    cura tibi de quo quaerere nulla fuit,

    Ov. P. 4, 3, 18.—
    (γ).
    With ex:

    quaesivi ex Phaniā, quam in partem provinciae putaret, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 6, 1:

    quaerit ex solo ea, quae, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 18.—
    (δ).
    With a rel.-clause:

    ille baro te putabat quaesiturum, unum caelum esset an innumerabilia,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 3:

    natura fieret laudabile carmen, an arte, Quaesitum est,

    Hor. A. P. 409:

    quaeritur inter medicos, cujus generis aquae sint utilissimae,

    Plin. 31, 3, 21, § 31.—
    4. a.
    With inf. (post-Aug.):

    e monte aliquo in alium transilire quaerens,

    Plin. 8, 53, 79, § 214:

    qui mutare sedes quaerebant,

    Tac. G. 2.—
    b.
    Transf., of animals, plants, etc., to desire, prefer, seek:

    salictum et harundinetum... umidum locum quaerunt,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 5:

    glires aridum locum quaerunt,

    id. ib. 3, 15, 2; Col. 1, praef. §

    26: lupinum quaerit maxime sabulosa,

    Plin. 18, 14, 36, § 134;

    so of the soil: ager aquosus plus stercoris quaerit,

    demands, Pall. 1, 6, 15.—
    5.
    To examine or inquire into judicially, to investigate, institute an investigation; with [p. 1502] acc. (rare):

    hunc abduce, vinci, rem quaere,

    Ter. Ad. 3 (4), 36:

    non dubitabat Minucius, quin iste (Verres) illo die rem illam quaesiturus non esset,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 29, § 72. —With de and abl. (class.; cf.

    Krebs, Autibarb. p. 962 sq.): de pecuniis repetundis,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 9, 27:

    de morte alicujus,

    id. Rosc. Am. 41, 119:

    de servo in dominum,

    to question by torture, put to the rack, id. Mil. 22, 59:

    aliquid per tormenta,

    Suet. Tib. 58:

    legibus,

    to investigate according to the laws, impartially, Plin. Ep. 5, 21, 3. —
    b.
    Transf.: si quaeris, si quaerimus (prop., if we, or you, look well into the matter; if we, or you, would know the truth), to say the truth, in fact, to speak honestly:

    omnino, si quaeris, ludi apparatissimi,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 2:

    at sunt morosi, et anxii, et difficiles senes: si quaerimus, etiam avari,

    id. Sen. 18, 65:

    si quaeritis,

    id. de Or. 2, 62, 254; so,

    too, si verum quaeris,

    id. Fam. 12, 8, 1:

    si verum quaeritis,

    id. de Or. 2, 34, 146:

    si verum quaerimus,

    id. Tusc. 2, 23, 55: noli quaerere or quid quaeris? in short, in one word:

    noli quaerere: ita mihi pulcher hic dies visus est,

    id. Fam. 4, 4, 3:

    quid quaeris? biduo factus est mihi familiaris,

    id. ib. 3, 1, 2.— Hence, quaesītus, a, um, P. a., sought out.
    A.
    In a good sense, select, special, extraordinary (mostly post-Aug.): epulae quaesitissumae, Sall. ap. Macr. S. 2, 9, 9 (Sall. H. 2, 23, 4 Dietsch); comp.:

    leges quaesitiores (opp. simplices),

    Tac. A. 3, 26:

    quaesitior adulatio,

    id. ib. 3, 57.— Sup.:

    quaesitissimi honores,

    Tac. A. 2, 53.—
    B.
    In a bad sense (opp. to what is natural), far-fetched, studied, affected, assumed (class.):

    vitabit etiam quaesita nec ex tempore ficta, sed domo allata, quae plerumque sunt frigida,

    Cic. Or. 26, 89:

    ut numerus non quaesitus, sed ipse secutus esse videatur,

    id. ib. 65, 219:

    comitas,

    Tac. A. 6, 50:

    asperitas,

    id. ib. 5, 3.—
    C.
    Subst.: quaesītum, i, n.
    1.
    A question ( poet.):

    accipe quaesiti causam,

    Ov. M. 4, 793; id. F. 1, 278; Hor. S. 2, 6, 82.—
    2.
    A question as a rhetorical figure, = pusma, Mart. Cap. 5, § 524.

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  • 10 speculor

    spĕcŭlor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. [1. specula], to spy out, watch, observe, examine, explore (class.; cf.:

    specto, conspicio): quo mox furatum veniat, speculatur loca,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 22: St. Quid hic speculare? Pa. Nihil equidem speculor, id. Cas. 4, 2, 12:

    omnia speculari et perscrutari ante,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59:

    multorum te oculi et aures speculabuntur atque custodient,

    id. Cat. 1, 2, 6:

    Rostra, id. fl. 24, 57: jam vacuo laetam (avem) caelo speculatus,

    having caught sight of, descried, Verg. A. 5, 515:

    praemissus speculatum Bocchi consilia,

    Sall. J. 108, 1; so,

    consilia,

    Liv. 42, 17:

    dicta factaque alicujus,

    id. 42, 25, 8:

    abditos ejus sensus,

    id. 40, 21, 11: eventum Bellovacorum, to look for, i. e. await, Hirt. B. G. 8, 23:

    regni eventus,

    Just. 25, 3, 7:

    opportunitatem,

    to watch for, Tac. H. 3, 38; Vell. 2, 120, 4; cf.:

    noctem incustoditam,

    Tac. A. 2, 40:

    obitus et ortus signorum,

    Verg. G. 1, 257:

    aquas et nubila caeli (apes),

    id. ib. 4, 166:

    locum,

    id. A. 7, 477.—With interrog.-clause:

    nunc speculabor, quid ibi agatur,

    Plaut. Truc. 4, 1, 10:

    ut specularetur, quae in laevā parte suorum fortuna esset,

    Liv. 33, 10:

    huc hinc speculabor procul, Unde advenienti sarcinam imponam seni,

    Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 82.— Absol.:

    speculabor, ne quis hinc venator assit,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 13:

    quid ad se venirent? an speculandi causā?

    Caes. B. G. 1, 47 fin.:

    speculandi gratiā remissi,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 7:

    imprudenter speculatus,

    Vell. 2, 118, 2:

    montis sublime cacumen Occupat, unde sedens partes speculetur in omnes,

    he can look around, Ov. M. 1, 667.

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  • 11 inquisitio

    inquīsītĭo, ōnis, f. [inquiro], a seeking or searching for.
    I.
    Lit.: tu cave inquisitioni mihi sis, be at hand, don ' t let me have to look for you, Plaut. Cas. 3, 1 fin.:

    novorum militum,

    Curt. 4, 6:

    corporum,

    Plin. 8. 30, 44, § 106.—
    II.
    Transf., a searching or inquiring into, an examination.
    A.
    In gen.:

    veri inquisitio atque investigatio,

    Cic. Off. 1, 4, 13:

    opinionum,

    Quint. 3, 1, 2:

    nova inquisitione addiscere,

    Plin. 2, 46, 45, § 117. —
    B.
    In partic., a seeking for proofs or grounds in support of an accusation, a legal inquisition, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 14:

    candidati,

    id. Mur. 21, 44:

    annua,

    for which a year is allowed, Tac. A. 13, 43; cf. Gai. Inst. 2, 44:

    postulare inquisitionem in aliquem,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 9:

    dare inquisitionem alicui,

    id. ib. 5, 20:

    agere inquisitionem,

    Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 18.

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  • 12 exspecto

    to look for, expect, await, wait for.

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  • 13 requiro

    to ask for, look for, demand, desire, miss.

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  • 14 mustaceum

    mustācĕus, i, m., and mustācĕum, i, n., a must-cake or laurel-cake, a kind of wedding-cake mixed with must and baked on bay-leaves:

    mustaceos sic facito, etc.,

    Cato, R. R. 121; Juv. 6, 200.—Prov.: laureolam in mustaceo quaerere, to look for a laurel-wreath in a cake, i. e. for fame in trifles, Cic. Att. 5, 20, 4.

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  • 15 mustaceus

    mustācĕus, i, m., and mustācĕum, i, n., a must-cake or laurel-cake, a kind of wedding-cake mixed with must and baked on bay-leaves:

    mustaceos sic facito, etc.,

    Cato, R. R. 121; Juv. 6, 200.—Prov.: laureolam in mustaceo quaerere, to look for a laurel-wreath in a cake, i. e. for fame in trifles, Cic. Att. 5, 20, 4.

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  • 16 nodus

    nōdus, i, m. [for gnodus; Sanscr. root gadh-, gandh-, grasp; cf. Gr. Chandanô, hold; gnathos, jaw; Lat. pre-hend-o; Germ. Knoten; Engl. knot], a knot (cf. nexus).
    I.
    Lit.:

    nodus vinculumque,

    Cic. Univ. 4: necte tribus nodis ternos, Amarylli, colores, Verg. E. 8, 77:

    Cacum Corripit in nodum complexus,

    clasping him as in a knot, id. A. 8, 260:

    nodos manu diducere,

    Ov. M. 2, 560:

    nodus Herculis or Herculaneus,

    a knot difficult to untie, of which Hercules was held to be the inventor, Plin. 28, 6, 17, § 63:

    unus tibi nodus, sed Herculaneus, restat,

    Sen. Ep. 87, 38:

    tamquam nodus Gordius difficillimus,

    Amm. 14, 11, 1: cingulum (novae nuptae) Herculaneo nodo vinctum vir solvit ominis gratia, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. cingulo, p. 63 Müll.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    A girdle ( poet.):

    nodoque sinus collecta fluentes,

    Verg. A. 1, 320; Mart. 6, 13, 5.—

    Hence, astronom.: nodus anni,

    the circle of the equator, Lucr. 5, 688.—
    2.
    A mode of dressing the hair, a knot, club:

    Rheni nodos,

    the hair of the Germans gathered into a club, Mart. 5, 37, 8; cf.:

    insigne gentis obliquare crinem nodoque substringere,

    Tac. G. 38.—
    3.
    Plur.:

    nodi,

    a knotted fishing-net, Manil. 5, 664.—
    4.
    A knot, knob, node on a joint of an animal's body:

    crura sine nodis,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 27:

    cervix articulorum nodis jungitur,

    Plin. 11, 37, 67, § 177; 11, 37, 88, § 217:

    dirae nodus hyaenae,

    a backbone, dorsal vertebra, Luc. 6, 672.—

    Hence, nodi articulorum,

    a swelling, tumor on the joints, Plin. 24, 5, 13, § 21; 30, 12, 36, § 110.—
    5.
    A knot, knob, fold, etc.
    (α).
    In wood or the branches of plants:

    baculum sine nodo aduncum tenens,

    Liv. 1, 18, 7; Sen. Ben. 7, 9:

    stipes gravidus nodis,

    Verg. A. 7, 507:

    telum solidum nodis,

    id. ib. 11, 553:

    gracilitas harundinis, distincta nodis,

    Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 158; Col. Arb. 3.—Hence, the knotty club of Hercules, Sen. Herc. Oet. 1661.—
    (β).
    Of a writhing serpent:

    nixantem nodis seque in sua membra plicantem,

    Verg. A. 5, 279.—
    (γ).
    Prov.: nodum in scirpo quaerere, to look for knots in a bulrush (which contains none), i. e. to find difficulties where there are none, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 330 Müll. (Sat. v. 46 Vahl.):

    in scirpo nodum quaeris,

    Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 22; Ter. And. 5, 4, 38.—
    6.
    A knot, hard part of a thing;

    so of metals,

    Plin. 34, 13, 37, § 136;

    of precious stones,

    id. 37, 10, 55, § 150.—
    7.
    A star in the constellation Pisces, Cic. Arat. 14; Caes. Germ. Arat. 243.—
    8.
    In astron.:

    nodi,

    the four points in the heavens where the seasons begin, the nodes, Manil. 3, 618; cf. id. 2, 430.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., a band, bond:

    his igitur singulis versibus quasi nodi apparent continuationis,

    Cic. Or. 66, 222:

    velut laxioribus nodis resolvemus,

    Quint. 9, 4, 127:

    amabilissimum nodum amicitiae tollere,

    Cic. Lael. 14, 51.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    A bond, obligation ( poet.):

    exsolvere animum nodis religionum,

    Lucr. 4, 7:

    imponere nodos, i. e. jusjurandum,

    Ov. H. 20, 39 Ruhnk.—
    2.
    A knotty point, difficulty, impediment.— Absol.:

    dum hic nodus expediatur non putet senatus nos oportere decedere,

    Cic. Att. 5, 21, 3: incideramus in difficilem nodum, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 1.—With gen.:

    Abantem interimit, pugnae nodumque moramque,

    Verg. A. 10, 428:

    cum scopulus et nodus et mora publicae securitatis superesset Antonius,

    Flor. 4, 9, 1:

    qui juris nodos et legum aenigmata solvat (an allusion to the Gordian knot),

    Juv. 8, 50 (hence, Cicuta nodosus; v. nodosus).— Esp.: nodus linguae, the bond or tie of the tongue:

    nodum linguae rumpere,

    Gell. 5, 9, 2:

    nodos linguae solvere,

    Just. 13, 7, 6.

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  • 17 nōdus

        nōdus ī, m    [see HED-], a knot: nodus vinculumque: Necte tribus nodis ternos colores, V.: Cacum Conripit in nodum complexus, clasping him as in a knot, V.: nodos manu diducere, O.: crinem nodo substringere, Ta.: crura sine nodis, Cs.: baculum sine nodo, L.: telum solidum nodis, V.: nodoque sinūs conlecta fluentes, V.— Prov.: nodum in scirpo quaeris, look for a knot in a bulrush, i. e. make difficulties, T.—In a plant, a joint, eye: in ipso Fit nodo sinus, V.— A star in the constellation Pisces, C.—Fig., a band, bond: his igitur singulis versibus quasi nodi apparent continuationis: amicitiae.— A bond, obligation: imponere nodos (i. e. ius iurandum), O.— A knotty point, difficulty, impediment: dum hic nodus expediatur: huius erroris, L.: nisi dignus vindice nodus Intersit, crisis, H.: Abas pugnae nodusque moraque, V.: iuris, Iu.
    * * *
    knot; node

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  • 18 quaerito

    quaerĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [quaero], to seek, search, or look for earnestly (ante-class.).
    I.
    In gen.:

    hominem inter vivos quaeritamus mortuum,

    Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 15:

    defessus sum quaeritando,

    id. Am. 4, 1, 4; id. Cist. 4, 2, 19:

    aliquem mari terrāque,

    id. Poen. prol. 105:

    te ipsum,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 2:

    hospitium ab aliquo,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 77:

    lanā ac telā victum,

    to earn, Ter. And. 1, 1, 48: multis languoribus peresus essem te quaeritando, Cat. 58, 15.—Prov.: hujus sermo haud cinerem quaeritat, needs no ashes, i. e. no polishing, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 10. —
    II.
    In partic., to ask, inquire, or demand earnestly, to wish to know exactly:

    quid tu id quaeritas?

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 22; id. Cist. 4, 2, 57; Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 17.

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  • 19 prōspiciō

        prōspiciō ēxī, ectus, ere    [SPEC-], to look forward, look into the distance, have a view, look out, look, see: parum prospiciunt oculi, do not see well, T.: ex superioribus locis in urbem, Cs.: multum, have an extensive prospect: per umbram, V.—Of places: domus prospicit agros, overlooks, H.: freta prospiciens Tmolus, O.— To see afar, discern, descry, espy, make out, observe: domum suam: campos longe, V.: ex speculis hostium classem, L.: ex edito monte cuncta, Cu.: cum litora fervere late Prospiceres, V.— To look out, watch, be on the watch: ab ianuā, N.: Pavorem simulans (feles) prospicit toto die, Ph.—Fig., to look to beforehand, see to, exercise foresight, look out for, take care of, provide for: Malo nos prospicere quam ulcisci, take precautions, T.: prospicite atque consulite: longe in posterum: prospicite, ut videantur, etc.: statuebat prospiciendum, ne, etc., Cs.: ego iam prospiciam mihi, T.: consulite vobis, prospicite patriae.— To foresee: alias animo procellas: multum in posterum: ex imbri soles, V.: animo prospicere, quibus de rebus auditurus sis.— To look out for, provide, procure: sedem senectuti, L.: Nisi si prospectum interea aliquid est, desertae vivimus, T.: ad ferramenta prospicienda.
    * * *
    prospicere, prospexi, prospectus V
    foresee; see far off; watch for, provide for, look out for

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  • 20 Respiciens

    rē-spĭcĭo, spexi, spectum, 3 (old form of subj. perf. respexis, Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 19; id. Most. 2, 2, 90; id. Rud. 3, 3, 16), v. n. and a., to look back or behind, to look about, look; to see behind one; to look back upon, to look at, look to or for any thing (very freq. and class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    (α).
    Neutr.:

    respicere quasi retro aspicere, Varro Manio: sedens... neque post respiciens, neque ante prospiciens,

    Non. p. 442, 31 sq. (cf. infra, b):

    longe retro respicere non possunt,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 2, 6; Liv. 21, 22, 7; cf. Cic. Div. 1, 24, 49:

    subito exaudivit hinnitum respexitque et equum alacrem laetus aspexit,

    id. ib. 1, 33 fin.: Er. Ergasilum qui vocat? He. Respice... respice ad me, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 54 sq.:

    huc ad aliquem,

    id. Trin. 4, 3, 61; so,

    ad aliquem,

    id. Curc. 1, 2, 20; id. Cas. 3, 5, 10; id. Ps. 1, 3, 16; id. Poen. 4, 2, 35; id. Truc. 2, 2, 2; Ter. And. 2, 5, 6; id. Phorm. 5, 1, 13 al.; cf.:

    nocte ad oppidum,

    Cic. Div. 1, 32, 69:

    patriae ad oras,

    Ov. M. 11, 547:

    ad libellos,

    Quint. 10, 7, 31; 11, 2, 45; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 51:

    ad laevam,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 8:

    in aliquem,

    App. M. 2, p. 118:

    huc,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 30; id. Rud. 3, 4, 2; id. Truc. 1, 2, 20; 21:

    tanta militum virtus fuit, ut non modo de vallo decederet nemo, sed paene ne respiceret quidem quisquam,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 43:

    transque caput jace, nec respexeris,

    Verg. E. 8, 102:

    respicit Aeneas subito,

    id. A. 6, 548:

    a tergo,

    id. ib. 8, 697:

    quod respicere vetitus est,

    Liv. 21, 22.—
    (β).
    Act. (in lit. sense rare in good prose, but freq. in all styles in the trop. signif.; v. infra, II.):

    ipsi Respiciunt atram in nimbo volitare favillam,

    look back on, see behind them, Verg. A. 5, 666:

    modo Prospicit occasus, interdum respicit ortus,

    Ov. M. 2, 190:

    respice me et relinque egentem parasitum,

    Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 7:

    repudia istos comites atque hoc respice et revortere,

    id. Merc. 5, 2, 30:

    proxima respiciens signa,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 39; cf.

    Caesarem,

    id. ib. 3, 91:

    (Hannibalem) respexisse saepe Italiae litora,

    Liv. 30, 20, 7:

    nec prius amissam (Creüsam) respexi animumve reflexi, Quam, etc.,

    Verg. A. 2. 741; id. G. 4, 491; Ov. M. 11, 66; cf.:

    ut stetit et frustra absentem respexit amicum,

    Verg. A. 9, 389:

    instantem tergo Cloanthum,

    id. ib. 5, 168:

    donec versas ad litora puppes Respiciunt,

    id. ib. 10, 269; cf. id. ib. 5, 666:

    oculis pignora cara,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 60: medio cum Sol altissimus orbe Tantum respiceret, quantum superesse videret, looked back upon, i. e. had already passed over, id. M. 11, 354. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to look, have regard, turn attention.
    (α).
    Neutr.:

    neque se in multa simul intendere animus totum potest: et, quocumque respexit, desinit intueri, quod propositum erat,

    at whatsoever it looks, Quint. 10, 3, 23:

    si propter singula verba ad singulas formas respiciendum erit,

    id. 11, 2, 26; cf.:

    non respiciendum ad haec,

    id. 7, 10, 14:

    M. Bibulus cuncta administrabat: ad hunc summa imperii respiciebat,

    looked to him, was centred in him, Caes. B. C. 3, 5 fin.; cf.:

    periculum (emptionis) ad venditorem respicere,

    Dig. 18, 6, 4 (with ad venditorem pertinere). —
    (β).
    Act., to look at, regard, look to:

    quom respicias immensi temporis omne Praeteritum spatium,

    Lucr. 3, 854; cf.:

    quoad longissime potest mens mea respicere spatium praeteriti temporis,

    Cic. Arch. 1, 1: cum vastitatem Italiae respexerint, Asin. Poll. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 1: subsidia, quae respicerent in re trepidā, etc., which they might look to, i. e. from which they might expect aid, Liv. 4, 46; cf.:

    ne respicere spem ullam ab Romanis posset,

    id. 4, 17:

    respicere exemplar vitae morumque jubebo Doctum imitatorem,

    to look at, have in his eye, Hor. A. P. 317:

    de te pendentis, te respicientis amici,

    id. Ep. 1, 1, 105. — With rel.-clause:

    quid sit prius actum, respicere aetas Nostra nequit, nisi, etc.,

    Lucr. 5, 1446; cf. id. 3, 972:

    respiciens, an vera soror,

    Val. Fl. 6, 661.—
    B.
    Pregn., to look at with solicitude, i. e. to have a care for, regard, be mindful of, consider, respect, etc. (in this sense mostly act.; cf. provideo).
    1.
    Of a protecting deity:

    di homines respiciunt,

    Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 29:

    deus respiciet nos aliquis,

    id. Bacch. 4, 2, 39; Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 34; id. Hec. 5, 2, 6:

    nisi quis nos deus respexerit,

    Cic. Att. 1, 16, 6: [p. 1581] Sive neglectum genus et nepotes Respicis auctor, Hor. C. 1, 2, 36; Verg. E. 1, 28:

    nisi idem deus, qui, etc., respexerit rem publicam,

    Cic. Att. 7, 1, 2:

    et me et te, nisi quid dī respiciunt, perdidi,

    Ter. And. 4, 1, 19.— Hence, Rēspĭcĭens, the Provident, an epithet of Fortuna:

    ad opem ferendam,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 11, 28; Inscr. Orell. 477; 1766.—

    Rarely, in a bad sense, of an avenging deity: at vos, devota capita, respiciant di perjuriorum vindices,

    may they remember it against you, Just. 14, 4, 10.—
    2.
    Of persons that have a care or regard for any thing:

    hercle alius nemo respicit nos,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 55; so,

    aliquem,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 3, 19; id. Aul. 2, 2, 54:

    age, me in tuis secundis respice,

    Ter. And. 5, 6, 11; id. Ad. 5, 8, 9:

    miseros aratores,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 10, § 26; Caes. B. G. 7, 77:

    sin Caesarem respiciant,

    id. B. C. 1, 1; Mart. 10, 10, 5:

    non Pylium Nestora respicis,

    Hor. C. 1, 15, 22:

    quantum quisque ferat respiciendus erit,

    Ov. Am. 1, 8, 38: mox deos respexere;

    restitui Capitolium placuit,

    bethought themselves of, Tac. H. 4, 4:

    aetatem tuam,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 87:

    populi Romani commoda (with prospicere),

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 55, § 127:

    salutem cum meam tum aliorum,

    id. Planc 38, 91; cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 5:

    rem publicam,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 46, 118; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 11, 3:

    mala sua,

    Lucr. 4, 1159 et saep. —With se, to think of or have regard for one ' s self, Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 18; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 18; 5, 1, 46; Cic. Fin. 2, 24, 79; id. pro Scaur. Fragm. 41, p. 267 Orell.: quod si Caesar se respexerit, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 24, 8.—With ad (Quintilian):

    ad utilitatem Ligarii respicit,

    looks to the advantage of, Quint. 9, 2, 28; so,

    modice ad hanc partem,

    id. 9, 4, 36:

    Graecas litteras (corresp. to studere Latinis),

    id. 1, 12, 6:

    saepius ad curam rerum ab elocutione,

    id. 10, 1, 120.—With an abstr. subj.:

    si quid pietas antiqua labores Respicit humanos,

    Verg. A. 5, 689.— With object-clause, to observe, perceive, notice:

    respicio nihili meam vos gratiam facere,

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 68.

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  • look for — (something) to expect something. We re looking for snow in the Great Lakes on Tuesday. Etymology: based on the literal meaning of look for something (= to search for something) …   New idioms dictionary

  • look for all the world like — look precisely like (used for emphasis) fossil imprints that look for all the world like motorcycle tracks …   Useful english dictionary

  • look for — ► look for attempt to find. Main Entry: ↑look …   English terms dictionary

  • look for something — ˈlook for sth derived to hope for sth; to expect sth • We shall be looking for an improvement in your work this term. Main entry: ↑lookderived …   Useful english dictionary

  • look for — index delve, expect (anticipate), ferret, hunt, spy Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • look for flaws — index check (inspect), examine (study) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • look for trouble — ► look for trouble informal behave in a way that is likely to provoke an argument or fight. Main Entry: ↑trouble …   English terms dictionary

  • look for a needle in a haystack — (or (rare) ● needle …   Useful english dictionary

  • look for — verb 1. try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of (Freq. 50) The police are searching for clues They are searching for the missing man in the entire county • Syn: ↑search, ↑seek • Derivationally related forms: ↑s …   Useful english dictionary

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