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dē-ĭcĭo or dejicio, jēci, jectum, 3, v. a. [jacio], to throw or cast down; to hurl down, precipitate (very freq., and class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

araneas de foribus et de pariete,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 31:

aliquem de ponte in Tiberim,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 100; cf.:

aliquem e ponte,

Suet. Caes. 80:

aliquem de saxo (Tarpeio),

Liv. 5, 47; 6, 20; Hor. S. 1, 6, 39; cf.

aliquem saxo Tarpeio,

Tac. A. 6, 19:

aliquem equo,

Caes. B. G. 4, 12, 5; Liv. 4, 19:

jugum servile a cervicibus,

Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 6:

togam ab umeris,

Suet. Aug. 52; cf.:

togam de umero,

id. Caes. 9 al.; esp. reflex. with pron.:

se de muro,

Caes. B. C. 1, 18, 3; cf.:

se de superiore parte aedium,

Nep. Dion, 4 fin.:

se per munitiones,

Caes. B. G. 3, 26, 5:

se a praealtis montibus (venti),

Liv. 28, 6:

librum in mare,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 14; cf.:

aliquem in locum inferiorem,

Caes. B. G. 5, 44, 12:

aliquem e summo in Tartara,

Lucr. 5, 1124:

elatam securim in caput (regis),

Liv. 1, 40; cf. id. 7, 10:

equum e campo in cavam hanc viam,

force to leap down, id. 23, 47:

bustum aut monumentum, aut columnam,

Cic. Leg. 2, 26; so,

statuas veterum hominum (c. c. depellere simulacra deorum),

id. Cat. 3, 8, 19:

monumenta regis templaque Vestae,

Hor. Od. 1, 2, 15:

signa aenea in Capitolio (tempestas),

Liv. 40, 2:

omnes Hermas,

Nep. Alcib. 3:

turrim,

Caes. B. C. 2, 22; cf.

arces,

Hor. Od. 4, 14, 13 et saep.:

arbores,

to fell, Liv. 21, 37, 2; Vitr. 2, 9, 4:

caput uno ictu,

to cut off, Verg. A. 9, 770; id. ib. 10, 546:

libellos,

to tear down, Cic. Quint. 6, 27; Sen. Ben. 4, 12 (but Caes. B. G. 3, 15, antemnis disjectis is the true reading): comam, Afran. ap. Non. 514, 2; cf.:

crinibus dejectis,

loose, dishevelled, Tac. A. 14, 30:

sortes,

to cast into the urn, Caes. B. C. 1, 6, 5:

dejectam aerea sortem accepit galea,

Verg. A. 5, 490 sq.:

cum dejecta sors esset,

Liv. 21, 42; cf.:

pernam, glandium,

to throw into the pot, Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 36:

alvum,

to purge, Cato R. R. 158; cf.:

casei caprini, qui facillimi deiciantur,

i. e. are most easily digested, Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 3;

opp. alvum superiorem,

i. e. to vomit, Cato R. R. 156, 2.—

Esp.

Milit. t. t., to drive out, dislodge an enemy from his position: hostes muro turribusque dejecti, Caes. B. G. 7, 28; cf.:

nostri dejecti sunt loco,

id. ib. 7, 51:

praesidium ex saltu,

id. B. C. 1, 37 fin.; cf.:

agmen Gallorum ex rupe Tarpeia,

Liv. 7, 10:

ex tot castellis,

id. 44, 35:

praesidium Claternā,

Cic. Phil. 8, 2, 6; cf.:

praesidium loco summe munito,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 30: praesidium (without abl.), Caes. B. G. 7, 36, 7; id. B. C. 3, 23, 2; Liv. 4, 53 al.:

castra hostium,

to destroy, id. 25, 14:

praetorium,

id. 41, 2 et saep.—

Jurid. t. t., to drive out, turn out of possession, eject, dispossess (cf. deduco):

unde vi prohibitus sis... unde dejectus?

Cic. Caecin. 13; cf. id. ib. 17, 50:

nisi ex eo loco ubi vestigium impresserit, deici neminem posse,

id. ib. 27, 76 fin.:

aliquem de possessione imperii,

Liv. 45, 22.—

Naut. t. t., pass.: deici, to be driven out of one's course:

naves ad inferiorem partem insulae,

Caes. B. G. 4, 28, 2:

classis tempestate vexata ad Balearīs insulas deicitur,

Liv. 23, 34, 16; id. 23, 40, 6.—

Pregn. (cf.: cado, concĭdo, decĭdo; caedo, concīdo, decīdo, etc.), to fell with a mortal wound, to bring down dead to the ground; to kill, slay:

his dejectis et coacervatis cadaveribus,

Caes. B. G. 2, 27, 4; 4, 12; id. B. C. 1, 46; 3, 51; cf.:

quem telo primum, quem postremum aspera virgo Deicis?

Verg. A. 11, 665:

avem ab alto caelo,

id. ib. 5, 542; cf. id. ib. 11, 580:

Glaucoque bovem Thetidique juvencam Deicit Ancaeus,

i. e. slaughters as a sacrifice, Val. Fl. 1, 191:

super juvencum stabat dejectum leo,

Phaedr. 2, 1, 1:

(Hercules) aves sagittis dejecit,

Lact. 1, 9, 2:

gruem,

Verg. A. 11, 580.—

To lower, let down, hang down, depress, of the head, etc. (cf. II. A. infra):

dejecto capite (opp. supino capite),

Quint. 11, 3, 69.—Of a nod (opp. relato capite), Apul. Met. 10.—Of a wild beast:

id (caput) dejectum semper in terram,

Plin. 8, 21, 32, § 77:

in pectora mentum,

Ov. M. 12, 255:

euntes dejecta cervice Getae,

Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 180.—

Trop.

In gen.:

pueri Sisennae oculos de isto numquam deicere,

never took their eyes off him, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 15; cf. id. ib. 2, 5, 71:

oculos a republica,

id. Phil. 1, 1:

dejecit vultum et demissa voce locuta est,

cast down her eyes, Verg. A. 3, 320; cf.:

oculos in terram,

Quint. 1, 11, 9 al.;

and in Gr. construction, dejectus oculos,

with downcast eyes, Verg. A. 11, 480:

dejectus vultum,

Stat. Th. 3, 367:

ecquid ergo intellegis quantum mali de humana condicione dejeceris?

thou hast removed, averted, Cic. Tusc. 1, 8; cf.:

quantum de doloris terrore,

id. ib. 2, 5, 14:

vitia a se ratione,

id. ib. 4, 37, 80; cf.:

cruciatum a corpore (with depellere omnia verbera),

id. Verr. 2, 5, 62:

hunc metum Siciliae,

id. ib. 2, 5, 49 fin.:

quae replenda vel deicienda sunt,

Quint. 10, 4, 1:

eum de sententia dejecistis,

hast diverted from his opinion, Cic. Phil. 9, 4, 8:

fortis et constantis est, non tumultuantem de gradu deici, ut dicitur,

id. Off. 1, 23, 80; cf. id. Att. 16, 15, 3.—

In partic. (acc. to no. I. B. 2.), to cast one down from the prospect of a thing; to prevent from obtaining, to deprive, rob of:

de honore deici,

Cic. Verr. 1, 9, 25:

de possessione imperii,

Liv. 45, 22, 7;

for which, ad deiciendum honore eum,

Liv. 39, 41;

and, dejecti honore,

id. 3, 35; so with simple abl.:

aliquem aedilitate,

Cic. Verr. 1, 8, 23:

aedilitate,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 8, § 23:

praeturā,

id. Mur. 36, 76:

principatu,

Caes. B. G. 7, 63, 8:

certo consulatu,

Liv. 40, 46, 14:

spe,

id. 44, 28, 1:

ea spe,

Caes. B. G. 1, 8, 4; cf.:

opinione trium legionum (i. e. spe trium legionum colligendarum),

id. ib. 5, 48:

conjuge tanto,

Verg. A. 3, 317. —Without abl.: M. Caelium mentio illa fatua... subito dejecit, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 3:

cum inimicum eo quoque anno petentem dejecisset,

Liv. 38, 35:

uxorem (sc. conjugio),

Tac. A. 11, 29 fin.:

hoc dejecto,

after his fall, Nep. Thras. 3, 1; cf. Tac. A. 2, 3; Luc. 8, 27:

ex alto dejectus culmine regni,

Sil. 17, 143.—

To humble:

deicimur, sed non perimus,

Vulg. 2 Cor. 4, 9:

deiciendi hominis causa,

Lact. 4, 27, 17.—Hence, dejectus, a, um, P. a. (very rare).

Sunk down, low:

equitatus noster etsi dejectis atque inferioribus locis constiterat,

Caes. B. C. 1, 46, 3:

dejectius,

Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 6 fin. —

(Acc. to no. II. B., deprived of hope; hence) Cast down, dejected, dispirited:

haud dejectus equum duci jubet,

Verg. A. 10, 858; cf.: [p. 535] haud sic dejecta, Stat. Th. 3, 315:

in epilogis plerumque dejecti et infracti sumus,

Quint. 9. 4, 138.— Sup. does not occur.—

* Adv. dējectē, low; only comp., dejectius, Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 27 fin.

dēspectus, a, um, Part., from despicio.

dēspectus, ūs, m. [despicio].

A looking down upon; hence, a view or prospect from an elevated place (repeatedly in Caes.; elsewh. rare;

not in Cic.): erat ex oppido Alesia despectus in campum,

Caes. B. G. 7, 79, 3:

in mare,

id. ib. 3, 14 fin.:

sub terras,

Lucr. 4, 417:

qua longe pelago despectus aperto,

Stat. Th. 5, 351.—In plur., concr., points of view, heights:

cum ex omnibus partibus altissimas rupes despectusque haberet (oppidum),

Caes. B. G. 2, 29, 3.—

Transf. (only dat.), a spectacle, an object of contempt:

despectui me habet,

Vulg. Gen. 16, 5; id. 2 Esdr. 4, 4.—

A despising, contempt:

ludibrio et despectui esse oppositum,

Auct. Her. 4, 39, 51.

lībĕro, āvi, ātum, 1 (old form of the fut. perf. liberasso, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 66), v. a. [1. liber], to make or set free, to free, liberate (syn. vindico).

Lit., to release from slavery, to free, manumil:

amicas emite, liberate,

Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 22:

liberem ego te?

id. Men. 5, 7, 35:

servos,

Caes. B. C. 3, 9:

sese,

Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 182:

aliquem vindictā liberare,

Plin. Ep. 7, 16, 4.—

Transf.

In gen., to free, release, extricate, deliver (cf. levo) a person or thing from something (an obligation, debt, difficulty, etc.); constr.: aliquem (aliquid) ab aliqua re, with simple abl.; less freq. with gen.

With personal objects.

With ab:

teque item ab eo vindico ac libero,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1:

se a Venere,

to release one's self from one's duty to Venus, id. Div. in Caecil. 17, 53.—

With abl.: divortio te liberabo incommodis, Poët. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 24, 38:

defensionum laboribus senatoriisque muneribus liberatus,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 1:

aliquem culpā,

id. Att. 13, 22, 3:

aliquem invidiā,

id. N. D. 1, 6, 13:

aliquem suspicione crudelitatis,

id. Fam. 1, 2, 3:

aliquem magnā sollicitudine,

id. Att. 6, 1, 10; cf.:

populum metu,

id. Rep. 1, 16, 25:

liberatus omni perturbatione animi,

id. ib. 1, 17, 28:

aliquem periculo,

Caes. B. C. 3, 83:

obsidione,

id. B. G. 4, 19:

se aere alieno,

to pay a debt, Cic. Att. 6, 2, 4.—

With gen.:

aliquem culpae,

Liv. 41, 19:

voti liberari,

id. 5, 28.—

With ex:

multos ex incommodis pecuniā,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 9, § 23.—

With simple acc.:

vectigales multos ac stipendiarios liberavit,

exempted from taxes, Cic. Prov. Cons. 5, 10:

Volusii liberandi, meum fuit consilium,

to release from obligation, id. Fam. 5, 20, 4:

Buthrotios cum Caesar decreto suo liberavisset, viz.,

from a division of their lands, id. Att. 16, 16, C, 11:

amotusque post triumphum abdicatione dictaturae terror et linguam et animos liberaverat hominum,

Liv. 6, 16, 8:

(debitores) capitis deminutione liberantur,

i. e. from debt, Gai. Inst. 3, 84 al. —

With inanim. and abstr. objects:

eum (mundum) ab omni erratione liberavit,

Cic. Univ. 6; cf.

below, at the end of this number: quorum linguae sic inhaererent, ut loqui non possent, eae scalpello resectae liberarentur,

would be set free, id. Div. 2, 46, 96: liberare agros, to free or exempt from taxes, id. Agr. 1, 4, 10:

publica liberare,

id. ib. 2, 21, 57; cf.:

liberari omnia Asiae emporia portusque,

Liv. 32, 33:

liberata vectigalia,

id. 41, 28:

fundum alii obligatum liberare,

Dig. 18, 1, 41:

liberare fidem,

to discharge one's promise, keep one's word, Cic. Fl. 20, 47:

liberare promissa,

to cancel promises, to make them void and of no effect, id. Off. 1, 10, 33:

nomina,

to settle debts, Liv. 7, 21: impensam, to clear or repay expenses, Col. 3, 3.—Of an abstr. object:

divinum animum corpore liberatum cogitatione complecti,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 22, 51.—

In partic.

To absolve or acquit in a court of justice (syn.:

absolvo, solvo): aliquem, opp. condemnare,

Cic. Clu. 22, 60:

aliquem crimine aliquo,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 29, § 71: liberatur Milo, non eo consilio profectus esse, is acquitted of the charge of having undertaken a journey with the design, etc., id. Mil. 18, 47:

reum a judicibus hoc defensionis modo liberari non posse,

Quint. 7, 4, 20.—Very rarely with acc. of the charge:

crimen libidinis confessio intemperantiae liberavit,

Val. Max. 8, 1, 12.—

To clear, i. e. to pass, traverse, cross over a place without hinderance (post - Aug.):

flumen,

Front. Strat. 1, 5, 3; 4, 7, 28; Hyg. Fab. 257:

angustias freti,

Front. Strat. 1, 4, 13:

limen,

Petr. 136.—

Templa liberata, freed from buildings that obstructed the view, i. e. having a free prospect, Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 21.

per-fŏro, āvi, ātum, 1 (in tmesi:

perque forare,

Lucr. 5, 126, 8), v. a., to bore through, pierce through, perforate.

Lit. (class.; syn. terebro): navem, Cic. ap. Quint. 8, 6, 47:

perforare ac demergere triremem, Auct. B. Alex. 25: lacernam lanceā,

Vell. 2, 80, 3:

duo pectora uno ictu,

Ov. M. 12, 377:

ense latus,

id. Tr. 3, 9, 26:

gladio latus,

Vulg. Judith, 13, 28:

Stabianum,

to cut through for the sake of a prospect, Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 1:

duo lumina perforata,

perforated, made by boring, id. N. D. 3, 4, 9:

viae ad oculos a sede animae,

id. Tusc. 1, 20, 46:

berulli perforati,

Plin. 37, 5, 20, § 78.—In mal. part., Auct. Priap. 78.—Fig.:

habebit sinum facilem, non perforatum, ex quo multa exeant et nihil excidat,

Sen. Dial. 6, 23, 5.—

Transf., to pierce through, penetrate ( poet.):

sol perforat culmina radiis totis,

Stat. S. 1, 5, 46.

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.

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.—

Transf.

To look around or about:

prospectare, ne uspiam insidiae sient,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 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.—

Trop.

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.—

To await, impend over, threaten one:

te quoque fata Prospectant paria,

Verg. A. 10, 741.—

To foresee (post-class.):

prospectandi cognitio,

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

prospectus, a, um, Part., from prospicio.

prospectus, ūs, m. [prospicio].

Lit., a lookout, distant view, prospect (class.):

sterilis prospectus,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 15:

cum saepibus prospectus impediretur,

Caes. B. G. 2, 22; cf. Sall. J. 53, 1:

non prospectu modo extra vallum adempto, sed propinquo etiam congredientium inter se conspectu,

Liv. 10, 32:

petere prospectum ex arce,

Cat. 64, 241:

habere prospectum in praeceps,

Vulg. 2 Macc. 13, 5.—

Transf.

Sight, view:

aliquem in prospectum populi Romani producere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 122:

cum jam extremi essent in prospectu,

to be in sight, Caes. B. G. 5, 10; cf. Hirt. B. Afr. 62:

lugubris,

Tac. H. 1, 4:

praeclarus,

Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 80:

praebere prospectum navium,

Liv. 27, 23:

prospectum eripiens oculis,

Verg. A. 8, 254.—

Poet., sight, vision:

late Aequora prospectu metior,

Ov. H. 10, 28.—

Trop.

Regard, respect (post-class.):

cujus rationem prospectumque Bias non habuit,

Gell. 5, 11, 10; so,

prospectum officii deponere,

Val. Max. 5, 1, 3 ext. —

Foresight (eccl. Lat.):

humanus prospectus,

Tert. Spect. 1.

prō-spĭcĭo, exi, ectum, 3, v. n. and a. [specio].

Neutr., to look forward or into the distance, to look out, to look, see (class.).

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.—

In partic.

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.—

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.—

Act., to see afar off, to discern, descry, espy.

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.—

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.—

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.—

In partic.

To look at attentively, to gaze at (very rare):

aliquem propter aliquid,

Nep. Dat. 3, 3.—

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.—

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,

prōspĭcĭ-ens, entis, P. a., endowed with foresight, Gell. 2, 29, 1.—

prōspĭcĭenter, adv., providently, considerately, carefully (post-class.):

res prospicienter animadversas,

Gell. 2, 29, 1.—

prōspectē, adv., providently, deliberately, considerately, advisedly, prudently (post-class.):

decernere,

Tert. Apol. 6.— Sup.:

adhaerebit bono,

Aug. Ep. ad Maced. 55.

prō-spĭcĭo, exi, ectum, 3, v. n. and a. [specio].

Neutr., to look forward or into the distance, to look out, to look, see (class.).

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.—

In partic.

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.—

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.—

Act., to see afar off, to discern, descry, espy.

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.—

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.—

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.—

In partic.

To look at attentively, to gaze at (very rare):

aliquem propter aliquid,

Nep. Dat. 3, 3.—

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.—

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,

prōspĭcĭ-ens, entis, P. a., endowed with foresight, Gell. 2, 29, 1.—

prōspĭcĭenter, adv., providently, considerately, carefully (post-class.):

res prospicienter animadversas,

Gell. 2, 29, 1.—

prōspectē, adv., providently, deliberately, considerately, advisedly, prudently (post-class.):

decernere,

Tert. Apol. 6.— Sup.:

adhaerebit bono,

Aug. Ep. ad Maced. 55.