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  • 1 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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  • 2 circumspecto

    I.
    Prop.
    (α).
    Absol.:

    dum circumspecto,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 45 (al.:

    me circumspecto): quanto se opere custodiant bestiae, ut in pastu circumspectent,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 126:

    primum circumspectans tergiversari,

    Liv. 4, 14, 4; Plin. 8, 4, 5, § 9:

    circumspectans huc et illuc,

    Auct. Her. 4, 49, 62.—
    (β).
    With acc.: te hercle ego circumspectabam, Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 8:

    alia,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 54; 2, 2, 60:

    inter se,

    Tac. H. 2, 29:

    ora principum,

    Liv. 26, 18, 6:

    quousque me circumspectabitis?

    id. 6, 18, 7; cf. Tac. H. 4, 8:

    omnia,

    to look about anxiously, Cic. Pis. 41, 99; Sall. J. 72, 2; cf.:

    mare et silvas, ignota omnia circumspectantes,

    Tac. Agr. 32 Ritter (Halm: circum spectantes).— Pass.:

    muta atque inanima, tectum et parietes circumspectabantur,

    Tac. A. 4, 69 fin. —
    (γ).
    With a rel.-clause:

    Nabis quanam ipse evaderet circumspectabat,

    Liv. 34, 39, 8; cf. with foll. si, id. 25, 36, 5:

    si quam reperiat,

    Auct. Her. 4, 49, 62.—
    (δ).
    With acc. and ut with subj.:

    dum alius alium, ut proelium ineant, circumspectant,

    Liv. 2, 10, 9.—
    (ε).
    Reflex. (only in Plaut.; cf.

    circumspicio, I. A.): loca contemplat, circumspectat sese, atque aedis noscitat,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 21; cf. id. Bacch. 2, 3, 45 supra.—
    II.
    Trop.:

    dubitans, circumspectans, haesitans, tanquam rate in mari immenso nostra vehitur oratio,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 30, 73:

    circumspectantes defectionis tempus,

    watching, waiting, on the look-out for, Liv. 21, 39, 5:

    initium erumpendi,

    Tac. H. 1, 55:

    Vespasianus bellum armaque et procul vel juxta sitas vires circumspectabat,

    carefully weighed, considered, id. ib. 2, 74; so,

    fugam et fallendi artes,

    id. ib. 3, 73:

    medicamina quasso imperio,

    Sil. 15, 7:

    omnes argumentorum locos,

    Quint. 12, 8, 14.

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  • 3 circumspectō

        circumspectō āvī, ātus, āre, intens.    [circumspicio], to look about with attention, search around, look after: bestiae ut in pastu circumspectent: ora principum, L.: omnia: mare et silvas, Ta.: quānam ipse evaderet, L.: alius alium, ut proelium ineant, circumspectant, L. — Fig., to look about: circumspectans oratio: circumspectantes defectionis tempus, on the lookout for, L.
    * * *
    circumspectare, circumspectavi, circumspectatus V
    look about (searchingly), search about; examine, watch (suspiciously), be alert

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  • 4 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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  • 5 respicio

    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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  • 6 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.
    * * *
    circumspicere, circumspexi, circumspectus V
    look around/over/for, survey; inspect; search for/seek; examine/review; ponder

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  • 7 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.
    * * *
    respicere, respexi, respectus V
    look back at; gaze at; consider; respect; care for, provide for

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  • 8 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.
    * * *
    dispicere, dispexi, dispectus V
    look about (for), discover espy, consider

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  • 9 anquiro

    an-quīro, quīsīvi, sītum, 3, v. a. [2. anand quaero], to seek on all sides, to look about for, to search after.
    I.
    Lit. and in gen.: anquirere est circum quaerere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 22 Müll.:

    anquirere aliquem, apud quem evomet virus, etc.,

    Cic. Lael. 23, 87; so id. ib. 27, 102; id. Off. 1, 4, 11.—
    B.
    Trop., to inquire about, to examine into:

    aut anquirunt aut consultant, conducat id necne,

    Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9:

    anquirentibus nobis omnique acie ingenii contemplantibus,

    id. de Or. 1, 33; so id. Fat. 9; Tac. A. 12, 6 al. —
    II.
    Esp. in judic. lang. t. t.
    A.
    To institute a careful inquiry or examination:

    de perduellione,

    Liv. 6, 20:

    de morte alicujus,

    Tac. A. 3, 12.—
    B.
    To enter a complaint, to accuse one, with the word designating the punishment in the abl. or gen.:

    capite anquisitus,

    Liv. 8, 33:

    pecuniā anquirere,

    id. 26, 3:

    cum capitis anquisissent,

    id. 2, 52; 26, 3.—Hence, anquīsītē, adv., carefully (only in Gell.):

    satis anquisite satisque sollicite,

    Gell. 1, 3, 9, where Hertz now reads inquisite. — Comp.:

    Theophrastus anquisitius super hac ipsā re et exactius pressiusque quam Cicero disserit,

    Gell. 1, 3, 21, where Hertz now reads inquisitius.

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  • 10 anquisite

    an-quīro, quīsīvi, sītum, 3, v. a. [2. anand quaero], to seek on all sides, to look about for, to search after.
    I.
    Lit. and in gen.: anquirere est circum quaerere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 22 Müll.:

    anquirere aliquem, apud quem evomet virus, etc.,

    Cic. Lael. 23, 87; so id. ib. 27, 102; id. Off. 1, 4, 11.—
    B.
    Trop., to inquire about, to examine into:

    aut anquirunt aut consultant, conducat id necne,

    Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9:

    anquirentibus nobis omnique acie ingenii contemplantibus,

    id. de Or. 1, 33; so id. Fat. 9; Tac. A. 12, 6 al. —
    II.
    Esp. in judic. lang. t. t.
    A.
    To institute a careful inquiry or examination:

    de perduellione,

    Liv. 6, 20:

    de morte alicujus,

    Tac. A. 3, 12.—
    B.
    To enter a complaint, to accuse one, with the word designating the punishment in the abl. or gen.:

    capite anquisitus,

    Liv. 8, 33:

    pecuniā anquirere,

    id. 26, 3:

    cum capitis anquisissent,

    id. 2, 52; 26, 3.—Hence, anquīsītē, adv., carefully (only in Gell.):

    satis anquisite satisque sollicite,

    Gell. 1, 3, 9, where Hertz now reads inquisite. — Comp.:

    Theophrastus anquisitius super hac ipsā re et exactius pressiusque quam Cicero disserit,

    Gell. 1, 3, 21, where Hertz now reads inquisitius.

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  • 11 anquīrō

        anquīrō sīvī, sītus, ere    [am- (for ambi-) + quaero], to seek on all sides, look about, search after: aliquem: omnia, quae sunt, etc.—Fig., to inquire diligently, examine into: alqd: conducat id necne: quid valeat id, anquiritur: de alio.— Esp., to conduct a judicial inquiry: de perduellione, L. — To prosecute (with gen. or abl. of the punishment): cum capitis anquisissent, L.: pecuniā anquirere, for a fine, L.
    * * *
    anquirere, anquisivi, anquisitus V
    seek, search diligently after, inquire into, examine judicially; indict

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  • 12 prospecto

    prospecto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [prospicio], to look forth upon, look out; to look at, view, behold, see afar off, gaze upon:

    mare,

    Cic. Att. 9, 10, 2.
    I.
    Lit.:

    pars ex tectis fenestrisque prospectant,

    Liv. 24, 21; cf. Verg. A. 7, 813:

    Campani moenia urbis prospectantes repleverant,

    Liv. 23, 47, 3:

    hostem,

    id. 22, 14, 11:

    e terrā aliquem,

    id. 29, 26, 8:

    intenti proelium equestre prospectabant,

    Sall. J. 60, 3:

    incendium e turri,

    Suet. Ner. 38:

    e puppi pontum,

    Ov. M. 3, 651:

    Capitolia ab excelsā aede,

    id. ib. 15, 841:

    prospectans maesta carinam,

    Cat. 64, 52.— Absol.:

    astris prospectantibus,

    Stat. S. 5, 1, 124.— Impers. pass.:

    quā longissime prospectari poterat,

    Tac. A. 3, 1.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To look around or about:

    prospectare, ne uspiam insidiae sient,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 2.—
    2.
    Of localities, to look towards, to lie or be situate towards any quarter ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    villa, quae monte summo posita Prospectat Siculum,

    Phaedr. 2, 5, 10:

    villa, quae subjectos sinus editissima prospectat,

    Tac. A. 14, 9:

    septentrionem,

    id. H. 5, 6:

    locus late prospectans,

    furnishing a wide prospect, id. ib. 3, 60:

    thermae prospicientes viam sacram,

    Sen. Contr. 4 (9), 27, 18:

    hos (campos) ad occasum conversa prospectat,

    Curt. 6, 4, 17; Tib. 1, 7, 19; Sil. 3, 418.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To look forward to, to expect a thing; to hope, look out for, await (class.):

    exsilium,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 17, § 44:

    diem de die prospectans, ecquod auxilium ab dictatore appareret,

    Liv. 5, 48.—
    B.
    To await, impend over, threaten one:

    te quoque fata Prospectant paria,

    Verg. A. 10, 741.—
    C.
    To foresee (post-class.):

    prospectandi cognitio,

    App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 24, 35.

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  • 13 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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  • 14 respectō

        respectō —, —, āre, freq.    [respicio], to look back, look round, gaze about: Quid respectas? nihil pericli est, T.: respectantes hostium antesignanos vidit, L.: reiecti respectant terga tegentes, i. e. fall back, V.— To fix the look, gaze at, look upon: ad tribunal, L.: arcem, L.: alius alium, Ta. —Fig., to look back for, await, expect: par ab iis munus.— To look back, have an eye to, regard, care for: haec ita praetereamus, ut tamen intuentes et respectantes relinquamus: meum amorem, Ct.: pios, V.
    * * *
    respectare, respectavi, respectatus V
    keep on looking round or back; await; have regard for

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  • 15 perspecto

    perspecto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [id.].
    * I.
    To look at or behold to the end:

    quinquennale certamen gymnicum perspectavit,

    Suet. Aug. 98.—
    II.
    To look through, look all about:

    otiose perspecta aedis, ut lubet,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 128.

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  • 16 vertō or vortō

        vertō or vortō tī, sus, ere    [VERT-], to turn, turn up, turn back, direct: cardinem, O.: verso pede, O.: Non ante verso cado, i. e. emptied, H.: crateras, V.: verti me a Minturnis Arpinum versus: gens ab oriente ad septentrionem se vertit, i. e. is situated, Cu.: in circumsedentis Capuam se vertit, i. e. directs his attack, L.— Intrans, to turn, turn back: versuros extemplo in fugam omnes ratus, L.— Pass, to be turned, be directed, face, look: fenestrae in viam versae, L.: nunc ad fontes, nunc ad mare versus, O.—To turn about, be engaged, move, be, be situated: Magno in periclo vita vertetur tua, Ph.: in maiore discrimine verti, L.: ipse catervis Vertitur in mediis, V.—To turn back, turn about, reverse: Pompeiani se verterunt et loco cesserunt, wheeled about, Cs.: hostes terga verterunt, fled, Cs.: hostem in fugam, put to flight, L.: Hiemps piscīs ad hoc vertat mare, H.—To turn over, turn up: versā pulvis inscribitur hastā, V.: Vertitur interea caelum, revolves, V.: terram aratro, H.: versis glaebis, O.—To turn, ply, drive: stimulos sub pectore vertit Apollo, V.—Fig., to turn, direct, convert, appropriate: ex illā pecuniā magnam partem ad se: congressi certamine irarum ad caedem vertuntur, i. e. are driven, L.: ne ea, quae rei p. causā egerit, in suam contumeliam vertat, Cs.: omen in Macedonum metum, Cu.: in religionem vertentes comitia biennio habita, making a matter of religious scruple, L.: Philippus totus in Persea versus, inclined towards, L.: quo me vertam? T.: quo se verteret, non habebat: si bellum omne eo vertat, L.: di vortant bene, Quod agas, prosper, T.—To ascribe, refer: quae alia in deum iras velut ultima malorum vertunt, L.: ne sibi vitio verterent, quod abesset a patriā, impute as a fault.—Pass., to turn, depend, rest, hang: hic victoria, V.: cum circa hanc consultationem disceptatio omnis verteretur, L.: omnia in unius potestate vertentur: spes civitatis in dictatore, L.: vertebatur, utrum manerent, an, etc., i. e. the question was discussed, L.—To turn, change, alter, transform, convert, metamorphose: terra in aquam se vertit: Verte omnīs tete in facies, V.: Auster in Africum se vertit, Cs.: versa et mutata in peiorem partem sint omnia: cur nunc tua quisquam Vertere iussa potest, V.: saevus apertam In rabiem coepit verti iocus, H.: nullā tamen alite verti Dignatur, nisi, etc., O.—Prov.: ubi omne Verterat in fumum et cinerem, i. e. had dissipated, H.— With solum, to change abode, leave the country: qui exsili causā solum verterit.—In language, to turn, translate, interpret: Platonem: annales Acilianos ex Graeco in Latinum sermonem, L.—To turn, overturn, overthrow, subvert, destroy: vertit ad extremum omnia: Cycnum Vi multā, O.: ab imo moenia Troiae, V.: ne Armenia scelere verteretur, Ta.: versā Caesarum sobole, Ta.—To turn, change, be changed: iam verterat fortuna, L.—To turn, be directed, turn out, result: verterat Scipionum invidia in praetorem, L.: (quae res) tibi vertat male, turn out badly, T.: quod bene verteret, Cu.: quod nec vertat bene, V.: quod si esset factum, detrimentum in bonum verteret, Cs.: ea ludificatio veri in verum vertit, L.—Of time, in the phrase, annus vertens, the returning year, space of a year, full year: anno vertente sine controversiā (petisses); cf. annus vertens, the great cycle of the stars.

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  • 17 Limus

    1.
    līmus, a, um ( līmis, e, Amm. 20, 9, 2; v. infra), adj. [Gr. lechrios, lechris, loxos; Lat. licinus, ob-liquus, luxus], sidelong, askew, aslant, askance.
    I.
    Lit.:

    limis oculis aspicere,

    to look sideways, look askance, Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 2:

    limis subrisit ocellis,

    Ov. Am. 3, 1, 33:

    (leones) nec limis intuentur oculis aspicique simili modo nolunt,

    Plin. 8, 16, 19, § 52:

    limibus oculis eos contuens,

    Amm. 20, 9.—So, limis aspicere (sc. oculis), Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 53:

    limi, et ut sic dicam venerei (sc. oculi),

    Quint. 11, 3, 76:

    oculi contuitu quoque multiformes, truces et limi,

    Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145:

    limi Di,

    the guardian gods of obliquities, Arn. 4, 132.—
    II.
    Transf., of persons, looking sideways: neque post respiciens, neque ante prospiciens, sed limus intra limites culinae, Varr. ap. Non. 133, 31; cf. id. ib. 442, 33.—Hence, adv.: līmō, sideways, askance:

    leones numquam limo vident,

    Sol. 27, 20; for which: limis oculis in Plin. 8, 16, 19, § 52 (v. the passage above).
    2.
    līmus, i, m. [root lib-; Gr. leibô, to pour; cf. Lat. lino; Gr. limnê, limên], slime, mud, mire.
    I.
    Lit.:

    atque omnis mundi quasi limus in imum Confluxit gravis et subsedit funditus ut faex,

    Lucr. 5, 496: luta et limum aggerebant, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 212, 16:

    frumenti acervos sedisse illitos limo,

    Liv. 2, 5:

    profundo limo cum ipsis equis hausti sunt,

    id. 31, 27:

    amnis abundans Exit et obducto late tenet omnia limo,

    Verg. G. 1, 116:

    amnes Felicem trahunt limum,

    id. ib. 2, 188:

    limo Turbata aqua,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 59:

    veteri craterae limus adhaesit,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 80.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Excrement in the intestines, Pall. 3, 31.—
    2.
    Dirt, mire:

    limumque inducere monstrat,

    Ov. F. 3, 759.—
    II.
    Trop., filth, pollution, etc.:

    pectora sic mihi sunt limo vitiata malorum,

    Ov. P. 4, 2, 17.
    3.
    līmus, i, m. [perh. for lig-mus, from ligo], a girdle or apron trimmed with purple, which the sacrificing priests and other servants of the magistrates wore about the abdomen:

    velati limo,

    Verg. A. 12, 120; cf.: limus autem est vestis, qua ab umbilico usque ad pedes teguntur pudenda poparum. Haec autem vestis in extremo sui purpuram limam, i. e. flexuosam habet. Unde et nomen accepit. Nam limum obliquum dicimus, Serv. ad Verg. l. l.: licio transverso, quod limum appellatur, cincti erant, Tiro ap. Gell. 12, 3, 3.
    4.
    Līmus, i, m., the god of oblique glances, Arn. 4, cap. 9.

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  • 18 limus

    1.
    līmus, a, um ( līmis, e, Amm. 20, 9, 2; v. infra), adj. [Gr. lechrios, lechris, loxos; Lat. licinus, ob-liquus, luxus], sidelong, askew, aslant, askance.
    I.
    Lit.:

    limis oculis aspicere,

    to look sideways, look askance, Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 2:

    limis subrisit ocellis,

    Ov. Am. 3, 1, 33:

    (leones) nec limis intuentur oculis aspicique simili modo nolunt,

    Plin. 8, 16, 19, § 52:

    limibus oculis eos contuens,

    Amm. 20, 9.—So, limis aspicere (sc. oculis), Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 53:

    limi, et ut sic dicam venerei (sc. oculi),

    Quint. 11, 3, 76:

    oculi contuitu quoque multiformes, truces et limi,

    Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145:

    limi Di,

    the guardian gods of obliquities, Arn. 4, 132.—
    II.
    Transf., of persons, looking sideways: neque post respiciens, neque ante prospiciens, sed limus intra limites culinae, Varr. ap. Non. 133, 31; cf. id. ib. 442, 33.—Hence, adv.: līmō, sideways, askance:

    leones numquam limo vident,

    Sol. 27, 20; for which: limis oculis in Plin. 8, 16, 19, § 52 (v. the passage above).
    2.
    līmus, i, m. [root lib-; Gr. leibô, to pour; cf. Lat. lino; Gr. limnê, limên], slime, mud, mire.
    I.
    Lit.:

    atque omnis mundi quasi limus in imum Confluxit gravis et subsedit funditus ut faex,

    Lucr. 5, 496: luta et limum aggerebant, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 212, 16:

    frumenti acervos sedisse illitos limo,

    Liv. 2, 5:

    profundo limo cum ipsis equis hausti sunt,

    id. 31, 27:

    amnis abundans Exit et obducto late tenet omnia limo,

    Verg. G. 1, 116:

    amnes Felicem trahunt limum,

    id. ib. 2, 188:

    limo Turbata aqua,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 59:

    veteri craterae limus adhaesit,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 80.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Excrement in the intestines, Pall. 3, 31.—
    2.
    Dirt, mire:

    limumque inducere monstrat,

    Ov. F. 3, 759.—
    II.
    Trop., filth, pollution, etc.:

    pectora sic mihi sunt limo vitiata malorum,

    Ov. P. 4, 2, 17.
    3.
    līmus, i, m. [perh. for lig-mus, from ligo], a girdle or apron trimmed with purple, which the sacrificing priests and other servants of the magistrates wore about the abdomen:

    velati limo,

    Verg. A. 12, 120; cf.: limus autem est vestis, qua ab umbilico usque ad pedes teguntur pudenda poparum. Haec autem vestis in extremo sui purpuram limam, i. e. flexuosam habet. Unde et nomen accepit. Nam limum obliquum dicimus, Serv. ad Verg. l. l.: licio transverso, quod limum appellatur, cincti erant, Tiro ap. Gell. 12, 3, 3.
    4.
    Līmus, i, m., the god of oblique glances, Arn. 4, cap. 9.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > limus

  • 19 requiro

    rĕ-quīro, sīvi or sii, sītum, 3, v. a. [quaero], to seek again; to look after, to seek or search for; to seek to know, to ask or inquire after (class.; cf.: repeto, reposco, exploro).
    I.
    In gen.: Ph. Quid quaeritas? Ha. Vestigium hic requiro, Qua, etc., Plaut. Cist. 4. 2, 58:

    ego illam requiram jam, ubi ubi est,

    id. Ep. 3, 4, 56; so,

    aliquem,

    id. As. 2, 2, 1; id. Capt. 3, 1, 13; id. Bacch. 3, 5, 2; id. Pers. 4, [p. 1575] 6, 14; Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 65; id. Phorm. 2, 1, 79; 5, 6, 41; Caes. B. C. 2, 35; Cic. Rep. 1, 28, 44; Sall. C. 40, 1: legatos Allobrogum, Greg. M. in Job, 31, 54; Amm. 23, 6 al.; cf.:

    juvenem oculisque animoque,

    Ov. M. 4, 129:

    oculis terram,

    Curt. 4, 7, 11:

    cerva requisita,

    Gell. 15, 22, 6:

    libros,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 3, 10; cf.:

    scripta SCtis abolita,

    Suet. Calig. 16:

    extractum anulum,

    id. Tib. 73:

    membra omnia,

    Quint. 11, 2, 13:

    artus, ossa,

    Ov. M. 2, 336:

    portus Velinos,

    Verg. A. 6, 366:

    cibos,

    Col. 8, 8, 1:

    vinum generosum et lene,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 18:

    animi neque admirantur neque requirunt rationes earum rerum, quas semper vident,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 96:

    causam tam facilis eventus,

    Front. Strat. 3, 1, 2; cf.

    causam,

    Ov. M. 10, 388:

    vera,

    Lucr. 1, 640:

    tua facta,

    Ov. H. 6, 31:

    mea facta,

    id. M 13, 211:

    quaedam requisita se occultant, et eadem forte succurrunt,

    Quint. 11, 2, 7; cf. id. 8, prooem. § 30 Zumpt N. cr.; id. 5, 10, 121:

    quod si quis parum credat, apud ipsum (Lucilium) in nono requirat,

    id. 1, 7, 19.—With dependent clause:

    requireres, rogitares, quis esset, aut unde esset, etc.,

    Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 48:

    (bestiae) ut requirant atque appetant, ad quas se applicent ejusdem generis animantes,

    Cic. Lael. 21, 81:

    illud quoque requisivi, quā ratione, etc.,

    id. Quint. 29, 88; cf. id. N. D. 1, 22, 60:

    requirunt, num aliquid, etc.,

    Quint. 12, 9, 17:

    forsitan et, Priami fuerint quae fata, requiras,

    Verg. A. 2, 506:

    cum requisisset ubinam esset,

    Nep. Att. 10, 4:

    secum, cur sit bis rapta, requirit,

    Ov. M. 15, 233.— Impers. pass.:

    requiretur fortasse nunc, quemadmodem, etc.,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 22. — Absol.:

    videmusne, ut pueri... pulsi requirant et aliquid scire se gaudeant?

    Cic. Fin. 5, 18, 48:

    subito res vetustas reddere se et offerre, nec tantum requirentibus, sed etiam sponte interim,

    Quint. 11, 2, 5:

    pande requirenti nomen terraeque tuumque,

    Ov. M. 4, 679. —
    b.
    Requirere ex or ab aliquo (aliquid), to ask, demand, inquire any thing of a person; to question a person about any thing:

    ex quibus requiram, quonam modo latuerint aut ubi, etc.,

    Cic. Cael. 28, 67:

    si quis requirit cur Romae non sim,

    id. Att. 12, 40, 3; cf.:

    saepe ex me requiris, cur, etc.,

    Tac. Or. 1:

    quoniam nihil ex te hi requirunt,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 38, 64; Quint. 1, 6, 31:

    facilia sunt ea, quae a me de Vatinio requiris,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 19; cf.:

    ut id a me neve in hoc reo neve in aliis requiras,

    id. ib. 1, 9, 19:

    illud mihi numquam in mentem venit a te requirere,

    id. Ac. 1, 1, 5:

    aliquid de antiquitate ab aliquo,

    Nep. Att. 20, 2. —
    II.
    In partic., with the accessory idea of need, to ask for something needed; to need, want, lack, miss, be in want of, require (syn. desidero):

    omnes hoc loco cives Romani vestram severitatem desiderant, vestram fidem implorant, vestrum auxilium requirunt,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 172:

    qui beatus est, non intellego, quid requirat, ut sit beatior,

    id. Tusc. 5, 8, 23:

    habuit, non habet: desiderat, requirit, indiget,

    id. ib. 1, 36, 87: isto bono utare, dum assit;

    cum absit, ne requiras: nisi forte adulescentes pueritiam, paulum aetate progressi adulescentiam debent requirere,

    id. Sen. 10, 33; id. Fin. 1, 18, 61:

    magnam res diligentiam requirebat,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 34:

    non ex liberis populis reges requiri,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 48:

    mala causa est quae requirit misericordiam, Publ. Syr. v. 312 Rib.: divitias,

    Tib. 1, 1, 41.—
    b.
    Pass., to be required, i. e. to be requisite, necessary:

    in hoc bello Asiatico virtutes animi magnae et multae requiruntur,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64:

    haec in altercatione,

    Quint. 6, 3, 46:

    aliquae orationes ad cognoscendam litium rationem requiruntur,

    id. 10, 1, 23; Col. 1, 7, 1.—
    B.
    Transf., like desiderare, to perceive to be wanting, to look in vain for, to miss:

    qui (oculi) quocumque inciderunt, veterem consuetudinem fori et pristinum morem judiciorum requirunt,

    Cic. Mil. 1, 1:

    libertatem meam,

    id. Planc. 38, 93:

    et pacis ornamenta et subsidia belli,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 2, 6: unum historikon, id. Att. 6, 1, 8:

    Caesaris in se indulgentiam,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 63:

    quae nonnumquam requirimus,

    Cic. Mur. 29, 61:

    aliquid,

    Quint. 2, 10, 15:

    multos, Quos quondam vidi,

    Ov. M. 7, 515:

    vereor, ne desideres officium meum... sed tamen vereor, ne litterarum a me officium requiras,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 1:

    in quo equidem majorum nostrorum saepe requiro prudentiam,

    id. Par. 1, 1, 7.— Hence, rĕquīsītum, i, n., P. a., as subst. (acc. to II.), a want, need, requirement (rare): ad requisita naturae, i. e. to the calls, Sall. Fragm. ap. Quint. 8, 6, 59 (Hist. 1, 54 Dietsch); Spart. Car. 6.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > requiro

  • 20 cūrō

        cūrō (old forms, coeret, coerarī, coerandī, C.), āvī, ātus, āre    [cura], to care for, take pains with, be solicitous for, look to, attend to, regard: diligenter praeceptum, N.: magna di curant, parva neglegunt: alienam rem suo periculo, S.: te curasti molliter, have taken tender care of, T.: corpora, refresh, L.: membra, H.: genium mero, indulge, H.: curati cibo, refreshed, L.: prodigia, see to, i. e. avert, L.: nihil deos, V.: praeter animum nihil: aliud curā, i. e. don't be anxious about that, T.: inventum tibi curabo Pamphilum, T.: res istas scire: leones agitare, H.: verbo verbum reddere, H.: crinīs solvere, O.: ut natura diligi procreatos non curaret: utres uti fierent, S.: cura ut valeas, take care of your health: omnibus rebus cura et provide, ne, etc.: Curandum inprimis ne iniuria fiat, Iu.: iam curabo sentiat, quos attentarit, Ph.: hoc diligentius quam de rumore: quid sint conubia, O.: curasti probe, made preparations, T.: curabitur, it shall be seen to, T.: nec vera virtus Curat reponi deterioribus, H. — With acc. and gerundive, to have done, see to, order: pontem faciundum, Cs.: pecuniam solvendam: fratrem interficiendum, N. — To administer, govern, preside over, command: bellum, L.: se remque p., S.: provinciam, Ta.: ubi quisque legatus curabat, commanded, S.: in eā parte, S. — To heal, cure: cum neque curari posset, etc., Cs.: adulescentes gravius aegrotant, tristius curantur: aegrum, L.: aliquem herbā, H.: volnus, L. — Fig.: provinciam: reduviam.—To attend to, adjust, settle, pay: (nummos) pro signis: pecuniam pro frumento legatis, L.: me cui iussisset curaturum, pay to his order: Oviae curanda sunt HS C.
    * * *
    curare, curavi, curatus V
    arrange/see/attend to; take care of; provide for; worry/care about; heal/cure; undertake; procure; regard w/anxiety/interest; take trouble/interest; desire

    Latin-English dictionary > cūrō

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