to be on the watch

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ob-servo, āvi, ātum, 1 (archaic fut. perf. observasso, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 57), v. a.

In gen., to watch, note, heed, observe a thing; to take notice of, pay attention to (class.;

syn.: animadverto, attendo): ne me observare possis, quid rerum geram,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 14:

quid ille faciat, ne id observes,

id. Men. 5, 2, 38:

fetus,

to watch for, seek to catch, Verg. G. 4, 512:

lupus observavit, dum dormitarent canes,

watched, waited, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 133:

occupationem alicujus, et aucupari tempus,

to watch in order to take advantage of, Cic. Rosc. Am. 8, 22:

si iniquitates observaveris, Domine,

Vulg. Psa. 129, 3: tempus epistulae alicui reddendae, to watch or wait for, Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1:

et insidiari,

to be on the watch, id. Or. 62, 210: observavit sedulo, ut praetor indiceret, etc., took care that, etc., Suet. Claud. 22.—So pass. impers.:

observatum est, ne quotiens introiret urbem, supplicium de quoquam sumeretur,

Suet. Aug. 57 fin.:

observans Acerroniae necem,

observing, perceiving, Tac. A. 14, 6:

postquam poëta sensit, scripturam suam Ab iniquis observari,

to be scrutinized, Ter. Ad. prol. 1:

sese,

to keep a close watch over one's self, Cic. Brut. 82, 283.—

In partic.

To watch, guard, keep any thing:

januam,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 7:

fores,

id. Mil. 2, 3, 57:

greges,

Ov. M. 1, 513: draconem, auriferam obtutu observantem arborem, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 9, 22; Sen. Hippol. 223.—

To observe, respect, regard, attend to, heed, keep, comply with a law, precept, recommendation, etc.:

leges,

Cic. Off. 2, 11, 40:

censoriam animadversionem,

id. Clu. 42, 117:

praeceptum diligentissime,

Caes. B. G. 5, 35:

imperium,

Sall. J. 80, 2:

foedus,

Sil. 17, 78:

centesimas,

to adhere to, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 11:

commendationes,

to attend to, regard, id. Fam. 13, 27, 1:

auspicia,

Tac. G. 9:

diem concilii,

Liv. 1, 50, 6:

ordines,

to keep in the ranks, Sall. J. 51, 1.— Pass.:

id ab omnibus,

Just. 21, 4, 5.—

To pay attention or respect to; to respect, regard, esteem, honor one (syn.:

veneror, revereor): tribules suos,

Cic. Planc. 18, 45:

regem,

Verg. G. 4, 210:

me, ut alterum patrem, et observat, et diligit,

Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 4:

et colere aliquem,

id. Att. 2, 19, 5:

aliquem perofficiose et amanter,

id. ib. 9, 20, 3:

clarissimus et nobis observandus vir,

Front. Ep. ad Anton. p. 4.—

Observare se a quā re = se abstinere, Vulg. Judic. 13, 12.—

To observe, notice, perceive (eccl. Lat.):

Amasa non observavit gladium,

Vulg. 2 Reg. 20, 10.—Hence,

ob-servans, antis, P. a.

Watchful, regardful, observant.—Comp.:

observantior aequi Fit populus,

Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 296.— Sup.:

observantissimus omnium officiorum,

Plin. Ep. 7, 30, 1; 10, 11, 1: observantissima lex suorum itinerum, App. de Mundo, 33 fin. —

Attentive, respectful:

homo tui observans,

Cic. Quint. 11, 39; Charis. 77 P.:

observantissimus mei homo,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 3, § 11; id. Fam. 13, 3 init. —Hence, adv.: observanter, carefully, sedulously (post-class.):

sequi,

Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 1, § 7; App. Mag. p. 320, 11.— Comp.:

observantius,

Amm. 23, 6, 79.— Sup.:

aliquid observantissime vitare,

Gell. 10, 21.—

Reverentially:

ad precandum accedere,

Lact. 5, 19, 26.—

observātē, adv., observantly, carefully, perspicaciously (postclass.):

observate curioseque animadvertit M. Tullius,

Gell. 2, 17, 1.

vĭgĭlĭa, ae, f. ( neutr. collat. form vĭgĭ-lĭum, Varr. ap. Non. p. 232, 4) [vigil].

Lit.

In gen., wakefulness, sleeplessness, a lying awake:

ut neque vigilia praecesserit neque ventris resolutio,

Cels. 2, 6:

corporum robora nocturnā vigiliā minuere,

id. 1 init.:

cui non sunt auditae Demosthenis vigiliae?

Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44; id. Par. prooem. § 5.—

In partic.

Lit., a keeping awake for the security of a place, esp. of a city or camp, a watching, watch, guard (cf.:

excubiae, statio): noctu vigilias agere ad aedes sacras,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 93:

vestra tecta custodiis vigiliisque defendite,

id. Cat. 2, 12, 26:

exercitus stationibus vigiliisque fessus,

Liv. 5, 48, 6:

vigiles scutum in vigiliam ferre vetuit,

to take on guard, id. 44, 33, 8:

vigiliarum nocturnarum curam per urbem magistratibus mandavimus,

id. 39, 16, 12.—

Transf.

A watch, i. e. the time of keeping watch by night, among the Romans a fourth part of the night:

nox in quattuor vigilias dividitur, quae singulae trium horarum spatio supputantur,

Hier. Ep. 140, 8:

primā vigiliā capite arma frequentes,

Liv. 5, 44, 7; 10, 34, 13; 21, 27, 2:

cum puer tuus ad me secundā fere vigiliā venisset,

Cic. Fam. 3, 7, 4:

de tertiā vigiliā,

Caes. B. G. 1, 12:

tertiā vigiliā,

id. ib. 2, 33; Liv. 9, 44, 10:

de quartā vigiliā,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40.—

The watch, i. e. those standing on guard, watchmen, sentinels:

milites disponit, non certis spatiis intermissis sed perpetuis vigiliis stationibusque,

Caes. B. C. 1, 21; 2, 19; Cic. Mil. 25, 67; Sall. C. 32, 1; id. J. 45, 2; 100, 4; Liv. 39, 14, 10.—

A watching at religious festivals, nightly vigils:

Cereris vigiliae,

Plaut. Aul. prol. 36; 4, 10, 65.—

Trop., watchfulness, vigilance (the figure taken from military sentinels; perh. only in the foll. passages;

whereas vigilantia is far more freq.): ut vacuum metu populum Romanum nostrā vigiliā et prospicientiā redderemus,

Cic. Phil. 7, 7, 19; cf.:

quasi in vigiliā quādam consulari ac senatoriā,

id. ib. 1, 1, 1: cupio jam vigiliam meam, Brute, tibi tradere: sed ita, ut ne desim constantiae meae, my post, i. e. my office, duty, id. Fam. 11, 24, 1.— Plur.: cum summis vigiliis aliquid perficere, Just. Inst. prooem. § 1.

ex-cŭbo, bŭi, bĭtum, 1, v. n., to lie or sleep out of doors.

In gen. (rare but class.):

moniti Lacedaemonii, ut urbem et tecta linquerent armatique in agro excubarent,

Cic. Div. 1, 50, 112:

apes noctu deprehensae in expeditione excubant supinae,

Plin. 11, 8, 8, § 19.—

Trop.:

Graeciam alienis sedibus,

Just. 8, 4, 7, v. Fittbogen ad h. l.—Far more freq.,

In partic., to lie out on guard, to keep watch, to watch.

Lit.:

duae semper legiones pro castris excubabant,

Caes. B. G. 7, 24, 5:

legiones in armis,

id. ib. 7, 11, 6:

legiones ad mare,

id. B. C. 3, 63, 6:

cohortes ad munitionem,

id. ib. 3, 50, 1:

legio per muros,

Verg. A. 9, 175:

excubitum in porta cohortes mittere,

Sall. J. 100, 4:

Cerberus excubat ante fores,

Tib. 1, 3, 72:

quae (naves) ad portum excubabant,

kept watch, Caes. B. C. 2, 22, 3 et saep.— Poet.:

(Cupido Chiae) Pulchris excubat in genis,

sits on the watch, lurks, Hor. C. 4, 13, 8.—Of things as subjects:

alni contra erumpentium amnium impetus riparum muro in tutela ruris excubant,

Plin. 16, 37, 67, § 173:

laurus ante limina excubat,

id. 15, 30, 39, § 127.—

Trop., to watch, be watchful or vigilant, to be on the alert:

cum Caesar ad opus consuetudine excubaret, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 7, 24, 2:

in navibus,

id. B. C. 3, 8 fin.:

excubabo vigilaboque pro vobis,

Cic. Phil. 6, 7, 18:

sapiens semper animo sic excubat, ut nihil ei improvisum accidere possit,

id. Tusc. 4, 17, 37: curam rei publicae summae defendundae jam pridem apud vos excubare, is watchful, active, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 5:

omnis eorum ars urbibus excubabat,

i. e. was concerned, labored for the cities, Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 118.— Pass. impers.:

rerum, non animi pretiis excubatur,

care is exercised, Plin. 35, 7, 32, § 50.

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custōdĭo, īvi, or ĭi, ītum, 4 ( fut. pass. custodibitur, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 71), v. a. [id.], to watch, protect, keep, defend, guard (freq. and class.).

In gen.

With material objects: Q. Caepio Brutus pro consule provinciam Macedoniam, tueatur, defendat, custodiat incolumemque conservet, Cic. Phil. 10, 11, 26:

tuum corpus domumque,

id. Mil. 25, 67:

quod me receperit, juverit, custodierit,

id. Planc. 10, 26; cf.:

in meā salute custodiendā,

id. ib. 1, 1:

me non solum amicorum fidelitas, sed etiam universae civitatis oculi custodiunt,

id. Phil. 12, 9, 22:

ut haec insula ab eā (Cerere)... incoli custodirique videatur,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 107:

urbes,

Quint. 7, 10, 13:

maritimam oram viginti navibus longis,

Liv. 36, 2, 11 (cf. tueri, id. 36, 2, 7):

officinam diligentiā,

Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 59:

castra nocte, ne quis elabi posset,

Liv. 9, 42, 6:

amictum,

Quint. 5, 14, 31:

poma in melle,

to lay up, preserve, Col. 12, 45, 3:

paries, qui laevum marinae Veneris latus Custodit,

Hor. C. 3, 26, 6:

tua,

id. S. 2, 3, 151:

hic stilus... me veluti custodiet ensis,

id. ib. 2, 1, 40.—Esp.: se, to be on the watch:

quanto se opere custodiant bestiae,

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

fac ut diligentissime te ipsum custodias,

id. Att. 14, 17, A, 8.—

With ab:

Gortynii templum magnā curā custodiunt non tam a ceteris quam ab Hannibale,

Nep. Hann. 9, 4:

poma ab insomni dracone,

Ov. M. 9, 190:

cutem a vitiis,

Plin. 28, 8, 25, § 89.—

With immaterial objects (freq. in postAug. prose), to keep, preserve, regard, take heed, observe, maintain:

id quod tradatur posse percipere animo et memoriā custodire,

Cic. de Or. 1, 28, 127:

dicta litteris,

id. ib. 2, 2, 7; cf.:

ex his (arboribus) quas memoria hominum custodit,

Plin. 16, 44, 85, § 234:

illa quae scriptis reposuimus, velut custodire desinimus,

Quint. 11, 2, 9;

opp. mutare,

id. 12, 8, 6:

modum ubique,

id. 4, 2, 35:

regulam loquendi,

id. 1, 7, 1:

praecepta,

Col. 1, 8, 15:

eam rationem,

id. 4, 29, 11:

ordinem,

id. 12, 4, 1:

quae custodienda in olearam curā... praecipiemus,

Plin. 17, 18, 29, § 125:

morem,

id. 14, 12, 14, § 88:

religiose quod juraveris,

id. Pan. 65, 2 et saep.—

With ab:

teneriores annos ab injuriā sanctitas docentis custodiat,

Quint. 2, 2, 3.—

With ut or ne:

in aliis quoque propinquitatibus custodiendum est, ut inviti judicemur dixisse,

Quint. 11, 1, 66:

quo in genere id est praecipue custodiendum, ne, etc.,

id. 8, 3, 73; 8, 5, 7; Col. 4, 24, 11:

ut custoditum sit ne umquam veniret, etc.,

Suet. Tib. 7.—

With the access. idea of hindering free motion, in a good or bad sense.

In gen., to hold something back, to preserve, keep:

multorum te oculi et aures non sentientem... speculabuntur atque custodient,

Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 6:

aliquem, ne quid auferat,

to watch, observe, id. Div. in Caecil. 16, 51:

ejus (sc. epistulae) custodiendae et proferendae arbitrium tuum,

Cic. Att. 15, 13, 1:

librum,

id. Fam. 6, 5, 1:

codicillos,

Suet. Tib. 51:

prodit se quamlibet custodiatur simulatio,

Quint. 12, 1, 29.—

Esp., to hold in custody, hold captive:

noctu nervo vinctus custodibitur,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 71; Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 9, 3, 50:

ducem praedonum,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 27, § 68:

obsides,

Caes. B. G. 6, 4:

Domitium,

id. B. C. 1, 20:

bovem,

Verg. A. 8, 218 et saep.—Hence, * cu-stōdītē, adv. (acc. to I.), cautiously, carefully:

ut parce custoditeque ludebat!

Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 3.

custōdĭo, īvi, or ĭi, ītum, 4 ( fut. pass. custodibitur, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 71), v. a. [id.], to watch, protect, keep, defend, guard (freq. and class.).

In gen.

With material objects: Q. Caepio Brutus pro consule provinciam Macedoniam, tueatur, defendat, custodiat incolumemque conservet, Cic. Phil. 10, 11, 26:

tuum corpus domumque,

id. Mil. 25, 67:

quod me receperit, juverit, custodierit,

id. Planc. 10, 26; cf.:

in meā salute custodiendā,

id. ib. 1, 1:

me non solum amicorum fidelitas, sed etiam universae civitatis oculi custodiunt,

id. Phil. 12, 9, 22:

ut haec insula ab eā (Cerere)... incoli custodirique videatur,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 107:

urbes,

Quint. 7, 10, 13:

maritimam oram viginti navibus longis,

Liv. 36, 2, 11 (cf. tueri, id. 36, 2, 7):

officinam diligentiā,

Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 59:

castra nocte, ne quis elabi posset,

Liv. 9, 42, 6:

amictum,

Quint. 5, 14, 31:

poma in melle,

to lay up, preserve, Col. 12, 45, 3:

paries, qui laevum marinae Veneris latus Custodit,

Hor. C. 3, 26, 6:

tua,

id. S. 2, 3, 151:

hic stilus... me veluti custodiet ensis,

id. ib. 2, 1, 40.—Esp.: se, to be on the watch:

quanto se opere custodiant bestiae,

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

fac ut diligentissime te ipsum custodias,

id. Att. 14, 17, A, 8.—

With ab:

Gortynii templum magnā curā custodiunt non tam a ceteris quam ab Hannibale,

Nep. Hann. 9, 4:

poma ab insomni dracone,

Ov. M. 9, 190:

cutem a vitiis,

Plin. 28, 8, 25, § 89.—

With immaterial objects (freq. in postAug. prose), to keep, preserve, regard, take heed, observe, maintain:

id quod tradatur posse percipere animo et memoriā custodire,

Cic. de Or. 1, 28, 127:

dicta litteris,

id. ib. 2, 2, 7; cf.:

ex his (arboribus) quas memoria hominum custodit,

Plin. 16, 44, 85, § 234:

illa quae scriptis reposuimus, velut custodire desinimus,

Quint. 11, 2, 9;

opp. mutare,

id. 12, 8, 6:

modum ubique,

id. 4, 2, 35:

regulam loquendi,

id. 1, 7, 1:

praecepta,

Col. 1, 8, 15:

eam rationem,

id. 4, 29, 11:

ordinem,

id. 12, 4, 1:

quae custodienda in olearam curā... praecipiemus,

Plin. 17, 18, 29, § 125:

morem,

id. 14, 12, 14, § 88:

religiose quod juraveris,

id. Pan. 65, 2 et saep.—

With ab:

teneriores annos ab injuriā sanctitas docentis custodiat,

Quint. 2, 2, 3.—

With ut or ne:

in aliis quoque propinquitatibus custodiendum est, ut inviti judicemur dixisse,

Quint. 11, 1, 66:

quo in genere id est praecipue custodiendum, ne, etc.,

id. 8, 3, 73; 8, 5, 7; Col. 4, 24, 11:

ut custoditum sit ne umquam veniret, etc.,

Suet. Tib. 7.—

With the access. idea of hindering free motion, in a good or bad sense.

In gen., to hold something back, to preserve, keep:

multorum te oculi et aures non sentientem... speculabuntur atque custodient,

Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 6:

aliquem, ne quid auferat,

to watch, observe, id. Div. in Caecil. 16, 51:

ejus (sc. epistulae) custodiendae et proferendae arbitrium tuum,

Cic. Att. 15, 13, 1:

librum,

id. Fam. 6, 5, 1:

codicillos,

Suet. Tib. 51:

prodit se quamlibet custodiatur simulatio,

Quint. 12, 1, 29.—

Esp., to hold in custody, hold captive:

noctu nervo vinctus custodibitur,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 71; Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 9, 3, 50:

ducem praedonum,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 27, § 68:

obsides,

Caes. B. G. 6, 4:

Domitium,

id. B. C. 1, 20:

bovem,

Verg. A. 8, 218 et saep.—Hence, * cu-stōdītē, adv. (acc. to I.), cautiously, carefully:

ut parce custoditeque ludebat!

Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 3.

sub-sīdo, sēdi, sessum, 3 (collat. form acc. to 2d conj., subsīdent, Luc. 1, 646; Amm. 28, 4, 22), v. n. and a.

Neutr., to sit down, crouch down, squat; to set one's self down, settle down, sink down (class.).

Lit.

In gen.: agite nunc, subsidite omnes, quasi solent triarii, Plaut. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 89 Müll.; and ap. Fest. p. 306 ib.; cf.:

subsidunt Hispani adversus emissa tela ab hoste, inde ad mittenda ipsi consurgunt,

Liv. 28, 2:

partem militum subsidere in subsidiis jussit,

id. 1, 14; cf.:

poplite subsidens,

Verg. A. 12, 492:

alii elephanti clunibus subsidentes,

Liv. 44, 5:

subsedit in illā Ante fores ara,

Ov. M. 9, 297.—

Of things, to sink, settle, subside:

sidebant campi, crescebant montibus altis Ascensus: neque enim poterant subsidere saxa,

Lucr. 5, 493:

valles,

Ov. M. 1, 43; Curt. 9, 9, 19:

limus mundi ut faex,

Lucr. 5, 497; cf.:

faeces in fundis vasorum,

Col. 12, 50, 14; Sen. Ep. 108, 26:

in urinā quod subsidit, si album est, etc.,

Plin. 28, 6, 19, § 68: aqua subsidit, settles, becomes clear, Auct. B. Alex. 5: flumina, fall, subside (opp. surgit humus), Ov. M. 1, 344:

undae,

subside, abate, Verg. A. 5, 820;

hence, transf., venti,

Prop. 1, 8, 13 (15); Ov. Tr. 2, 151.— Poet.:

extremus galeāque imā subsidit Acestes,

remains at the bottom, Verg. A. 5, 498:

ebur posito rigore Subsidit digitis ceditque,

gives way, yields, Ov. M. 10, 284:

multae per mare pessum Subsedere suis pariter cum civibus urbes,

are sunk, Lucr. 6, 590:

terraene dehiscent Subsidentque urbes,

Luc. 1, 646: subsidere fata videbat, sink, like the heavier weight on the scales, Sil. 6, 28.—

In partic.

Pregn., to settle down, establish one's self in a place; to remain sitting, remain, abide, stay:

si (apes) ex alvo minus frequentes evadunt ac subsidit pars aliqua,

Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 36:

subsedi in ipsā viā,

Cic. Att. 5, 16, 1:

in Siciliā,

id. Fam. 6, 8, 2: multitudo... quae in castris subsederat, * Caes. B. G. 6, 36:

quosdam ex Vitelliis subsedisse Nuceriae,

Suet. Vit. 1 fin.:

in oppido Reatino,

id. Vesp. 1:

commixti corpore tantum Subsident Teucri,

Verg. A. 12, 836; Quint. 2, 1, 3.—

Of things:

in Nilo navicula subsedit,

ran aground, Liv. Epit. 112.—

To crouch down on the watch, to lie in wait, lie in ambush:

cur neque ante occurrit, ne ille in villā resideret: nec eo in loco subsedit, quo ille noctu venturus esset?

Cic. Mil. 19, 51:

si illum ad urbem noctu accessurum sciebat, subsidendum atque exspectandum fuit,

id. ib. 19, 49:

partem militum subsidere in insidiis jussit,

Liv. 1, 14, 7; v. II. infra.—

Of female animals, to yield, submit to the male ( poet. and very rare):

maribus subsidere (pecudes et equae),

Lucr. 4, 1198:

juvet ut tigres subsidere cervis,

Hor. Epod. 16, 31.—

Trop., to subside, decrease, abate (rare):

in controversiis subsidit impetus dicendi,

Quint. 3, 8, 60:

nec silentio subsidat, sed firmetur consuetudine (vox),

id. 11, 3, 24:

vitia subsidunt,

Sen. Ep. 94, 69:

formidata subsidunt et sperata decipiunt,

id. ib. 13, 12.—

To settle down:

hinc accidit ut aetas jam altioribus disciplinis debita in scholā minore subsidat,

i. e. is held back, Quint. 2, 1, 3.—

Act. (acc. to I. A. 2. b.), to lie in wait for, to waylay any one ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

devictam Asiam (i. e. Agamemnonem) subsedit adulter,

Verg. A. 11, 268:

leonem,

Sil. 13, 221:

copiosos homines,

Amm. 28, 4, 22:

insontem,

id. 16, 8, 3:

serpens foramen,

to watch, id. 16, 2, 4: regnum, Luc. 5, 226 Heyne and Mart. (dub. Lag. regno).

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spĕcŭla, ae, f. [id.].

A high place from which to look out, a look-out, watch-tower:

specula, de quo prospicimus,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 82 Müll.:

praedonum adventum significabat ignis e speculā sublatus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 35, § 93:

dat signum speculā ab altā,

Verg. A. 3, 239; Luc. 6, 279:

tamquam ex aliquā speculā prospexi tempestatem futuram,

Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 1; id. Phil. 7, 7, 19; Col. 7, 3 fin. al.— Plur., Liv. 29, 23' specularum significationem Sinon invenit, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 202; Stat. Th. 6, 547; App. de Mundo, p. 69, 40.—

Trop., a watchtower: stetit Caesar in illā amicitiae speculā, [p. 1739] Plin. Pan. 86, 4.—

In gen.

In speculis esse, to be on the watch or lookout:

nunc homines in speculis sunt, observant, quemadmodum sese unusquisque vestrum gerat,

Cic. Verr. 1, 16, 46; cf. id. Deiot. 8, 22:

in speculis omnis Abydos erat, Ov. H. (17), 18, 12: in speculis atque insidiis relicti,

Cic. Mur. 37, 79:

diem unum in speculis fuit,

Liv. 34, 26:

gentis paratas pendere in speculis,

Claud. B. Get. 569.—

Poet., like skopia, a high place, height, eminence:

in speculis summoque in vertice montis Planities ignota jacet,

Verg. A. 11, 526; so of the summits of mountains, id. E. 8, 59; id. A. 10, 454; of the high walls of a city, id. ib. 11, 877; 4, 586.

spēcŭla, ae, f. dim. [spes; cf. recula, from res], a slight hope (rare but class.):

estne quid in te speculae?

Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 9; id. Cas. 2, 4, 27:

ulla nec specula est,

id. Rud. 3, 3, 3; Cic. Clu. 26, 72:

oblectabar speculā,

id. Fam. 2, 16, 5:

cassae speculae renuntias fortiter,

App. M. 6, p. 175, 17:

tenui speculā solabar clades ultimas,

id. ib. 10, p. 253, 5.

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.

prae-fĭcĭo, fēci, fectum, 3, v. a. [facio], to set over any thing (as officer, superintendent, leader, etc.), to place in authority over, place at the head, appoint to the command of.

Lit. (freq. and class.; cf.:

praepono, praefero): te cum securi caudicali praeficio provinciae,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 25:

praefeci rure recte qui curet tamen,

id. Cas. 1, 1, 17:

aliquem pecori,

Cic. Planc. 25, 62:

certum magistratum alicui procurationi,

id. Leg. 2, 26, 66:

imperatorem bello,

id. Imp. Pomp. 16, 49:

tantis rebus,

id. ib. 10, 27:

legatos legionibus,

Caes. B. G. 5, 24:

pontifices sacris,

Cic. Rep. 2, 14, 26:

aliquem sacerdotio Neptuni,

Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 27:

libertos rationibus, libellis et epistulis,

Tac. A. 6, 8:

aliquem provinciae,

id. ib. 13, 46;

2, 4: aliquem classi,

Nep. Milt. 4, 1; Liv. 35, 42 et saep.:

lucis Avernis,

Verg. A. 6, 118:

Juno sacris praefecta maritis,

Ov. H. 12, 87:

in eo exercitu inimici mei fratrem praefecerat,

had given him a command, Cic. Sest. 18, 41. —

Trop., to set over, etc. (rare): nec locus nec materia invenitur, cui divinationem praeficere possimus, Cic. Div. 2, 4, 12. —Hence, as subst.: praefectus, i, m., an overseer, director, president, chief, commander, prefect.

In gen.:

gumnasi praefecto poenas pendere,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 22:

villae,

Varr. R. R. 1, 17 fin.:

tu (censor) es praefectus moribus,

Cic. Clu. 46, 129; cf.:

praefectus morum,

Nep. Hamilc. 3, 2:

nec vero mulieribus praefectus praeponatur,

Cic. Rep. 4, 6, 16 (Non. 499, 13); cf. Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 30:

cum praefectus custodum quaesisset, etc.,

Nep. Eum. 11, 1:

his utitur quasi praefectis libidinum suarum,

Cic. Red. in Sen. 6, 15.—

In partic., as a title of particular civil or military officers, a president, superintendent, commander, governor, etc.:

praefectus aerarii or aerario,

a treasurer, Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 2; id. Pan. 92; Gell. 13, 24, 30; Capitol. Gord. 4: annonae, a superintendent of grain or of the markets, Tac. A. 11, 31; Inscr. Orell. 1084; 1186; 1091;

3169: castrorum or castris,

an officer who attended to the pitching of the camp and all matters connected therewith, a quartermaster, Vell. 2, 112, 6; 119, 4; 120, 4; Tac. A. 14, 37; 1, 20; cf. Veg. Mil. 2, 10:

classis,

an admiral, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 89; Liv. 26, 48; 36, 20; 42; Flor. 3, 7; afterwards also for a captain of a ship, Tac. H. 3, 12; Veg. Mil. 4, 32; Inscr. Orell. 3596;

who was formerly called praefectus navis: dextrum cornu praefectos navium ad terram explicare jubet,

Liv. 36, 44; Flor. 2, 5: fabrūm, in the army, a superintendent of the military engines, chief engineer, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, C, 2; id. B. C. 1, 24, 4; Nep. Att. 12, 4; Vell. 2, 76, 1; Plin. 36, 6, 7, § 48; Inscr. Orell. 4906;

in the free towns and colonies,

a superintendent of public works, ib. 516: equitum, a commander of the cavalry, as we say, a colonel or general of cavalry, Hirt. B. G. 8, 12; Vell. 2, 24, 1;

called also simply praefectus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39; 3, 7; Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 7; cf.

cohortium,

Sall. J. 46, 7: legionis, in the time of the emperors, the same that was previously called legatus legionis, a commander of the legion, i. q. our colonel, Tac. H. 1, 82; Suet. Claud. 12; id. Galb. 11; 14; id. Calig. 56; id. Ner. 21; Inscr. Grut. 465, 2; cf. Veg. Mil. 2, 9:

praefectus regis or regius,

a commander-in-chief, generalissimo, Liv. 36, 11; Sall. J. 46, 5; Nep. Alcib. 5, 2; id. Ages. 2, 3; cf. Flor. 3, 5; 11:

praefectus praetorio and praetorii, in the time of the emperors,

a commander of the imperial body - guard, pretorian prefect, Tac. A. 1, 24; id. H. 1, 13; 19; Dig. 1, 11 et saep.; in later times, a governor of a province of the Roman empire: praefectus urbi or urbis, governor of the city of Rome, in the times of the republic, appointed only to represent the consul during the latter's absence; under the emperors, a perpetual office with a particular jurisdiction, Varr. ap. Gell. 14, 7; Tac. A. 6, 10; 11; Plin. 11, 38, 90, § 223; Suet. Aug. 33; Inscr. Orell. 3153 sq.:

vigilum or vigilibus,

a captain of the watch, Dig. 1, 15, 3; 47, 2, 58; Inscr. Orell. 801; 1088; 1929:

Aegypti,

the governor of the province of Egypt, Suet. Aug. 18; 66; id. Vesp. 6; Dig. 1, 17; Inscr. Orell. 709; 3651; so,

Lydiae, Ioniae, totiusque Phrygiae,

Nep. Dat. 2, 5:

Alpium,

Plin. 10, 48, 68, § 134; Inscr. Grut. 287, 7.

quinquĕvir ( V.), i, m., usu. in plur.: quinquĕ-vĭri, ōrum, m. [vir], board of five, the quinquevirs, a board or commission of five men for any official function. Thus, five commissioners,

For the apportionment of lands, Cic. Agr. 2, 7, 7:

quinqueviros Pomptino agro dividendo creaverunt,

Liv. 6, 21, 4.—

For regulating indebtedness (quinqueviri mensarii), Liv. 7, 21, 5.—

For repairing walls and towers, Liv. 25, 7, 5.—

As assistants to the tresviri for the watch by night, Liv. 39, 14; Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 31 al.—

Under the emperors, a commission to control the public expenditures:

collegium quinquevirorum publicis sumptibus minuendis,

Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 9.— In sing., a member of the board of five, a quinquevir:

quinquevir,

Cic. Ac. 2, 44, 136:

scriba ex quinqueviro,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 56.

quinquĕvir ( V.), i, m., usu. in plur.: quinquĕ-vĭri, ōrum, m. [vir], board of five, the quinquevirs, a board or commission of five men for any official function. Thus, five commissioners,

For the apportionment of lands, Cic. Agr. 2, 7, 7:

quinqueviros Pomptino agro dividendo creaverunt,

Liv. 6, 21, 4.—

For regulating indebtedness (quinqueviri mensarii), Liv. 7, 21, 5.—

For repairing walls and towers, Liv. 25, 7, 5.—

As assistants to the tresviri for the watch by night, Liv. 39, 14; Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 31 al.—

Under the emperors, a commission to control the public expenditures:

collegium quinquevirorum publicis sumptibus minuendis,

Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 9.— In sing., a member of the board of five, a quinquevir:

quinquevir,

Cic. Ac. 2, 44, 136:

scriba ex quinqueviro,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 56.

vĭgil, ĭlis ( gen. plur. vigilium, Liv. 10, 33, 6), adj. [vigeo], awake, on the watch, alert (class.; cf.: insomnis, exsomnis).

Lit.

Adj.:

prius orto Sole vigil calamum et chartas et scrinia posco,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 113; 1, 2, 37:

vigilum canum excubiae,

id. C. 3, 16, 2:

ales,

i. e. the cock, Ov. M. 11, 597:

Aurora,

id. ib. 2, 112:

custodia,

id. ib. 12, 148 et saep.— Transf., of things, wakeful, watchful, etc.:

oculi,

Verg. A. 4, 182:

ignis,

i. e. always burning, id. ib. 4, 200:

lucernae,

night-lamps, Hor. C. 3, 8, 14:

auri vigili bibere,

wakeful, listening, Stat. Achill. 2, 119:

nox,

Tac. A. 4, 48.—

Subst.: vĭgil, ĭlis, m., a watchman, sentinel:

clamor a vigilibus fanique custodibus tollitur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94; Liv. 44, 33, 8; Ov. M. 13, 370:

nocturni,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 195.— [p. 1990] Of such vigiles there were in Rome, from the time of Augustus, seven divisions, with their prefects and sub-prefects, constituting a regularly organized night-police, Suet. Aug. 30; Dig. 1, 15, 3; 47, 2, 56.— Transf., a sentinel:

mundi (sol et luna),

Lucr. 5, 1436 (1434).—Of cocks:

nocturni,

Plin. 10, 21, 24, § 46.—

Trop.:

cura,

wakeful, active, Ov. M. 3, 396; 15, 65:

questus,

uttered by night, Stat. S. 1, 2, 196.