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  • 1 circumspiciō

        circumspiciō ēxī (perf. circumspēxtī, T.), ectus, ere    [circum + specio], to look about, cast a look around, observe, see: circumspicio; nusquam (sc. te video), T.: coniunx ubi sit, O.: nec suspicit nec circumspicit: nusquam circumspiciens aut respiciens, L.—Fig., to exercise foresight, be cautious, take heed: esse circumspiciendum diligenter, ut, etc.—To view on all sides, survey: sua circumspicere quid secum portare posset, Cs.: amictūs, to review, O.: turris circumspicit undas, commands, O.—To descry, get sight of, discern: saxum, V.— Fig., to view mentally, survey, ponder, weigh, consider: consilia animo, Cs.: circumspectis rebus omnibus: procellas quae impendent: circumspicere, quibus necesse sit, etc.: animo, qui sint exitūs rerum: quosnam consules facerent, L.: usque eone te diligis et magnifice circumspicis? are you so haughty? — To look about for, seek for: tecta ac recessum, L.: alium (arietem), V.
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    circumspicere, circumspexi, circumspectus V
    look around/over/for, survey; inspect; search for/seek; examine/review; ponder

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  • 2 cōnspiciō

        cōnspiciō spēxī, spectus, ere    [SPEC-], to look at attentively, get sight of, descry, perceive, observe, fix eyes upon: te in iure: procul vehiculum e monte: milites ab hostibus conspiciebantur, Cs.: lucus ex insulā conspiciebatur, N.: inter se conspecti, L.: conspectis luminibus crebris, L.: locum insidiis, espy, V.: rugas in speculo, O.: conspectos horrere ursos, at the sight of, O.: si illud signum forum conspiceret, face towards: (filium) spoliatum omni dignitate: loca multitudine completa, Cs.: alqm humi iacentem, L.: hunc cupido lumine, Ct.: nostros victores flumen transisse, Cs.: frondere Philemona, O.—To look at with admiration, gaze upon, observe, contemplate: alqm cum egregiā stirpe, L.: alqm propter novitatem orna<*>ūs, N.— Pass, to attract attention, be conspicuous, be noticed, be distinguished, be admired: vehi per urbem, conspici velle: se quisque conspici properabat, S.: maxime conspectus ipse est, curru invectus, L.: formosissimus alto caelo, shine, O.: infestis oculis omnium conspici, be a mark for.— Fig., to perceive, discern: eum mentibus.
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    I
    conspicere, conspexi, conspectus V TRANS
    observe/see/witness; notice; watch; gaze/stare on; catch/be in sight of; face; have appearance; attract attention; discern; (PASS) be conspicuous/visible
    II
    looking/observing/discerning, action of looking; (augury)

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  • 3 cōnspicor

        cōnspicor ātus, ārī, dep.    [com- + SPEC-], to get sight of, descry, see, perceive: his te regionibus, T.: id conspicati sese receperant, Cs.: ignīs, N.: hunc conspicatae naves, Cs.: perterritos hostīs, Cs.: Tarquinium ostentantem se, L.: te in fundo Fodere, T.: quae res gererentur, Cs.: cum Metellus conspicatur, i. e. obtains a view, S.
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    conspicari, conspicatus sum V DEP
    catch sight of, see; observe, notice; perceive; be conspicuous; be regarded

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  • 4 dīspiciō

        dīspiciō spēxī, spectus, ere    [SPEC-], to descry, discern, perceive, make out, distinguish, detect (by the sight): ne scintillam quidem ullam ad dispiciendum reliquerunt: acie mentis: catuli, qui iam dispecturi sunt: summo ab aethere terras, O.: dispecta est et Thule, Ta.—Fig., to perceive, discern, discover, detect (by the mind): libertatem ex servitute: verum: quorum nihil cum dispexisset caecata mens, L.: quid velit: quod sperem.— To consider, reflect upon, look about, regard: iam aliquid dispiciam, T.: res Romanas: insidiatorem, L.
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    dispicere, dispexi, dispectus V
    look about (for), discover espy, consider

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  • 5 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.
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    prospicere, prospexi, prospectus V
    foresee; see far off; watch for, provide for, look out for

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  • 6 prō-videō

        prō-videō vīdī, vīsus, ēre,    to see in advance, discern, descry: ubi, quid petatur, procul providere nequeat, L.: Excusare... quod non Providisset eum, H.—Fig., to see beforehand, foresee: quid eventurum sit: plus animo providere existimabatur, quod, etc., Cs.—To act with foresight, take precautions, see to it, be careful: actum de te est, nisi provides: nisi providisses, tibi ipsi pereundum fuisset: saluti: a dis vitae hominum provideri: est de Brundisio providendum: de re frumentariā, Cs.: ut quam rectissime agatur providebo: ne nocere possent ego providi: ne qua civitas suis finibus recipiat, a me provisum est, Cs.: Provisumst, ne abeat, T.—To see to, look after, care for, provide, prepare, make ready: multum in posterum providerunt, quod, etc.: rem frumentariam, Cs.: providentia haec potissimum providet, ut, etc.: omnia, S.: Verbaque provisam rem non invita sequentur, H.—To prevent, guard against, avert, avoid, obviate: neque omnino facere aut providere quicquam poterant, S.: quae consilio provideri poterunt, cavebuntur.

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  • 7 adspicio

    a-spĭcĭo ( adsp-, Jan; asp-, others except Halm, who uses both), spexi, spectum, 3, v. a. (aspexit = aspexerit, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 25), to look to or upon a person or thing, to behold, look at, see.
    I.
    Lit., constr. in the ante - class. per. sometimes with ad; but afterwards with the acc., with a finite clause, or absol.; in eccl. Lat., with in with acc., and super with acc.
    (α).
    With ad:

    aspice ad me,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 38:

    aspicient ad me,

    Vulg. Zach. 12, 10:

    aspicere ad terram,

    Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 25:

    ad caelum,

    Vulg. 2 Macc. 7, 28:

    Aspice nunc ad sinisteram,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 38 (Ritschl, spice):

    ad Scrofam,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 26; cf. the epitaph of Pacuvius: Adulescens, tametsi properas, te hoc saxum rogat, Ut se[se] aspicias, etc., ap. Gell. 1, 24 fin. —(b With acc.: Aspice hoc sublimen candens, Enn. ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 25, 65: templum Cereris, id. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, 2, 82: me, Pac. ap. Non. p. 470, 20: aspicite (me) religatum asperis Vinctumque saxis, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23; Plaut. As. 4, 1, 25:

    me huc aspice,

    id. Am. 2, 2, 118:

    faciem alicujus,

    id. Ps. 1, 2, 9.—In Plaut. twice with contra: aspiciam aliquem [p. 176] contra oculis, Cas. 5, 3, 2: Th. Aspicedum contra me. Tr. Aspexi. Th. Vides? Tr. Video, Most. 5, 1, 56; so,

    non audebat aspicere contra Deum,

    Vulg. Exod. 3, 6:

    formam alicujus aspicere,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 25:

    tergum alicujus,

    Vulg. Exod. 33, 8:

    aspicite ipsum: contuemini os, etc.,

    Cic. Sull. 27:

    me,

    Vulg. Job, 7, 8:

    sic obstupuerant, sic terram intuebantur, sic furtim non numquam inter se aspiciebant, etc.,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 5, 13; so Vulg. Jer. 4, 23:

    aspicis me iratus,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 30 fin.:

    hominis omnino aspiciendi potestatem eripere,

    id. Lael. 23, 87:

    ut nemo eorum forum aut publicum aspicere vellet,

    Liv. 9, 7, 11:

    aliquid rectis oculis,

    Suet. Aug. 16:

    Aspicit hanc torvis (oculis),

    Ov. M. 6, 34:

    aspiciunt oculis Superi mortalia justis,

    id. ib. 13, 70:

    aliquid oculis aequis,

    Verg. A. 4, 372:

    aspice vultus Ecce meos,

    Ov. M. 2, 92 al.:

    horrendae aspectu,

    Hor. S. 1, 8, 26:

    aspice nos hoc tantum,

    look on us thus much only, Verg. A. 2, 690 Wagner: Aspice Felicem sibi non tibi, Romule, Sullam, poët. ap. Suet. Tib. 59.—In pass. (rare):

    unde aliqua pars aspici potest,

    Cic. Mil. 3:

    pulvis procul et arma adspiciebantur,

    Tac. H. 2, 68; id. G. 13:

    super triginta milia armatorum aspiciebantur,

    id. Agr. 29; 40; id. A. 3, 45; 11, 14:

    Septentrionem ibi adnotatum primā tantum parte noctis adspici,

    Plin. 2, 73, 75, § 185:

    quasi eum aspici nefas esset,

    Cic. Verr. 5, 67; 5, 187; id. Har. Resp. 8:

    adspici humana exta nefas habetur,

    Plin. 28, 1, 2, § 5.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    Vide amabo, si non, quom aspicias, os inpudens videtur,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 22:

    postquam aspexi, ilico Cognovi,

    id. Heaut. 4, 1, 43.—
    (δ).
    With in with acc.:

    in terram aspicere,

    Vulg. Psa. 101, 20; ib. Isa. 5, 30:

    in caelum,

    ib. Matt. 14, 9.—
    (ε).
    With super with acc.:

    super castra aspicere,

    Vulg. Judith, 9, 7 al. —
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    a.. Of things in space, to look toward, lie toward:

    tabulatum aspiciat meridiem,

    Col. 8, 8, 2:

    cryptoporticus non aspicere vineas, sed tangere videtur,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 29:

    ea pars Britanniae, quae Hiberniam aspicit,

    Tac. Agr. 24:

    terra umidior quā Gallias, ventosior quā Noricum aspicit,

    id. G. 5.—
    b.
    Of persons:

    nobilissimi totius Britanniae eoque in ipsis penetralibus siti nec servientium litora aspicientes,

    Tac. Agr. 30.—
    2.
    With the access. idea of purpose (cf.: adeo, aggredior, etc.), to look upon something in order to consider or examine it; and in gen. to consider, survey, inspect (freq. in Liv.):

    hujus ut aspicerent opus admirabile,

    Ov. M. 6, 14:

    Boeotiam atque Euboeam aspicere jussi,

    Liv. 42, 37:

    in Boeotiā aspiciendae res,

    id. 42, 67 fin.:

    Ap. Claudium legatum ad eas res aspiciendas componendasque senatus misit,

    id. 42, 5; 26, 51; 32, 5 al.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen.: sic in oratione Crassi divitias atque ornamenta ejus ingenii per quaedam involucra perspexi;

    sed ea cum contemplari cuperem, vix aspiciendi potestas fuit,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 161:

    sic evolavit oratio, ut ejus vim atque incitationem aspexerim, vestigia ingressumque vix viderim,

    observed, noticed, id. ib. 1, 35, 161:

    in auctorem fidei,

    Vulg. Heb. 12, 2:

    in remunerationem,

    ib. ib. 11, 26.—So esp., to examine, reflect upon, to consider, weigh, ponder (most freq. in the imperat.: aspice, see, ponder, consider, etc.).
    a.
    With acc.:

    Postea [tu] aspicito meum, quando ego tuum inspectavero,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 50:

    neque tanta (est) in rebus obscuritas, ut eas non penitus vir ingenio cernat, si modo (eas) aspexerit,

    attends to them, Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 124: aspice, ait, Perseu, nostrae primordia gentis, Ov M. 5, 190.—
    b.
    With a finite clause.
    (α).
    In the subj.:

    qui semel aspexit, quantum dimissa petitis Praestent, etc.,

    has weighed, considered, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 96:

    aspiciebant, quomodo turba jactaret aes etc.,

    Vulg. Marc. 12, 41:

    aspiciebant, ubi (Jesus) poneretur,

    ib. ib. 15, 47:

    Quin tu illam aspice, ut placide adcubat,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 168:

    quin aspice, quantum Aggrediare nefas,

    Ov. M. 7, 70:

    Aspice, venturo laetentur ut omnia saeclo!

    Verg. E. 4, 52:

    Aspice, Plautus Quo pacto partes tutetur amantis ephebi, ut patris attenti... Quantus sit dossennus,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 170 sqq.:

    Aspice, num mage sit nostrum penetrabile telum,

    Verg. A. 10, 481:

    aspice, si quid loquamur,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4 sq.:

    Aspice, qui coeant populi,

    Verg. A. 8, 385:

    Qualem commendes, etiam atque etiam aspice,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 76: aspice, Quanto cum fastu, quanto molimine circumspectemus etc., id. ib. 2, 2, 92.—
    (β).
    In the indic. (rare):

    Aspice, ut antrum Silvestris raris sparsit labrusca racemis,

    Verg. E. 5, 6:

    Aspice, ut insignis spoliis Marcellus opimis Ingreditur,

    id. A. 6, 855:

    quantas ostentant, aspice, vires,

    id. ib. 6, 771:

    Aspice, quem gloria extulerat,

    id. Cat. 12, 1:

    aspicite, quae fecit nobiscum,

    Vulg. Tob. 13, 6.—Also, to take into consideration, to have in view:

    si genus aspicitur, Saturnum prima parentem Feci,

    Ov. F. 6, 29.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    To look upon with respect, admiration:

    erat in classe Chabrias privatus, sed eum magis milites quam qui praeerant, aspiciebant,

    Nep. Chabr. 4, 1.—
    2.
    Aliquem, to look one boldly in the face, to meet his glance:

    Lacedaemonii, quos nemo Boeotiorum ausus fuit aspicere in acie,

    Nep. Epam. 8, 3 (cf. supra, I., the passage from Suet. Aug. 16). —
    3.
    Lumen aspicere, to see the light for to live:

    odi celebritatem, fugio homines, lucem aspicere vix possum,

    Cic. Att. 3, 7; id. Brut. 3, 12; cf. the foll. number fin.
    4.
    Ad inchoative (as in addubito, addormio, aduro, etc.), to get a sight of, to see, perceive, descry:

    perii, si me aspexerit,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 164:

    forte unam aspicio adulescentulam,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 91; id. Ad. 3, 3, 19:

    respexit et equum alacrem laetus aspexit,

    Cic. Div. 1, 33, 73; so id. Har. Resp. 1, 2:

    tum vero Phaëthon cunctis e partibus orbem Aspicit accensum,

    Ov. M. 2, 228; 7, 651:

    aspicit hanc visamque vocat,

    id. ib. 2, 443; 2, 714; 3, 69; 3, 356; 3, 486; 7, 384;

    7, 791 et saep.: Quem simul aspexit scabrum intonsumque,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 90.—Hence trop.: lumen aspicere, to see the light for to be born:

    ut propter quos hanc suavissimam lucem aspexerit, eos indignissime luce privārit,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 22 fin.; cf. supra, II. B. 3.

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  • 8 aspicio

    a-spĭcĭo ( adsp-, Jan; asp-, others except Halm, who uses both), spexi, spectum, 3, v. a. (aspexit = aspexerit, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 25), to look to or upon a person or thing, to behold, look at, see.
    I.
    Lit., constr. in the ante - class. per. sometimes with ad; but afterwards with the acc., with a finite clause, or absol.; in eccl. Lat., with in with acc., and super with acc.
    (α).
    With ad:

    aspice ad me,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 38:

    aspicient ad me,

    Vulg. Zach. 12, 10:

    aspicere ad terram,

    Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 25:

    ad caelum,

    Vulg. 2 Macc. 7, 28:

    Aspice nunc ad sinisteram,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 38 (Ritschl, spice):

    ad Scrofam,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 26; cf. the epitaph of Pacuvius: Adulescens, tametsi properas, te hoc saxum rogat, Ut se[se] aspicias, etc., ap. Gell. 1, 24 fin. —(b With acc.: Aspice hoc sublimen candens, Enn. ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 25, 65: templum Cereris, id. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, 2, 82: me, Pac. ap. Non. p. 470, 20: aspicite (me) religatum asperis Vinctumque saxis, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23; Plaut. As. 4, 1, 25:

    me huc aspice,

    id. Am. 2, 2, 118:

    faciem alicujus,

    id. Ps. 1, 2, 9.—In Plaut. twice with contra: aspiciam aliquem [p. 176] contra oculis, Cas. 5, 3, 2: Th. Aspicedum contra me. Tr. Aspexi. Th. Vides? Tr. Video, Most. 5, 1, 56; so,

    non audebat aspicere contra Deum,

    Vulg. Exod. 3, 6:

    formam alicujus aspicere,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 25:

    tergum alicujus,

    Vulg. Exod. 33, 8:

    aspicite ipsum: contuemini os, etc.,

    Cic. Sull. 27:

    me,

    Vulg. Job, 7, 8:

    sic obstupuerant, sic terram intuebantur, sic furtim non numquam inter se aspiciebant, etc.,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 5, 13; so Vulg. Jer. 4, 23:

    aspicis me iratus,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 30 fin.:

    hominis omnino aspiciendi potestatem eripere,

    id. Lael. 23, 87:

    ut nemo eorum forum aut publicum aspicere vellet,

    Liv. 9, 7, 11:

    aliquid rectis oculis,

    Suet. Aug. 16:

    Aspicit hanc torvis (oculis),

    Ov. M. 6, 34:

    aspiciunt oculis Superi mortalia justis,

    id. ib. 13, 70:

    aliquid oculis aequis,

    Verg. A. 4, 372:

    aspice vultus Ecce meos,

    Ov. M. 2, 92 al.:

    horrendae aspectu,

    Hor. S. 1, 8, 26:

    aspice nos hoc tantum,

    look on us thus much only, Verg. A. 2, 690 Wagner: Aspice Felicem sibi non tibi, Romule, Sullam, poët. ap. Suet. Tib. 59.—In pass. (rare):

    unde aliqua pars aspici potest,

    Cic. Mil. 3:

    pulvis procul et arma adspiciebantur,

    Tac. H. 2, 68; id. G. 13:

    super triginta milia armatorum aspiciebantur,

    id. Agr. 29; 40; id. A. 3, 45; 11, 14:

    Septentrionem ibi adnotatum primā tantum parte noctis adspici,

    Plin. 2, 73, 75, § 185:

    quasi eum aspici nefas esset,

    Cic. Verr. 5, 67; 5, 187; id. Har. Resp. 8:

    adspici humana exta nefas habetur,

    Plin. 28, 1, 2, § 5.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    Vide amabo, si non, quom aspicias, os inpudens videtur,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 22:

    postquam aspexi, ilico Cognovi,

    id. Heaut. 4, 1, 43.—
    (δ).
    With in with acc.:

    in terram aspicere,

    Vulg. Psa. 101, 20; ib. Isa. 5, 30:

    in caelum,

    ib. Matt. 14, 9.—
    (ε).
    With super with acc.:

    super castra aspicere,

    Vulg. Judith, 9, 7 al. —
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    a.. Of things in space, to look toward, lie toward:

    tabulatum aspiciat meridiem,

    Col. 8, 8, 2:

    cryptoporticus non aspicere vineas, sed tangere videtur,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 29:

    ea pars Britanniae, quae Hiberniam aspicit,

    Tac. Agr. 24:

    terra umidior quā Gallias, ventosior quā Noricum aspicit,

    id. G. 5.—
    b.
    Of persons:

    nobilissimi totius Britanniae eoque in ipsis penetralibus siti nec servientium litora aspicientes,

    Tac. Agr. 30.—
    2.
    With the access. idea of purpose (cf.: adeo, aggredior, etc.), to look upon something in order to consider or examine it; and in gen. to consider, survey, inspect (freq. in Liv.):

    hujus ut aspicerent opus admirabile,

    Ov. M. 6, 14:

    Boeotiam atque Euboeam aspicere jussi,

    Liv. 42, 37:

    in Boeotiā aspiciendae res,

    id. 42, 67 fin.:

    Ap. Claudium legatum ad eas res aspiciendas componendasque senatus misit,

    id. 42, 5; 26, 51; 32, 5 al.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen.: sic in oratione Crassi divitias atque ornamenta ejus ingenii per quaedam involucra perspexi;

    sed ea cum contemplari cuperem, vix aspiciendi potestas fuit,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 161:

    sic evolavit oratio, ut ejus vim atque incitationem aspexerim, vestigia ingressumque vix viderim,

    observed, noticed, id. ib. 1, 35, 161:

    in auctorem fidei,

    Vulg. Heb. 12, 2:

    in remunerationem,

    ib. ib. 11, 26.—So esp., to examine, reflect upon, to consider, weigh, ponder (most freq. in the imperat.: aspice, see, ponder, consider, etc.).
    a.
    With acc.:

    Postea [tu] aspicito meum, quando ego tuum inspectavero,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 50:

    neque tanta (est) in rebus obscuritas, ut eas non penitus vir ingenio cernat, si modo (eas) aspexerit,

    attends to them, Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 124: aspice, ait, Perseu, nostrae primordia gentis, Ov M. 5, 190.—
    b.
    With a finite clause.
    (α).
    In the subj.:

    qui semel aspexit, quantum dimissa petitis Praestent, etc.,

    has weighed, considered, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 96:

    aspiciebant, quomodo turba jactaret aes etc.,

    Vulg. Marc. 12, 41:

    aspiciebant, ubi (Jesus) poneretur,

    ib. ib. 15, 47:

    Quin tu illam aspice, ut placide adcubat,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 168:

    quin aspice, quantum Aggrediare nefas,

    Ov. M. 7, 70:

    Aspice, venturo laetentur ut omnia saeclo!

    Verg. E. 4, 52:

    Aspice, Plautus Quo pacto partes tutetur amantis ephebi, ut patris attenti... Quantus sit dossennus,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 170 sqq.:

    Aspice, num mage sit nostrum penetrabile telum,

    Verg. A. 10, 481:

    aspice, si quid loquamur,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4 sq.:

    Aspice, qui coeant populi,

    Verg. A. 8, 385:

    Qualem commendes, etiam atque etiam aspice,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 76: aspice, Quanto cum fastu, quanto molimine circumspectemus etc., id. ib. 2, 2, 92.—
    (β).
    In the indic. (rare):

    Aspice, ut antrum Silvestris raris sparsit labrusca racemis,

    Verg. E. 5, 6:

    Aspice, ut insignis spoliis Marcellus opimis Ingreditur,

    id. A. 6, 855:

    quantas ostentant, aspice, vires,

    id. ib. 6, 771:

    Aspice, quem gloria extulerat,

    id. Cat. 12, 1:

    aspicite, quae fecit nobiscum,

    Vulg. Tob. 13, 6.—Also, to take into consideration, to have in view:

    si genus aspicitur, Saturnum prima parentem Feci,

    Ov. F. 6, 29.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    To look upon with respect, admiration:

    erat in classe Chabrias privatus, sed eum magis milites quam qui praeerant, aspiciebant,

    Nep. Chabr. 4, 1.—
    2.
    Aliquem, to look one boldly in the face, to meet his glance:

    Lacedaemonii, quos nemo Boeotiorum ausus fuit aspicere in acie,

    Nep. Epam. 8, 3 (cf. supra, I., the passage from Suet. Aug. 16). —
    3.
    Lumen aspicere, to see the light for to live:

    odi celebritatem, fugio homines, lucem aspicere vix possum,

    Cic. Att. 3, 7; id. Brut. 3, 12; cf. the foll. number fin.
    4.
    Ad inchoative (as in addubito, addormio, aduro, etc.), to get a sight of, to see, perceive, descry:

    perii, si me aspexerit,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 164:

    forte unam aspicio adulescentulam,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 91; id. Ad. 3, 3, 19:

    respexit et equum alacrem laetus aspexit,

    Cic. Div. 1, 33, 73; so id. Har. Resp. 1, 2:

    tum vero Phaëthon cunctis e partibus orbem Aspicit accensum,

    Ov. M. 2, 228; 7, 651:

    aspicit hanc visamque vocat,

    id. ib. 2, 443; 2, 714; 3, 69; 3, 356; 3, 486; 7, 384;

    7, 791 et saep.: Quem simul aspexit scabrum intonsumque,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 90.—Hence trop.: lumen aspicere, to see the light for to be born:

    ut propter quos hanc suavissimam lucem aspexerit, eos indignissime luce privārit,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 22 fin.; cf. supra, II. B. 3.

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  • 9 circumspicio

    circum-spĭcĭo, exi, ectum, 3 ( perf. sync. circumspexti, Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 55; inf. sync. circumspexe, Varr. ap. Non. p. 106, 16, or Sat. Men. 82), v. n. and a. (class.).
    I.
    Neutr., to look about one ' s self, to cast a look around; or, with an obj.-clause, to observe, see, look about:

    circumspicedum, numquis est, Sermonem nostrum quiaucupet,

    see whether there is any one, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 41; 2, 2, 43; Ter. And. 2, 2, 20;

    Varr. l. l.: suus conjux ubi sit circumspicit,

    Ov. M. 1, 605:

    circumspicere late,

    Quint. 10, 3, 29:

    num quid circumspexti?

    Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 55:

    diversi circumspiciunt,

    Verg. A. 9, 416:

    qui in auspicium adhibetur nec suspicit nec circumspicit,

    Cic. Div. 2, 34, 72:

    circumspicit, aestuat, of one in trouble or perplexity,

    id. Rosc. Com. 14, 43; cf. Liv. 21, 22, 7.—
    (β).
    Sometimes circumspicere se, to look about one ' s self:

    circumspicedum te, ne quis adsit arbiter,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 109; Varr. ap. Non. p. 106, 16;

    Auct. B. Afr. 47: numquamne te circumspicies?

    Cic. Par. 4, 2, 30.—In partic., to look about one ' s self with haughtiness; to think highly of one ' s self:

    usque eone te diligis et magnifice circumspicis?

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 2, 5;

    and trop. of language: Romanus sermo magis se circumspicit et aestimat praebetque aestimandum,

    Sen. Ep. 40, 11.—
    B.
    Trop., to exercise foresight, be cautious, take heed:

    esse circumspiciendum diligenter, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3, § 10: cui mandetis (rempublicam) circumspicite [p. 342] Sall. H. 2, 41, 10 Dietsch.—Esp. freq.,
    II.
    Act., to view on all sides, to survey:

    cum sua quisque miles circumspiceret,

    looked carefully to see, Caes. B. G. 5, 31; Liv. 9, 28, 5:

    tam latā acie ne ex medio quidem cornua sua circumspicere poterant,

    Liv. 37, 41, 4:

    lucos,

    Ov. M. 5, 265:

    amictus,

    to review, id. ib. 4, 318; so,

    habitum suum,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 3; cf. under circumspectus, adv.—
    2.
    To descry, get sight of by looking around:

    saxum circumspicit ingens,

    Verg. A. 12, 896:

    Athin,

    Ov. M. 5, 72.—
    B.
    Transf., of things:

    in latus omne patens turris circumspicit undas,

    Ov. H. 6, 69.—
    C.
    Trop.
    1.
    To view something mentally, to survey, ponder upon, weigh, consider (syn.:

    considero, perpendo): reliqua ejus consilia animo circumspiciebat,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 5:

    circumspicite paulisper mentibus vestris hosce ipsos homines,

    Cic. Sull. 25, 70; cf.

    se,

    id. Par. 4, 2, 30:

    neque temere consulem saltatorem vocare, sed circumspicere, quibus praeterea vitiis adfectum esse necesse sit eum, etc.,

    id. Mur. 6, 13.—So with rel. -clause, Sall. H. 2, 41 Dietsch; Sen. Ep. 70, 5; Calp. Ecl. 5, 95:

    circumspectis rebus omnibus rationibusque subductis summam feci,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 10:

    permulta sunt in causis circumspicienda, ne quid offendas,

    id. de Or. 2, 74, 301; id. Agr. 1, 8, 23; id. Fam. 5, 13, 3:

    circumspicite celeriter animo, qui sint rerum exitus consecuti,

    id. Leg. 2, 17, 42:

    vide, quaere, circumspice, si quis est forte ex eā provinciā qui te nolit perisse,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 77, § 180; id. Clu. 53, 147; id. Cat. 4, 2, 4; Liv. 23, 20, 6; cf. Tac. H. 2, 6; Suet. Aug. 63.—With ut and subj., Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3, § 10; Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 87:

    cum circumspicerent Patres quosnam consules facerent,

    Liv. 27, 34, 1.—
    2.
    To look about for something with desire, to seek for, etc. (so mostly since the Aug. per.):

    nec, sicut aestivas aves, statim auctumno tecta ac recessum circumspicere,

    Liv. 5, 6, 2; 7, 14, 6:

    externa auxilia,

    id. 1, 30, 6; cf. Just. 22, 5, 4:

    fugam,

    Tac. A. 14, 35; Just. 2, 12, 26:

    novas belli causas,

    id. 31, 1, 8; Verg. G. 3, 390; Plin. Ep. 3, 3, 3:

    peregrinos reges sibi,

    Just. 40, 1, 1; 22, 5, 4:

    viresque suas circumspectantes his validiores,

    Amm. 22, 8, 18.—Hence, circumspectus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Of things, weighed with care, well considered, guarded, circumspect (perh. not ante - Aug.):

    verba non circumspecta,

    Ov. F. 5, 539:

    judicium,

    Quint. 10, 1, 26:

    interrogatio,

    id. 5, 7, 31:

    moderatio animi,

    Val. Max. 4, 3, 4:

    circumspectissima sanctio decreti,

    id. 1, 1, 20.—
    2.
    Transf. to the person who carefully weighs a thing, circumspect, considerate, cautious, wary, provident, heedful:

    modo circumspectus et sagax, modo inconsultus et praeceps,

    Suet. Claud. 15:

    circumspectissimus et prudentissimus princeps,

    id. Tib. 21:

    tenues et circumspecti,

    Quint. 12, 10, 23; Cels. 3, 9 fin.:

    omnes,

    Col. 1, 8, 16; 1, 7, 12:

    sive aliquis circumspectior est,

    Sen. Q. N. 5, 1, 5.—Of dogs:

    assidui et circumspecti magis quam temeraril,

    Col. 7, 12, 5.—
    B.
    In late Lat., worthy of consideration, respected, distinguished:

    circumspectum et verecundum nomen populi Romani,

    Amm. 14, 6, 6:

    colores,

    id. 28, 4, 12:

    circumspectus genere, famā potentiāque,

    id. 18, 10, 1.—Hence, circumspectē, adv., with consideration, with mature deliberation, warily, cautiously, considerately, circumspectly, etc.:

    circumspecte compositeque indutus et amictus,

    Gell. 1, 5, 2 (cf. supra, II. D.):

    circumspecte vestiti,

    Amm. 27, 3, 14:

    circumspecte facti versus,

    Gell. 9, 10, 6:

    facere aliquid,

    Dig. 4, 4, 7, § 8: parcius et circumspectius faciendum est, * Quint. 9, 2, 69:

    circumspectius donare, eligere eos, in quos merita conferantur,

    Sen. Ben. 3, 14, 1.

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  • 10 conspiciens

    1.
    con-spĭcĭo, spexi, spectum, 3, v. a. and n., to look at attentively, to get sight of, to descry, perceive, observe (class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.
    (α).
    Absol.:

    inter eas regiones, quā oculi conspiciant,

    Varr. L. L. 7, § 9 Müll.:

    in tabernam,

    Petr. 140, 14.—
    (β).
    With acc.:

    me interrogas, Qui ipsus equidem nunc primum istanc tecum conspicio semul,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 122:

    quae aedes... quas quotiensquomque conspicio, fleo,

    id. Capt. 1, 1, 29:

    si queat usquam Conspicere amissum fetum,

    Lucr. 2, 358: quandoque te in jure conspicio, Leg. Act. ap. Cic. Caecin. 19, 54, and id. Mur. 12, 26:

    ut procul novum vehiculum Argonautarum e monte conspexit,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 89:

    quisque... quae prima signa conspexit, ad haec constitit,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 21:

    quos cum apud se in castris Ariovistus conspexisset,

    id. ib. 1, 47:

    ubi primum nostros equites conspexerunt,

    id. ib. 4, 12;

    2, 26: sidus in regione caeli, etc.,

    Plin. 2, 25, 23, § 94:

    qui lucus ex insulā conspiciebatur,

    Nep. Milt. 7, 3:

    conspici inter se,

    to be visible to one another, Liv. 37, 41, 4:

    cum inter se conspecti essent,

    id. 33, 6, 4:

    hunc simulac cupido conspexit lumine virgo,

    Cat. 64, 86:

    conspectis luminibus crebris,

    Liv. 31, 24, 7:

    locum insidiis conspeximus ipsi,

    Verg. A. 9, 237:

    quae mihi tunc primum, tunc est conspecta supremum,

    Ov. M. 12, 526:

    super tabernaculum... unde ab omnibus conspici posset, imago Solis fulgebat,

    Curt. 3, 3, 8:

    conspecto delatore ejus,

    Suet. Dom. 11:

    rugas in speculo,

    Ov. M. 15, 232:

    cornua in undā,

    id. ib. 1, 640:

    arcem,

    id. ib. 2, 794:

    scopulum,

    id. ib. 4, 731.—Of an inanimate subject:

    si illud signum (Jovis) solis ortum et forum curiamque conspiceret,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20.—With two accus., when an action, condition, etc., is the object:

    quam (matrem) paucis ante diebus laureatam in suā gratulatione conspexit, eandem, etc.... eundem (filium) spoliatum omni dignitate conspiciat,

    Cic. Mur. 41, 88:

    strata volgi pedibus detrita viarum Saxea,

    Lucr. 1, 315:

    superiora loca multitudine armatorum completa,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 3:

    quos laborantes,

    id. ib. 4, 26:

    aliquos ex nave egredientes,

    id. ib.:

    aliquem conspiciens ad se ferentem,

    Nep. Dat. 4, 5:

    naves suas oppletas serpentibus,

    id. Hann. 11, 6:

    (Hannibalem) humi jacentem,

    Liv. 21, 4, 7:

    adrasum quendam,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 49; cf., pass.:

    quamvis non alius flectere equum sciens Aeque conspicitur,

    id. C. 3, 7, 26:

    cum interim Metellus, monte degrediens cum exercitu, conspicitur,

    Sall. J. 49, 5 dub.;

    v. conspicor: terribilior niger conspicitur (canis),

    Col. 7, 12, 4.—
    (γ).
    With acc. and inf.:

    corpus ut exanimum siquod procul ipse jacere Conspicias hominis,

    Lucr. 6, 706:

    qui nostros victores flumen transisse conspexerant,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 24:

    centum procurrere currus,

    Cato, 64, 389; Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 45.—
    B.
    Pregn., to look at with admiration or close attention, to gaze upon, observe, contemplate.
    (α).
    Act.:

    quid nunc supina sursum in caelum conspicis?

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 78:

    orabat, ne se, quem paulo ante cum egregiā stirpe conspexissent, orbum liberis facerent,

    Liv. 1, 26, 9:

    Demetrium ut pacis auctorem cum ingenti favore conspiciebant,

    id. 39, 53, 2:

    quem cum omnes conspicerent propter novitatem ornatūs ignotamque formam,

    Nep. Dat. 3, 3:

    cum bene notum Porticus Agrippae te conspexerit,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 26.—
    (β).
    Esp. pass.: conspici, to attract attention, to be conspicuous, noticed, observed, distinguished, admired:

    inania sunt ista... delectamenta paene puerorum, captare plausus, vehi per urbem, conspici velle,

    Cic. Pis. 25, 60: in gestu nec [p. 436] venustatem conspiciendam, nec turpitudinem esse, Auct. Her. 3, 15, 26:

    sic quisque hostem ferire, murum adscendere, conspici dum tale facinus faceret, properabat,

    Sall. C. 7, 6:

    supellex modica, non multa, ut in neutram partem conspici posset,

    Nep. Att. 13, 5:

    quid te ut regium juvenem conspici sinis?

    Liv. 1, 47, 5:

    maxime conspectus ipse est, curru equis albis juncto urbem invectus,

    id. 5, 23, 5:

    vestitus nihil inter aequales excellens, arma atque equi conspiciebantur,

    id. 21, 4, 8; 5, 52, 3; 39, 6, 9:

    quorum Conspicitur nitidis fundata pecunia villis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 46:

    tu formosissimus alto Conspiceris caelo ( = inter deos versaris),

    Ov. M. 4, 19:

    prima bonis animi conspicerere tui,

    id. Tr. 1, 6, 34; Vell. 2, 91, 4; Quint. 11, 3, 137.—Less freq. in an unfavorable sense, to be notorious, to be gazed at with dislike or contempt:

    carere me adspectu civium quam infestis oculis omnium conspici mallem,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 17: ne quid faciat, quod conspici et derideri posset, Aug. ap. Suet. Claud. 4.—
    II.
    Trop., to perceive mentally, to understand, comprehend:

    satis in rem quae sint meam ego conspicio mihi,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 10:

    quantum ego nunc corde conspicio meo,

    id. Ps. 3, 1, 3; cf.:

    ut conspiciatis eum mentibus, quoniam oculis non potestis,

    Cic. Balb. 20, 47:

    nullus error talis in L. Aemilio Paulo conspectus est,

    Val. Max. 7, 5, 3.—Hence,
    A.
    conspĭcĭens, entis, P. a. (acc. to II. B.), having understanding, intelligent:

    ad quas (contumelias) despiciendas non sapiente opus est viro, sed tantum conspiciente,

    Sen. Const. 16, 3 Haase (al. consipiente). —
    B.
    conspectus, a, um, P. a.
    1.
    (Acc. to I. A. 1.) Visible:

    tumulus hosti conspectus,

    Liv. 22, 24, 5; cf. id. 10, 40, 8; 32, 5, 13:

    agmina inter se satis conspecta,

    id. 22, 4, 6. —
    2.
    (Acc. to I. B.) Striking, distinguished, remarkable, gazed at, = conspicuus (perh. not ante-Aug.):

    Pallas chlamyde et pictis conspectus in armis,

    Verg. A. 8, 588 (conspicuus, conspicabilis, Serv.); so,

    victor Tyrio in ostro,

    id. G. 3, 17; cf. Hor. A. P. 228:

    juventus,

    Ov. M. 12, 553:

    patris avique fama conspectum eum faciebat,

    Liv. 45, 7, 3:

    conspectus elatusque supra modum hominis privati,

    id. 4, 13, 3.— Comp., Ov. M. 4, 796; Liv. 2, 5, 5; Tac. H. 4, 11; Just. 11, 5; Juv. 8, 140 al.— Sup. and adv. apparently not in use.—
    C.
    conspĭcĭendus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.), worth seeing, worthy of attention, distinguished (perh. not ante-Aug.):

    insideat celeri conspiciendus equo,

    Tib. 1, 2, 70:

    Nemesis donis meis,

    id. 2, 3, 52:

    Hyas formā,

    Ov. F. 5, 170:

    mater formosa Inter Dictaeos greges,

    id. ib. 5, 118:

    eques,

    id. Tr. 2, 114:

    opus vel in hac magnificentiā urbis,

    Liv. 6, 4, 11; Val. Fl. 1, 261; Mart. 9, 50, 10.
    2.
    conspĭcĭo, ōnis, f. [1. conspicio], the survey taken by the augur in fixing the limits of the templum, Varr. L. L. 7, § 9 Müll.

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  • 11 conspicio

    1.
    con-spĭcĭo, spexi, spectum, 3, v. a. and n., to look at attentively, to get sight of, to descry, perceive, observe (class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.
    (α).
    Absol.:

    inter eas regiones, quā oculi conspiciant,

    Varr. L. L. 7, § 9 Müll.:

    in tabernam,

    Petr. 140, 14.—
    (β).
    With acc.:

    me interrogas, Qui ipsus equidem nunc primum istanc tecum conspicio semul,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 122:

    quae aedes... quas quotiensquomque conspicio, fleo,

    id. Capt. 1, 1, 29:

    si queat usquam Conspicere amissum fetum,

    Lucr. 2, 358: quandoque te in jure conspicio, Leg. Act. ap. Cic. Caecin. 19, 54, and id. Mur. 12, 26:

    ut procul novum vehiculum Argonautarum e monte conspexit,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 89:

    quisque... quae prima signa conspexit, ad haec constitit,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 21:

    quos cum apud se in castris Ariovistus conspexisset,

    id. ib. 1, 47:

    ubi primum nostros equites conspexerunt,

    id. ib. 4, 12;

    2, 26: sidus in regione caeli, etc.,

    Plin. 2, 25, 23, § 94:

    qui lucus ex insulā conspiciebatur,

    Nep. Milt. 7, 3:

    conspici inter se,

    to be visible to one another, Liv. 37, 41, 4:

    cum inter se conspecti essent,

    id. 33, 6, 4:

    hunc simulac cupido conspexit lumine virgo,

    Cat. 64, 86:

    conspectis luminibus crebris,

    Liv. 31, 24, 7:

    locum insidiis conspeximus ipsi,

    Verg. A. 9, 237:

    quae mihi tunc primum, tunc est conspecta supremum,

    Ov. M. 12, 526:

    super tabernaculum... unde ab omnibus conspici posset, imago Solis fulgebat,

    Curt. 3, 3, 8:

    conspecto delatore ejus,

    Suet. Dom. 11:

    rugas in speculo,

    Ov. M. 15, 232:

    cornua in undā,

    id. ib. 1, 640:

    arcem,

    id. ib. 2, 794:

    scopulum,

    id. ib. 4, 731.—Of an inanimate subject:

    si illud signum (Jovis) solis ortum et forum curiamque conspiceret,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20.—With two accus., when an action, condition, etc., is the object:

    quam (matrem) paucis ante diebus laureatam in suā gratulatione conspexit, eandem, etc.... eundem (filium) spoliatum omni dignitate conspiciat,

    Cic. Mur. 41, 88:

    strata volgi pedibus detrita viarum Saxea,

    Lucr. 1, 315:

    superiora loca multitudine armatorum completa,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 3:

    quos laborantes,

    id. ib. 4, 26:

    aliquos ex nave egredientes,

    id. ib.:

    aliquem conspiciens ad se ferentem,

    Nep. Dat. 4, 5:

    naves suas oppletas serpentibus,

    id. Hann. 11, 6:

    (Hannibalem) humi jacentem,

    Liv. 21, 4, 7:

    adrasum quendam,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 49; cf., pass.:

    quamvis non alius flectere equum sciens Aeque conspicitur,

    id. C. 3, 7, 26:

    cum interim Metellus, monte degrediens cum exercitu, conspicitur,

    Sall. J. 49, 5 dub.;

    v. conspicor: terribilior niger conspicitur (canis),

    Col. 7, 12, 4.—
    (γ).
    With acc. and inf.:

    corpus ut exanimum siquod procul ipse jacere Conspicias hominis,

    Lucr. 6, 706:

    qui nostros victores flumen transisse conspexerant,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 24:

    centum procurrere currus,

    Cato, 64, 389; Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 45.—
    B.
    Pregn., to look at with admiration or close attention, to gaze upon, observe, contemplate.
    (α).
    Act.:

    quid nunc supina sursum in caelum conspicis?

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 78:

    orabat, ne se, quem paulo ante cum egregiā stirpe conspexissent, orbum liberis facerent,

    Liv. 1, 26, 9:

    Demetrium ut pacis auctorem cum ingenti favore conspiciebant,

    id. 39, 53, 2:

    quem cum omnes conspicerent propter novitatem ornatūs ignotamque formam,

    Nep. Dat. 3, 3:

    cum bene notum Porticus Agrippae te conspexerit,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 26.—
    (β).
    Esp. pass.: conspici, to attract attention, to be conspicuous, noticed, observed, distinguished, admired:

    inania sunt ista... delectamenta paene puerorum, captare plausus, vehi per urbem, conspici velle,

    Cic. Pis. 25, 60: in gestu nec [p. 436] venustatem conspiciendam, nec turpitudinem esse, Auct. Her. 3, 15, 26:

    sic quisque hostem ferire, murum adscendere, conspici dum tale facinus faceret, properabat,

    Sall. C. 7, 6:

    supellex modica, non multa, ut in neutram partem conspici posset,

    Nep. Att. 13, 5:

    quid te ut regium juvenem conspici sinis?

    Liv. 1, 47, 5:

    maxime conspectus ipse est, curru equis albis juncto urbem invectus,

    id. 5, 23, 5:

    vestitus nihil inter aequales excellens, arma atque equi conspiciebantur,

    id. 21, 4, 8; 5, 52, 3; 39, 6, 9:

    quorum Conspicitur nitidis fundata pecunia villis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 46:

    tu formosissimus alto Conspiceris caelo ( = inter deos versaris),

    Ov. M. 4, 19:

    prima bonis animi conspicerere tui,

    id. Tr. 1, 6, 34; Vell. 2, 91, 4; Quint. 11, 3, 137.—Less freq. in an unfavorable sense, to be notorious, to be gazed at with dislike or contempt:

    carere me adspectu civium quam infestis oculis omnium conspici mallem,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 17: ne quid faciat, quod conspici et derideri posset, Aug. ap. Suet. Claud. 4.—
    II.
    Trop., to perceive mentally, to understand, comprehend:

    satis in rem quae sint meam ego conspicio mihi,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 10:

    quantum ego nunc corde conspicio meo,

    id. Ps. 3, 1, 3; cf.:

    ut conspiciatis eum mentibus, quoniam oculis non potestis,

    Cic. Balb. 20, 47:

    nullus error talis in L. Aemilio Paulo conspectus est,

    Val. Max. 7, 5, 3.—Hence,
    A.
    conspĭcĭens, entis, P. a. (acc. to II. B.), having understanding, intelligent:

    ad quas (contumelias) despiciendas non sapiente opus est viro, sed tantum conspiciente,

    Sen. Const. 16, 3 Haase (al. consipiente). —
    B.
    conspectus, a, um, P. a.
    1.
    (Acc. to I. A. 1.) Visible:

    tumulus hosti conspectus,

    Liv. 22, 24, 5; cf. id. 10, 40, 8; 32, 5, 13:

    agmina inter se satis conspecta,

    id. 22, 4, 6. —
    2.
    (Acc. to I. B.) Striking, distinguished, remarkable, gazed at, = conspicuus (perh. not ante-Aug.):

    Pallas chlamyde et pictis conspectus in armis,

    Verg. A. 8, 588 (conspicuus, conspicabilis, Serv.); so,

    victor Tyrio in ostro,

    id. G. 3, 17; cf. Hor. A. P. 228:

    juventus,

    Ov. M. 12, 553:

    patris avique fama conspectum eum faciebat,

    Liv. 45, 7, 3:

    conspectus elatusque supra modum hominis privati,

    id. 4, 13, 3.— Comp., Ov. M. 4, 796; Liv. 2, 5, 5; Tac. H. 4, 11; Just. 11, 5; Juv. 8, 140 al.— Sup. and adv. apparently not in use.—
    C.
    conspĭcĭendus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.), worth seeing, worthy of attention, distinguished (perh. not ante-Aug.):

    insideat celeri conspiciendus equo,

    Tib. 1, 2, 70:

    Nemesis donis meis,

    id. 2, 3, 52:

    Hyas formā,

    Ov. F. 5, 170:

    mater formosa Inter Dictaeos greges,

    id. ib. 5, 118:

    eques,

    id. Tr. 2, 114:

    opus vel in hac magnificentiā urbis,

    Liv. 6, 4, 11; Val. Fl. 1, 261; Mart. 9, 50, 10.
    2.
    conspĭcĭo, ōnis, f. [1. conspicio], the survey taken by the augur in fixing the limits of the templum, Varr. L. L. 7, § 9 Müll.

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  • 12 conspicor

    conspĭcor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. [id.], to get sight of, to descry, see, perceive (very freq. in Plaut. and Caes.; several times in Ter.; elsewh. rare; never in Lucr., Cic., Virg., or Hor.).
    (α).
    With acc.:

    nec quemquam conspicor alium in viā,

    Plaut. Cist. 4, 1, 4:

    Epidicumne ego conspicor?

    id. Ep. 1, 1, 3; 1, 1, 70:

    ante aedis erum meum,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 3;

    3, 2, 9: in tenebris conspicatus si sis me,

    id. Ps. 4, 2, 24; Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 32:

    (Ajacem) occisum,

    Auct. Her. 1, 11, 18; Caes. B. G. 1, 25; 5, 9; 7, 45 al.; * Nep. Eum. 9, 5; Phaedr. 2, 8, 25 al.:

    hunc conspicatae naves,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 22.—
    (β).
    With acc. and part.:

    hic quis est, quem huc advenientem conspicor,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 50:

    perterritos hostes conspicati,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 27; Liv. 2, 20, 1 and 8; Quint. 4, 2, 13.—
    (γ).
    With acc. and inf. as object:

    illam geminos filios pueros peperisse conspicor,

    Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 18; id. Curc. 5, 1, 5; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 18; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 16.—
    (δ).
    With rel.-clause:

    quae res in nostris castris gererentur conspicati,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 26.—
    (ε).
    Absol.:

    contempla et conspicare idem esse apparet,

    Varr. L. L. 7, § 9 Müll.:

    cum interim Metellus... conspicatur, primo dubius quidnam insolita facies ostenderet,

    Sall. J. 49, 5 Dietsch; Jacobs ad loc. (where MSS. have conspicitur, v. conspicio, I. A. b; but cf. Don. ad Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 102).
    Pass., to be seen: ut nunc paupertas conspicatur (theôreitai), Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 792 P.

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  • 13 contueor

    con-tŭĕor, ŭĭtus, 2 (ante-class. and poet.; access. form pres. contŭor, Plaut. As. 2, 3, 23; Stat. Achill. 1, 131:

    contuimur,

    Lucr. 4, 35; inf. contui, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 111; 3, 1, 20; id. Most. 3, 2, 152; Pompon. ap. Non. p. 470, 31; cf. tueor and intueor; and in act. form contuo, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2, or Fragm. v. 95 Vahl.), v. a.
    I.
    To look on, gaze upon, behold, survey, to consider attentively (syn. conspicio; rare but class.; most freq. in Cic.).
    A.
    Lit.:

    occepi contui, conspicio coleatam cuspidem,

    Pompon. 1. 1.:

    totam terram contueri ejusque situm, formam, etc.,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 20, 45:

    hanc sedem et aeternam domum,

    id. Rep. 6, 23, 25:

    os,

    id. Sull. 27, 74:

    te duobus oculis,

    id. N. D. 3, 3, 8:

    aliquid,

    id. de Or. 3, 59, 221:

    longinqua (opp. prope admota non cernere),

    Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 142 sq.; Suet. Aug. 94;

    id novum Agesilaus contuens,

    beholding this novelty, Nep. Chabr. 1, 2.— Absol.:

    alicui acrius contuenti voltum summittere,

    Suet. Aug. 79; so Plin. 29, 6, 38, § 132.—Of a place personified: Acrocorinthus utraque maria contuens. Mel. 2, 3, 7; cf. Cic. Dom. 57, 146. —
    B.
    Trop., to take into view, to weigh, ponder maturely, to observe (rare):

    quod bene propositum si plane contueare, Ac videas plane,

    Lucr. 6, 653:

    a contuendis malis avocare aliquem,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 16, 35.—
    b.
    With the access. idea of carefulness, to see to, take care of, preserve carefully:

    pecus sic contuendum, ne,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 16.—
    II.
    Inchoat. (cf. conspicio, II.), to get sight of, perceive, descry (very rare):

    si volturios forte possis contui,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 152:

    figuras miras simulacraque in somnis,

    Lucr. 4, 35.

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  • 14 dispicio

    di-spĭcĭo, spexi, spectum, 3, v. n. and a., to see through all parts (cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. vol. 2, p. 236 and 237), to see with an effort, to open wide the eyes in order to see, to look through, to see; to glance, to gaze; and actively, to descry, discern, perceive (class.; esp. freq. in Cic. Lachm. l. l. prefers dispicere in many passages where the best editions have despicere, e. g. Verg. A. 1, 224; id. G. 2, 187; Ov. M. 2, 178; 3, 44; 7, 223; id. F. 4, 569; Col. 1, 6, 23; cf. Conington ad Verg. A. 1, 224; Munroad Lucr. 4, 418 N. cr.).
    I.
    Lit.
    (α).
    Neutr.:

    isti autem tantis effusis tenebris ne scintillam quidem ullam ad dispiciendum reliquerunt,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 19, 61; cf.:

    tanta oborta caligo est ut dispicere non posset,

    Suet. Ner. 19; Cic. Tusc. 1, 19 fin.:

    catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi, qui modo nati,

    id. Fin. 4, 23 fin.:

    ut primum dispexit,

    id. ib. 2, 30, 97:

    ad terram aspice et dispice, Oculis investigans astute augura,

    Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 25.—
    (β).
    Act.:

    nubila,

    Lucr. 4, 418 Lachm.:

    longe cunctas in partis,

    id. 6, 648:

    dispecta est et Thule,

    Tac. Agr. 10:

    ut nequit ullam dispicere oculus rem,

    Lucr. 3, 564.—
    B.
    Transf., to investigate, make an examination:

    dispicientibus consistorianis et militaribus,

    Amm. 15, 5, 12.—
    II.
    Trop., to perceive mentally, discern, discover (commonly as act.):

    si imbecilli animi verum dispicere non possint,

    Cic. Div. 2, 39; cf. Liv. 44, 6 fin.:

    mentem principis,

    Tac. A. 3, 22:

    merita,

    id. ib. 13, 27:

    in ea re Pompeius quid velit, non dispicio,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2 fin.:

    sine jam aliquid dispiciam,

    to find out, Ter. And. 3, 5, 16; cf. Cic. Att. 2, 20.—
    B.
    Meton. (mostly in the imperat.), to consider, think, reflect upon:

    nunc velim dispicias res Romanas,

    Cic. Att. 6, 8:

    discerne et dispice insidiatorem et petitum insidiis,

    Liv. 40, 10; Just. Inst. 1, 8 pr.:

    dispice, an tu, etc.,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 18, 5:

    dispice, ne sit, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 10, 5:

    prius dispiciamus de his, quae, etc.,

    Gai. Inst. 1, § 143; cf. Dig. 14, 1, 1; and absol.:

    virtus est, ubi occasio admonet, dispicere,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 3, 15.

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  • 15 prospiciens

    prō-spĭcĭo, exi, ectum, 3, v. n. and a. [specio].
    I. A.
    In gen.: neque post respiciens, neque ante prospiciens, Varr. ap. Non. 443, 2:

    parum prospiciunt oculi,

    do not see well, Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 8; Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 38:

    grues volant ad prospiciendum alte,

    Plin. 10, 23, 30, § 58:

    ex superioribus locis prospicere in urbem,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 5:

    multum,

    to have an extensive prospect, Cic. Fam. 7, 20, 1:

    per umbram,

    Verg. A. 2, 733:

    procul,

    id. ib. 12, 353:

    ex moenibus,

    Hor. C. 3, 2, 8: longe lateque, Auct. B. Hisp. 8.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To look out, to watch, be on the watch:

    puer ab januā prospiciens,

    Nep. Hann. 12, 4:

    pavorem simulans (feles) prospexit toto die,

    Phaedr. 2, 4, 20:

    Michol prospiciens per fenestram,

    Vulg. 2 Reg. 6, 16; cf. Ambros. Off. 2, 29, 46.—
    2.
    To look or see to beforehand, to exercise foresight, to look out for, take care of, provide for any thing:

    ego jam prospiciam mihi,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 50:

    consulere ac prospicere debemus, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 133:

    prospicite atque consulite,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 8, §

    22: ut prospicias et consulas rationibus meis,

    id. Fam. 3, 2, 1:

    consulite vobis, prospicite patriae,

    id. Cat. 4, 2, 3:

    homo longe in posterum prospiciens,

    id. Fam. 2, 8, 1:

    ut illum intellegatis non longe animo prospexisse morientem,

    id. Clu. 12, 34:

    prospicite, ut, etc.,

    id. Font. 17, 39:

    statuebat prospiciendum, ne, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 7:

    in annum,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 3.— Impers. pass.:

    senatusconsulto prospectum est, ne, etc.,

    Paul. Sent. 4, 2.— Absol.: malo nos prospicere quam ulcisci, [p. 1477] Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 24:

    plagae crescunt, Nisi prospicis,

    id. Phorm. 5, 2, 17.—
    II. A.
    In gen. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    Italiam summā ab undā,

    Verg. A. 6, 357:

    campos Prospexit longe,

    id. ib. 11, 909; Hor. C. 3, 25, 10:

    moenia urbis Tarpeiā de rupe,

    Luc. 1, 195:

    ex speculis adventantem hostium classem,

    Liv. 21, 49, 8:

    ut hostium agmen inde prospicerent,

    Curt. 3, 8, 26:

    ex edito monte cuncta,

    id. 7, 6, 4.—
    b.
    Transf., of situations, to have or command a view of, look or lie towards, to overlook:

    domus prospicit agros,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 23:

    cenatio latissimum mare, amoenissimas villas prospicit,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 12; Plin. 5, 16, 15, § 72; Phaedr. 2, 5, 10:

    freta prospiciens Tmolus,

    Ov. M. 11, 150; 8, 330.—
    c.
    Trop.:

    aliquis infans decessit, cui nihil amplius contigit quam prospicere vitam,

    to see life from a distance, to get a glimpse of, Sen. Ep. 66, 42:

    turpe est seni aut prospicienti senectutem, etc.,

    one who sees old age before him, id. ib. 33, 7:

    neque prospexisse castra,

    i. e. life in camp, Plin. Pan. 15, 2.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To look at attentively, to gaze at (very rare):

    aliquem propter aliquid,

    Nep. Dat. 3, 3.—
    2.
    To foresee a thing (class.):

    multo ante, tamquam ex aliquā speculā, prospexi tempestatem futuram,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 1; cf.:

    longe prospicere futuros casus rei publicae,

    id. Lael. 12, 40; id. Dom. 5, 12:

    multum in posterum,

    id. Mur. 28, 59:

    ex imbri soles,

    Verg. G. 1, 393. —With rel.-clause:

    ut jam ante animo prospicere possis, quibus de rebus auditurus sis,

    Cic. Quint. 10, 35; id. Div. in Caecil. 13, 42.—
    3.
    To look out for, provide, procure:

    habitationem alicui,

    Petr. 10:

    sedem senectuti,

    Liv. 4, 49 fin.:

    maritum filiae,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 14, 1.—In pass.:

    nisi si prospectum interea aliquid est, desertae vivimus,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 11:

    commeatus a praetore prospectos in hiemem habere,

    Liv. 44, 16:

    ad ferramenta prospicienda,

    Cic. Sull. 19, 55.—Hence,
    A.
    prōspĭcĭ-ens, entis, P. a., endowed with foresight, Gell. 2, 29, 1.—
    B.
    prōspĭcĭenter, adv., providently, considerately, carefully (post-class.):

    res prospicienter animadversas,

    Gell. 2, 29, 1.—
    C.
    prōspectē, adv., providently, deliberately, considerately, advisedly, prudently (post-class.):

    decernere,

    Tert. Apol. 6.— Sup.:

    adhaerebit bono,

    Aug. Ep. ad Maced. 55.

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  • 16 prospicio

    prō-spĭcĭo, exi, ectum, 3, v. n. and a. [specio].
    I. A.
    In gen.: neque post respiciens, neque ante prospiciens, Varr. ap. Non. 443, 2:

    parum prospiciunt oculi,

    do not see well, Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 8; Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 38:

    grues volant ad prospiciendum alte,

    Plin. 10, 23, 30, § 58:

    ex superioribus locis prospicere in urbem,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 5:

    multum,

    to have an extensive prospect, Cic. Fam. 7, 20, 1:

    per umbram,

    Verg. A. 2, 733:

    procul,

    id. ib. 12, 353:

    ex moenibus,

    Hor. C. 3, 2, 8: longe lateque, Auct. B. Hisp. 8.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To look out, to watch, be on the watch:

    puer ab januā prospiciens,

    Nep. Hann. 12, 4:

    pavorem simulans (feles) prospexit toto die,

    Phaedr. 2, 4, 20:

    Michol prospiciens per fenestram,

    Vulg. 2 Reg. 6, 16; cf. Ambros. Off. 2, 29, 46.—
    2.
    To look or see to beforehand, to exercise foresight, to look out for, take care of, provide for any thing:

    ego jam prospiciam mihi,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 50:

    consulere ac prospicere debemus, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 133:

    prospicite atque consulite,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 8, §

    22: ut prospicias et consulas rationibus meis,

    id. Fam. 3, 2, 1:

    consulite vobis, prospicite patriae,

    id. Cat. 4, 2, 3:

    homo longe in posterum prospiciens,

    id. Fam. 2, 8, 1:

    ut illum intellegatis non longe animo prospexisse morientem,

    id. Clu. 12, 34:

    prospicite, ut, etc.,

    id. Font. 17, 39:

    statuebat prospiciendum, ne, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 7:

    in annum,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 3.— Impers. pass.:

    senatusconsulto prospectum est, ne, etc.,

    Paul. Sent. 4, 2.— Absol.: malo nos prospicere quam ulcisci, [p. 1477] Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 24:

    plagae crescunt, Nisi prospicis,

    id. Phorm. 5, 2, 17.—
    II. A.
    In gen. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    Italiam summā ab undā,

    Verg. A. 6, 357:

    campos Prospexit longe,

    id. ib. 11, 909; Hor. C. 3, 25, 10:

    moenia urbis Tarpeiā de rupe,

    Luc. 1, 195:

    ex speculis adventantem hostium classem,

    Liv. 21, 49, 8:

    ut hostium agmen inde prospicerent,

    Curt. 3, 8, 26:

    ex edito monte cuncta,

    id. 7, 6, 4.—
    b.
    Transf., of situations, to have or command a view of, look or lie towards, to overlook:

    domus prospicit agros,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 23:

    cenatio latissimum mare, amoenissimas villas prospicit,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 12; Plin. 5, 16, 15, § 72; Phaedr. 2, 5, 10:

    freta prospiciens Tmolus,

    Ov. M. 11, 150; 8, 330.—
    c.
    Trop.:

    aliquis infans decessit, cui nihil amplius contigit quam prospicere vitam,

    to see life from a distance, to get a glimpse of, Sen. Ep. 66, 42:

    turpe est seni aut prospicienti senectutem, etc.,

    one who sees old age before him, id. ib. 33, 7:

    neque prospexisse castra,

    i. e. life in camp, Plin. Pan. 15, 2.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To look at attentively, to gaze at (very rare):

    aliquem propter aliquid,

    Nep. Dat. 3, 3.—
    2.
    To foresee a thing (class.):

    multo ante, tamquam ex aliquā speculā, prospexi tempestatem futuram,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 1; cf.:

    longe prospicere futuros casus rei publicae,

    id. Lael. 12, 40; id. Dom. 5, 12:

    multum in posterum,

    id. Mur. 28, 59:

    ex imbri soles,

    Verg. G. 1, 393. —With rel.-clause:

    ut jam ante animo prospicere possis, quibus de rebus auditurus sis,

    Cic. Quint. 10, 35; id. Div. in Caecil. 13, 42.—
    3.
    To look out for, provide, procure:

    habitationem alicui,

    Petr. 10:

    sedem senectuti,

    Liv. 4, 49 fin.:

    maritum filiae,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 14, 1.—In pass.:

    nisi si prospectum interea aliquid est, desertae vivimus,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 11:

    commeatus a praetore prospectos in hiemem habere,

    Liv. 44, 16:

    ad ferramenta prospicienda,

    Cic. Sull. 19, 55.—Hence,
    A.
    prōspĭcĭ-ens, entis, P. a., endowed with foresight, Gell. 2, 29, 1.—
    B.
    prōspĭcĭenter, adv., providently, considerately, carefully (post-class.):

    res prospicienter animadversas,

    Gell. 2, 29, 1.—
    C.
    prōspectē, adv., providently, deliberately, considerately, advisedly, prudently (post-class.):

    decernere,

    Tert. Apol. 6.— Sup.:

    adhaerebit bono,

    Aug. Ep. ad Maced. 55.

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  • 17 provideo

    prō-vĭdĕo, vīdi, vīsum, 2, v. n. and a.
    I.
    Neutr.
    A.
    Lit., to see forwards or before one's self, to see in the distance, to discern, descry (very rare):

    ubi, quid petatur, procul provideri nequeat,

    Liv. 44, 35, 12.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To be provident or cautious, to act with foresight, to take care (rare but class.; syn. praecaveo): actum de te est, nisi provides. Cic. Fam. 9, 18, 4; id. Rab. Post. 1, 1:

    nisi providisses, tibi ipsi pereundum fuisset,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 61, § 157.—
    2.
    To see to, look after, care for; to provide, make preparation or provision for any thing (freq. and class.); constr. absol., with dat., de, ut, ne: multum in posterum providerunt, quod, etc., Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 91:

    nihil me curassis, ego mihi providero,

    Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 93:

    rei frumentariae,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 8:

    condicioni omnium civium,

    Cic. Cael. 9, 22:

    ut consulas omnibus, ut provideas saluti,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 10, § 31.— Impers. pass.:

    a dis vitae hominum consuli et provideri,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 2, 4:

    est autem de Brundusio providendum,

    id. Phil. 11, 11, 26; cf.:

    de re frumentariā,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 34:

    de frumento,

    id. B. G. 3, 3:

    ut quam rectissime agantur omnia providebo,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 2, 4.—So with ne, Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 51:

    cura et provide, ne quid ei desit,

    id. Att. 11, 3, 3:

    ne qua civitas suis finibus recipiat, a me provisum est,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 20; cf. impers.:

    provisum est, ne, etc.,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 14:

    provisum atque praecautum est, ne quid, etc.,

    Liv. 36, 17.—
    II.
    Act.
    A.
    Lit., to see or perceive in the distance (very rare):

    nave provisā,

    Suet. Tib. 14; id. Dom. 14.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In respect of time, to see or perceive beforehand, to foresee; to see before or earlier (class.): si qui, quae eventura sunt, provideant, Pac. ap. Gell. 14, 1, 34 (Trag. Rel. v. 407 Rib.); cf. Cic. Fin. 1, 14, 47:

    rem, quam mens providit,

    Lucr. 4, 884:

    quod ego, priusquam loqui coepisti, sensi atque providi,

    Cic. Vatin. 2, 4; cf. Caes. B. G. 7, 30:

    medicus morbum ingravescentem ratione providet, insidias imperator, tempestates gubernator,

    Cic. Div. 2, 6, 16:

    providere, quid futurum sit,

    id. Mur. 2, 4:

    quod adhuc conjecturā provideri possit,

    id. Att. 1, 1, 1:

    tempestas ante provisa,

    id. Tusc. 3, 22, 52:

    ratio explorata atque provisa,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 6, § 15:

    non hercle te provideram,

    Plaut. As. 2, 4, 44:

    aliquem,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 69.—
    2.
    To see to, look after, care for, give attention to; to prepare or provide for any thing:

    eas cellas provident, ne habeant in solo umorem,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 10, 4:

    ut res tempusque postulat, provideas atque administres,

    Cic. Fam. 14, 21:

    providentia haec potissimum providet, ut, etc.,

    id. N. D. 2, 22, 58:

    omnia,

    Sall. C. 60, 4:

    ea, quae ad usum navium pertinerent,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 9:

    rem frumentariam,

    id. ib. 6, 9; cf.:

    frumento exercitui proviso,

    id. ib. 6, 44:

    provisi ante commeatūs,

    Tac. A. 15, 4:

    verbaque provisam rem non invita sequentur,

    Hor. A. P. 311:

    omnia quae multo ante memoi provisa repones,

    Verg. G. 1, 167; cf.: providebam Dominum in conspectu meo, kept in view, i. e. in mind, Vulg. Psa. 15, 8.—
    3.
    Providere aliquid, to prevent, obviate an evil (syn. cavere):

    neque omnino facere aut providere quicquam poterant,

    Sall. J. 99, 2 Kritz:

    quicquid provideri potest, provide,

    Cic. Att. 5, 11, 1:

    quae consilio provideri poterunt, cavebuntur,

    id. ib. 10, 16, 2; Liv. 36, 17, 2; Plin. 34, 6, 14, § 30 Sillig; 34, 7, 18, § 40; Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 6.—Hence,
    A.
    prōvĭ-dens, entis, P. a., foreseeing, provident, prudent (class.):

    homo multum providens,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 9.— Comp.:

    id est providentius,

    more prudent, Cic. Fam. 3, 1, 1.— Sup.:

    providentissimus quisque,

    Tac. H. 1, 85; Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 6.— Adv.: prōvĭdenter, with foresight, providently, prudently, Sall. J. 90, 1; Plin. Pan. 1; Dig. 47, 3, 1.— Comp.:

    quanto melius quanto providentius,

    Quint. Decl. 14, 8.— Sup.:

    providentissime,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 40, 94; Plin. Ep. 10, 61 (69), 1; 10, 77 (81), 1.—
    * B.
    prōvīsō, adv., with foresight or forethought, prudently:

    temere, proviso,

    Tac. A. 12, 39.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > provideo

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