to look into

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intrō-spĭcĭo, spexi, spectum, 3, v. a. [specio], to look into, look at (syn. inspicio).

Lit.

To look into any thing:

domum,

Cic. Har. Resp. 15, 1, 33:

casas omnium,

id. Div. 2, 51, 105.—

To look at:

aliorum felicitatem aegris oculis,

Tac. H. 2, 20. —

Trop., to inspect, examine, observe attentively; constr. with in and acc., or simple acc.

With in and acc.:

introspicite penitus in omnes rei publicae partes,

Cic. Font. 15, 43:

in mentem tuam,

id. Fin. 2, 35, 118.—

With simple acc.:

penitus introspicite Catilinae, Cethegi, ceterorumque mentes,

id. Sull. 27, 76:

fortunam suam,

Tac. A. 11, 38:

numinum religiones,

id. ib. 3, 60:

non introspectis penitus virtutibus,

Quint. 10, 2, 16:

vitam,

Plin. Pan. 75:

verba,

Gell. 17, 2.

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inspĭcĭo, spexi, spectum, 3, v. a. [inspecio], to look into; to look at, inspect; to consider, contemplate, examine (class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

intro inspice,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 72:

inspicere tanquam in speculum, in vitas omnium,

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 61:

cum Romam inspexerit Eos,

Ov. F. 4, 389:

inspice quid portem,

id. Tr. 3, 1, 9:

faciem,

Juv. 1, 97:

ranarum viscera,

id. 3, 45:

ea est procul inspicientibus natura loci, ut,

Just. 4, 1:

libros,

Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 1:

leges,

Cic. Balb. 14, 32:

aurum inspicere, ne subruptum siet,

to examine whether, Plaut. Aul. prol. 39.—

In partic.

To look at, inspect a thing with reference to its value, etc.: te hoc orare jussit, Ut sibi liceret inspicere has aedes. Si. Non sunt venales, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 65:

candelabrum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64; cf.:

praedium suum,

id. Fam. 9, 7, 2:

venalem domum,

Suet. Oth. 6:

ludorum sumptus,

Ov. Tr. 2, 509.—

To inspect, examine:

morbum,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 15:

arma, viros, equos, cum cura,

Liv. 44, 1, 6:

arma militis,

Cic. Caecin. 21, 61.—

To examine, spy out:

domos,

Verg. A. 2, 47.—

Trop., to consider, examine, become acquainted with, comprehend, perceive:

res sociorum,

to inspect their affairs, examine into their conduct, Liv. 21, 6, 3:

aliquem a puero,

Cic. Phil. 2, 18, 44:

quem diliges ut ego, si ut ego propius inspexeris,

Plin. Ep. 4, 15, 3:

est aliquis, qui se inspici, aestimari fastidiat,

Liv. 6, 41, 2:

sententiam mulieris,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 51:

querelam,

Petr. 15:

rationes,

Plin. Ep. 10, 57, 1:

aes alienum,

Liv. 6, 27, 8:

fidem,

Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 26:

an possit fieri,

Mart. 1, 55, 6:

quid expediat, quid deceat,

Quint. 11, 1, 8 al.

perspĭcĭo, spexi, spectum, 3, v. a., to look or see through, to look into, look at.

Lit.:

quo non modo non intrari, sed ne perspici quidem posset,

Caes. B. G. 2, 17: eas (epistulas) ego oportet perspiciam, corrigam: tum denique edentur, to look through, read through, Cic. Att. 16, 5, 5:

ut prae densitate arborum perspici caelum vix posset,

to look at the sky, Liv. 40, 22.—

Transf., to look closely at, to view, examine, inspect:

domum,

Cic. Fam. 5, 6, 3:

villam,

id. Mil. 20, 54:

operis perspiciendi causā venire,

Caes. B. G. 7, 44:

minimis id granis constat, ut vix perspici quaedam possint,

are scarcely visible, Plin. 17, 10, 14, § 71.—With a rel.-clause:

perspicito prius, quid intus agatur,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 6, 24.— Neutr.:

in legem,

Vulg. Jacob. 1, 25.—

Trop., to perceive, note, observe, explore, prove, ascertain, etc.:

res gestas funditus,

Lucr. 1, 478:

cum se ipse perspexerit,

Cic. Leg. 1, 22, 59:

sed tu perspice rem et pertenta,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 4, 5; cf. id. de Or. 2, 78, 318:

hoc, quaeso, perspicite atque cognoscite,

id. Agr. 2, 35, 95:

aliquid conjecturā,

to guess, id. Imp. Pomp. 9, 26:

cujus virtutem hostes, misericordiam victi, fidem ceteri perspexerunt,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 2, § 4:

nollem accidisset tempus, in quo perspicere posses, quanti te facerem,

id. Fam. 3, 10, 2:

quidam saepe in parvā pecuniā perspiciuntur, quam sint leves,

id. Lael. 17, 63:

perpaucos, quorum in se fidem perspexerat, relinquere in Galliā decrevit,

Caes. B. G. 5, 5:

videbitis et non perspicietis,

Vulg. Act. 28, 26.—With object-clause:

perspicio nihili meam vos facere gratiam,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 68; cf. Cic. Fam. 1, 2, 2:

perspiciebant enim in Hortensii sententiam multis partibus plures ituros,

id. ib. 1, 2, 2.— Pass. with nom. and inf., Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 3.— Hence, perspectus, a, um, P. a., clearly perceived, evident, well known:

ars rebus cognitis penitusque perspectis continetur,

Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 92; cf. id. ib. 1, 23, 108; id. Fam. 1, 7, 2:

virtus alicujus experta atque perspecta,

id. Balb. 6, 16:

benevolentia mihi perspectissima,

id. Att. 3, 15.— Adv.: per-spectē, intelligently, sensibly:

ut docte et perspecte sapit,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 162.

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pro-spĕcŭlor, āri, v. n. and a.

Neutr., to look into the distance, look out (very rare): de vallo, Auct. B. Afr. 31.—

Transf., to explore:

L. Siccium prospeculatum ad locum castris capiendum mittunt,

Liv. 3, 43, 2.—

Act., to look out for, watch for:

prospeculari e muris adventum imperatoris,

Liv. 33, 1, 3.

in-vīso, si, sum, 3, v. a.

To look after, to go to see, to visit a person or place:

ad meam majorem filiam inviso domum,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 9:

ad fratrem modo ad captivos alios inviso meos,

id. Capt. 2, 3, 85 Brix:

huc intro ad me invisam domum,

id. Merc. 3, 2, 12; id. Ps. 1, 2, 92:

res rusticas,

Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 249: quod Lentulum invisis, valde gratum, id. Att. 12, 30, 1:

eum locum,

id. Fin. 5, 2, 5; id. Att. 4, 6, 4; 4, 10, 2:

ut jam invisas nos,

id. Att. 1, 20:

Delum maternam invisit Apollo,

Verg. A. 4, 144:

domos castas,

Cat. 64, 385. —

To look into:

speculum,

App. Mag. p. 283, 22 al.

to look into the distance, contemplate.

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.

a-spĭcĭo ( adsp-, Jan; asp-, others except Halm, who uses both), spexi, spectum, 3, v. a. (aspexit = aspexerit, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 25), to look to or upon a person or thing, to behold, look at, see.

Lit., constr. in the ante - class. per. sometimes with ad; but afterwards with the acc., with a finite clause, or absol.; in eccl. Lat., with in with acc., and super with acc.

With ad:

aspice ad me,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 38:

aspicient ad me,

Vulg. Zach. 12, 10:

aspicere ad terram,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 25:

ad caelum,

Vulg. 2 Macc. 7, 28:

Aspice nunc ad sinisteram,

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

ad Scrofam,

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

me huc aspice,

id. Am. 2, 2, 118:

faciem alicujus,

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

non audebat aspicere contra Deum,

Vulg. Exod. 3, 6:

formam alicujus aspicere,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 25:

tergum alicujus,

Vulg. Exod. 33, 8:

aspicite ipsum: contuemini os, etc.,

Cic. Sull. 27:

me,

Vulg. Job, 7, 8:

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

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

aspicis me iratus,

Cic. Phil. 2, 30 fin.:

hominis omnino aspiciendi potestatem eripere,

id. Lael. 23, 87:

ut nemo eorum forum aut publicum aspicere vellet,

Liv. 9, 7, 11:

aliquid rectis oculis,

Suet. Aug. 16:

Aspicit hanc torvis (oculis),

Ov. M. 6, 34:

aspiciunt oculis Superi mortalia justis,

id. ib. 13, 70:

aliquid oculis aequis,

Verg. A. 4, 372:

aspice vultus Ecce meos,

Ov. M. 2, 92 al.:

horrendae aspectu,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 26:

aspice nos hoc tantum,

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

unde aliqua pars aspici potest,

Cic. Mil. 3:

pulvis procul et arma adspiciebantur,

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

super triginta milia armatorum aspiciebantur,

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

Septentrionem ibi adnotatum primā tantum parte noctis adspici,

Plin. 2, 73, 75, § 185:

quasi eum aspici nefas esset,

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

adspici humana exta nefas habetur,

Plin. 28, 1, 2, § 5.—

Absol.:

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

Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 22:

postquam aspexi, ilico Cognovi,

id. Heaut. 4, 1, 43.—

With in with acc.:

in terram aspicere,

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

in caelum,

ib. Matt. 14, 9.—

With super with acc.:

super castra aspicere,

Vulg. Judith, 9, 7 al. —

Transf.

a.. Of things in space, to look toward, lie toward:

tabulatum aspiciat meridiem,

Col. 8, 8, 2:

cryptoporticus non aspicere vineas, sed tangere videtur,

Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 29:

ea pars Britanniae, quae Hiberniam aspicit,

Tac. Agr. 24:

terra umidior quā Gallias, ventosior quā Noricum aspicit,

id. G. 5.—

Of persons:

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

Tac. Agr. 30.—

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

hujus ut aspicerent opus admirabile,

Ov. M. 6, 14:

Boeotiam atque Euboeam aspicere jussi,

Liv. 42, 37:

in Boeotiā aspiciendae res,

id. 42, 67 fin.:

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

id. 42, 5; 26, 51; 32, 5 al.—

Trop.

In gen.: sic in oratione Crassi divitias atque ornamenta ejus ingenii per quaedam involucra perspexi;

sed ea cum contemplari cuperem, vix aspiciendi potestas fuit,

Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 161:

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

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

in auctorem fidei,

Vulg. Heb. 12, 2:

in remunerationem,

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

With acc.:

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

Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 50:

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

attends to them, Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 124: aspice, ait, Perseu, nostrae primordia gentis, Ov M. 5, 190.—

With a finite clause.

In the subj.:

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

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

aspiciebant, quomodo turba jactaret aes etc.,

Vulg. Marc. 12, 41:

aspiciebant, ubi (Jesus) poneretur,

ib. ib. 15, 47:

Quin tu illam aspice, ut placide adcubat,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 168:

quin aspice, quantum Aggrediare nefas,

Ov. M. 7, 70:

Aspice, venturo laetentur ut omnia saeclo!

Verg. E. 4, 52:

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

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

Aspice, num mage sit nostrum penetrabile telum,

Verg. A. 10, 481:

aspice, si quid loquamur,

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

Aspice, qui coeant populi,

Verg. A. 8, 385:

Qualem commendes, etiam atque etiam aspice,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 76: aspice, Quanto cum fastu, quanto molimine circumspectemus etc., id. ib. 2, 2, 92.—

In the indic. (rare):

Aspice, ut antrum Silvestris raris sparsit labrusca racemis,

Verg. E. 5, 6:

Aspice, ut insignis spoliis Marcellus opimis Ingreditur,

id. A. 6, 855:

quantas ostentant, aspice, vires,

id. ib. 6, 771:

Aspice, quem gloria extulerat,

id. Cat. 12, 1:

aspicite, quae fecit nobiscum,

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

si genus aspicitur, Saturnum prima parentem Feci,

Ov. F. 6, 29.—

Esp.

To look upon with respect, admiration:

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

Nep. Chabr. 4, 1.—

Aliquem, to look one boldly in the face, to meet his glance:

Lacedaemonii, quos nemo Boeotiorum ausus fuit aspicere in acie,

Nep. Epam. 8, 3 (cf. supra, I., the passage from Suet. Aug. 16). —

Lumen aspicere, to see the light for to live:

odi celebritatem, fugio homines, lucem aspicere vix possum,

Cic. Att. 3, 7; id. Brut. 3, 12; cf. the foll. number fin. —

Ad inchoative (as in addubito, addormio, aduro, etc.), to get a sight of, to see, perceive, descry:

perii, si me aspexerit,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 164:

forte unam aspicio adulescentulam,

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

respexit et equum alacrem laetus aspexit,

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

tum vero Phaëthon cunctis e partibus orbem Aspicit accensum,

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

aspicit hanc visamque vocat,

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

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

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

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

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

a-spĭcĭo ( adsp-, Jan; asp-, others except Halm, who uses both), spexi, spectum, 3, v. a. (aspexit = aspexerit, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 25), to look to or upon a person or thing, to behold, look at, see.

Lit., constr. in the ante - class. per. sometimes with ad; but afterwards with the acc., with a finite clause, or absol.; in eccl. Lat., with in with acc., and super with acc.

With ad:

aspice ad me,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 38:

aspicient ad me,

Vulg. Zach. 12, 10:

aspicere ad terram,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 25:

ad caelum,

Vulg. 2 Macc. 7, 28:

Aspice nunc ad sinisteram,

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

ad Scrofam,

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

me huc aspice,

id. Am. 2, 2, 118:

faciem alicujus,

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

non audebat aspicere contra Deum,

Vulg. Exod. 3, 6:

formam alicujus aspicere,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 25:

tergum alicujus,

Vulg. Exod. 33, 8:

aspicite ipsum: contuemini os, etc.,

Cic. Sull. 27:

me,

Vulg. Job, 7, 8:

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

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

aspicis me iratus,

Cic. Phil. 2, 30 fin.:

hominis omnino aspiciendi potestatem eripere,

id. Lael. 23, 87:

ut nemo eorum forum aut publicum aspicere vellet,

Liv. 9, 7, 11:

aliquid rectis oculis,

Suet. Aug. 16:

Aspicit hanc torvis (oculis),

Ov. M. 6, 34:

aspiciunt oculis Superi mortalia justis,

id. ib. 13, 70:

aliquid oculis aequis,

Verg. A. 4, 372:

aspice vultus Ecce meos,

Ov. M. 2, 92 al.:

horrendae aspectu,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 26:

aspice nos hoc tantum,

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

unde aliqua pars aspici potest,

Cic. Mil. 3:

pulvis procul et arma adspiciebantur,

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

super triginta milia armatorum aspiciebantur,

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

Septentrionem ibi adnotatum primā tantum parte noctis adspici,

Plin. 2, 73, 75, § 185:

quasi eum aspici nefas esset,

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

adspici humana exta nefas habetur,

Plin. 28, 1, 2, § 5.—

Absol.:

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

Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 22:

postquam aspexi, ilico Cognovi,

id. Heaut. 4, 1, 43.—

With in with acc.:

in terram aspicere,

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

in caelum,

ib. Matt. 14, 9.—

With super with acc.:

super castra aspicere,

Vulg. Judith, 9, 7 al. —

Transf.

a.. Of things in space, to look toward, lie toward:

tabulatum aspiciat meridiem,

Col. 8, 8, 2:

cryptoporticus non aspicere vineas, sed tangere videtur,

Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 29:

ea pars Britanniae, quae Hiberniam aspicit,

Tac. Agr. 24:

terra umidior quā Gallias, ventosior quā Noricum aspicit,

id. G. 5.—

Of persons:

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

Tac. Agr. 30.—

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

hujus ut aspicerent opus admirabile,

Ov. M. 6, 14:

Boeotiam atque Euboeam aspicere jussi,

Liv. 42, 37:

in Boeotiā aspiciendae res,

id. 42, 67 fin.:

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

id. 42, 5; 26, 51; 32, 5 al.—

Trop.

In gen.: sic in oratione Crassi divitias atque ornamenta ejus ingenii per quaedam involucra perspexi;

sed ea cum contemplari cuperem, vix aspiciendi potestas fuit,

Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 161:

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

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

in auctorem fidei,

Vulg. Heb. 12, 2:

in remunerationem,

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

With acc.:

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

Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 50:

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

attends to them, Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 124: aspice, ait, Perseu, nostrae primordia gentis, Ov M. 5, 190.—

With a finite clause.

In the subj.:

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

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

aspiciebant, quomodo turba jactaret aes etc.,

Vulg. Marc. 12, 41:

aspiciebant, ubi (Jesus) poneretur,

ib. ib. 15, 47:

Quin tu illam aspice, ut placide adcubat,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 168:

quin aspice, quantum Aggrediare nefas,

Ov. M. 7, 70:

Aspice, venturo laetentur ut omnia saeclo!

Verg. E. 4, 52:

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

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

Aspice, num mage sit nostrum penetrabile telum,

Verg. A. 10, 481:

aspice, si quid loquamur,

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

Aspice, qui coeant populi,

Verg. A. 8, 385:

Qualem commendes, etiam atque etiam aspice,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 76: aspice, Quanto cum fastu, quanto molimine circumspectemus etc., id. ib. 2, 2, 92.—

In the indic. (rare):

Aspice, ut antrum Silvestris raris sparsit labrusca racemis,

Verg. E. 5, 6:

Aspice, ut insignis spoliis Marcellus opimis Ingreditur,

id. A. 6, 855:

quantas ostentant, aspice, vires,

id. ib. 6, 771:

Aspice, quem gloria extulerat,

id. Cat. 12, 1:

aspicite, quae fecit nobiscum,

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

si genus aspicitur, Saturnum prima parentem Feci,

Ov. F. 6, 29.—

Esp.

To look upon with respect, admiration:

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

Nep. Chabr. 4, 1.—

Aliquem, to look one boldly in the face, to meet his glance:

Lacedaemonii, quos nemo Boeotiorum ausus fuit aspicere in acie,

Nep. Epam. 8, 3 (cf. supra, I., the passage from Suet. Aug. 16). —

Lumen aspicere, to see the light for to live:

odi celebritatem, fugio homines, lucem aspicere vix possum,

Cic. Att. 3, 7; id. Brut. 3, 12; cf. the foll. number fin. —

Ad inchoative (as in addubito, addormio, aduro, etc.), to get a sight of, to see, perceive, descry:

perii, si me aspexerit,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 164:

forte unam aspicio adulescentulam,

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

respexit et equum alacrem laetus aspexit,

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

tum vero Phaëthon cunctis e partibus orbem Aspicit accensum,

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

aspicit hanc visamque vocat,

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

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

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

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

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

suspĭcĭo, spexi, spectum, 3, v. a. and n. [sub-specio].

To look up or upwards, to look up at a thing.

Lit.:

cum caelum suspeximus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 4; cf. id. ib. 2, 18, 49:

caelum,

Suet. Tit. 10:

summum de gurgite caelum,

Ov. M. 11, 506:

astra,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 25, 62:

ramos,

Ov. M. 14, 660:

pisces qui neque videntur a nobis neque ipsi nos suspicere possunt,

Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 81. — Poet.: nubes suspexit Olympus, looked up at, i. e. rose into the clouds, Luc. 6, 477: quae tuam matrem (i. e. Pleiadem) tellus a parte sinistrā Suspicit, which looks, i. e. is situated towards, Ov. M. 2, 840:

suspexit in caelum,

Cic. Rep. 6, 9, 9; 3, 2, 3.— Absol.:

nec suspicit nec circumspicit,

Cic. Div. 2, 34, 72:

formare vultus, respicientes, suspicientesque et despicientes,

Plin. 35, 8, 34, § 56.—

Trop.

In gen., to look up to a thing with the mind, to raise the thoughts up to:

nihil altum, nihil magnificum ac divinum suspicere possunt, qui, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 9, 32.—

In partic., to look up to with admiration, to admire, respect, regard, esteem, honor, etc. (opp. despicere, Sen. Vit. Beat. 25;

syn. stupeo): eos viros suspiciunt maximisque efferunt laudibus, in quibus, etc.,

Cic. Off. 2, 10, 36:

suspicit potentem humilis,

Vell. 2, 126, 2; Suet. Claud. 28:

eloquentiam,

Cic. Or. 28, 97:

naturam (with admirari),

id. Div. 2, 72, 148: honores praemiaque vestra, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 9, 2:

argentum et marmor vetus aeraque et artes,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 18.—

To look at secretly or askance; hence, by meton. (effectus pro causā), to mistrust, suspect (perh. only in participles; and most freq. in the part. perf.):

Bomilcar suspectus regi et ipse eum suspiciens,

Sall. J. 70, 1.—Hence, suspectus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to suspicio, II.), mistrusted, suspected; that excites suspicion.

Of persons, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 81:

habere aliquem falso suspectum,

id. ib. 3, 6, 43:

quo quis versutior et callidior est hoc invisior et suspectior detractā opinione probitatis,

Cic. Off. 2, 9, 34:

provincia de morbis,

Pall. 1, 16:

ne super tali scelere suspectum se haberet,

Sall. J. 71, 5:

in quādam causā suspectus,

Quint. 6, 3, 96:

in morte matris,

Suet. Vit. 14:

in eā (filiā),

id. Gram. 16; Tac. H. 1, 13:

suspectus societate consilii,

Vell. 2, 35, 3:

suspecti capitalium criminum,

Tac. A. 3, 60:

nimiae spei,

id. ib. 3, 29 fin.:

Licinius Proculus intimā familiaritate Othonis suspectus,

id. H. 1, 46:

aemulationis,

id. A. 13, 9:

proditionis,

Just. 5, 9, 12:

sceleris,

Curt. 6, 8, 3.—With dat.:

non clam me est, tibi me esse suspectam,

Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 1:

meis civibus suspectus,

Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 17; id. Quint. 4, 14:

cum filius jamjam patri suspectus esset de novercā,

id. Off. 3, 25, 94:

nomine neglegentiae suspectum esse alicui,

id. Fam. 2, 1, 1: suspectissimum quemque sibi haud cunctanter oppressit. Suet. Tit. 6.—With inf.:

suspectus consilia ejus fovisse,

Tac. H. 1, 46.—

Of things, concr. and abstr.:

(in tyrannorum vitā) omnia semper suspecta atque sollicita,

Cic. Lael, 15, 52:

(voluptas) invidiosum nomen est, infame, suspectum,

id. Fin. 2, 4, 12:

res,

Liv. 41, 24, 17:

ut quae suspecta erant, certa videantur,

Quint. 5, 9, 10:

in suspecto loco,

i. e. uncertain, critical, dangerous, Liv. 21, 7, 7:

in eā parte consedit, quae suspecta maxime erat,

Suet. Aug. 43:

lacus Ambiguis suspectus aquis,

Ov. M. 15, 333:

metuit accipiter Suspectos laqueos,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 51:

periculum,

Suet. Dom. 14:

suspectae horae (quartanae),

Sen. Ben. 6, 8, 1:

tumores,

Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 55:

aqua frigida,

id. 31, 6, 37, § 71:

promissum suspectius,

Quint. 5, 7, 14.—With dat.:

animi medicina pluribus suspecta et invisa,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 1, 1:

suspectam facit judici causam,

Quint. 5, 13, 51.— Neutr., with subject-clause:

crudele, suos addicere amores: Non dare, suspectum,

Ov. M. 1, 618.—

Act., suspicious, distrustful:

timidi et suspecti,

Cato, Dist. 4, 44; Amm. 29, 4, 5.

suspīcĭo (in good MSS. and edd. also suspītĭo; v. Brambach s. v.; Fleckeis. in Rhein. Mus. viii. p. 225 sqq.; and so always in Plaut. and Ter. acc. to Fleck., and in Cic. acc. to B. and K.; but cf. contra Corss. Ausspr. 2, 359 sq.), ōnis. f. [1. suspicio], mistrust, distrust, suspicion.

Lit.: improborum facta primo suspitio insequitur, [p. 1821] deinde sermo atque fama, tum accusator, tum judex, Cic. Fin. 1, 16, 50:

suspitionem et culpam ut ab se segregent,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 42:

tanta nunc suspitio de me incidit,

Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 7: redeunti ex ipsā re mi incidit suspitio;

hem, etc.,

id. And. 2, 2, 22:

in quā re nulla subest suspitio,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 10, 28:

erat porro nemo, in quem ea suspitio conveniret,

id. ib. 23, 65:

in quem ne si insidiis quidem interfectus esset, ulla caderet suspitio,

id. Att. 13, 10, 3:

suspitionem populi sensit moveri,

id. Rep. 2, 31, 54; cf. id. Fam. 2, 16, 2:

in suspitionem alicui venire,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 7, § 15; id. Fl. 33, 81; cf. Suet. Tib. 12:

in suspitionem cadere,

Cic. Phil. 11, 10, 24:

augetur Gallis suspicio,

Caes. B. G. 7, 45:

suspitionem levare atque ab se removere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 59, § 136:

aliquem suspitione exsolvere,

Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 26:

omnem offensionem suspitionis de aliquo deponere,

Cic. Fam. 13, 24, 2: suspitionem falsam saeviter ferre, Enn. ap. Non. 511, 5 (Trag. v. 349 Vahl.):

maligna insontem deprimit suspicio,

Phaedr. 3, 10, 36:

suspicione si quis errabit suā,

id. 3, prol. 45: audimus eum venisse in suspitionem Torquato de morte Pansae, Brut. ap. Cic. ad Brut. 1, 6, 2.— Plur.:

in amore haec omnia insunt vitia: injuriae, Suspitiones, inimicitiae,

Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 15:

multae causae suspitionum offensionumque dantur,

Cic. Lael. 24, 88:

cum ad has suspiciones certissimae res accederent,

Caes. B. G. 1, 19:

si minus honestas suspitiones injectas diluemus,

Cic. Inv. 1, 16, 22.—

With gen. obj.:

ne in suspitione ponatur stupri,

Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 27 (Ussing, suspicione):

in aliquem suspitionem amoris transferre,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 52:

alicui suspitionem ficte reconciliatae gratiae dare,

Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 4:

in suspitionem avaritiae venire,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 4, § 14:

in suspitionem conjurationis vocari,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 4, § 10:

qui in suspitionem incidit regni appetendi,

id. Mil. 27, 72:

belli subita suspitio,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 7, § 15:

expellere aliquem suspitione cognationis,

id. Rep. 2, 31, 54:

belli suspicione interpositā,

Caes. B. G. 4, 32:

dare timoris aliquam suspicionem,

id. ib. 7, 54:

habebit enim suspicionem adulterii,

Nep. Epam. 5, 5:

ea res minime firmam suspitionem veneni habet,

excites, Cic. Clu. 62, 174.—

With subject-clause:

suspitio est mihi, nunc vos suspicarier, etc.,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 149:

jam tum erat suspitio, Dolo malo haec fieri omnia,

Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 8:

addit fuisse suspitionem, veneno sibi conscivisse mortem,

Cic. Brut. 11, 43; cf. with quasi:

unde nata suspicio est, quasi desciscere a patre temptasset,

Suet. Tit. 5.—

Transf., in gen.

A notion, idea, suggestion (very rare; cf.:

opinio, conjectura): deorum,

Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 62: suspitione attingere intellegentiam aut maris aut terrae, id ib. 3, 25, 64:

suspitionem nullam habebam te rei publicae causā mare transiturum,

id. Att. 8, 11, D, 1.—

Objectively, an appearance, indication:

ne quam suspicionem infirmitatis daret,

Suet. Tib. 72:

nullā suspicione vulneris laesus,

Petr. 94 fin.:

mulsa quae suspicionem tantum possit habere dulcedinis,

Pall. Jan. 15, 8.

quaero (old orthogr. QVAIRO, Epitaphs of the Scipios, 6; for the original form and etym. quaeso, ĕre, v. quaeso), sīvi or sĭi, sītum, 3, v. a., to seek.

Lit.

In gen.: aliquem, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 43 Vahl.); Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 3:

te ipsum quaerebam,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 8, 3:

escam in sterquilinio,

Phaedr. 3, 12 init. —

In partic.

To seek to get or procure, to seek or search for a thing, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 38:

rem mercaturis faciendis,

Cic. Par. 6, 2, 46.— Absol.:

contrivi in quaerendo vitam atque aetatem meam,

Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 15; 5, 3, 27; Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 57; id. A. P. 170.—

Transf., to get, procure, obtain, acquire a thing:

uxores liberorum quaerendorum causā ducere,

Suet. Caes. 52:

liberorum quaerundorum causā ei uxor data est,

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

quaerunt litterae hae sibi liberos,

id. Ps. 1, 1, 21.—

To seek for something missing, to miss:

Siciliam in uberrimā Siciliae parte,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 47:

optatos Tyndaridas,

Prop. 1, 17, 18:

Phoebi comam,

Tib. 2, 3, 20:

amnes,

Stat. Th. 4, 703.—

To ask, desire, with ut and subj.:

quaeris ut suscipiam cogitationem quidnam istis agendum putem,

Cic. Att. 14, 20, 4.—

Trop.

In gen., to seek, i. e. to think over, meditate, aim at, plan a thing:

dum id quaero, tibi qui filium restituerem,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 83:

quonam modo maxime ulti sanguinem nostrum pereamus,

Sall. C. 33,5:

fugam,

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

sibi remedium ad rem aliquam,

id. Clu. 9, 27:

de gratiā quid significares, mecum ipse quaerebam,

id. Att. 9, 11, A, 1.—With inf.:

tristitiae causam si quis cognoscere quaerit,

seeks, strives, endeavors, Ov. Tr. 5, 4, 7; id. Am. 1, 8, 51; Hor. C. 3, 4, 39; id. Ep. 1, 1, 2 al.—

In partic.

To look for, seek to gain any thing; to get, acquire, obtain, procure:

laudem sibi,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 74:

salutem alicui malo,

id. Ad. 3, 2, 2:

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

Cic. Ac. 1, 5, 19:

pudentem exitum suae impudentiae,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 2:

invidiam in aliquem,

id. Rab. Post. 17, 46. —

Of inanim. and abstr. subjects, to demand, need, require, = requirere:

quod cujusquam oratoris eloquentiam quaereret,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 29:

lites ex limitibus judicem quaerant,

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

bellum dictatoriam majestatem quaesivisset,

Liv. 8, 30:

quaerit Boeotia Dircen,

Ov. M. 2, 239. —

To seek to learn from any one; to ask, inquire, interrogate (cf.: interrogo, percontor).

With ab:

cum ab iis saepius quaereret,

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

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

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 83, § 191:

quaesivit a medicis, quemadmodum se haberet,

Nep. Dion, 2, 4:

a quo cum quaesisset, quo se deduci vellet,

id. Epam. 4, 5; cf. Cic. N. D. 1, 22, 60. —

With de:

quaerebat paulo ante de me, quid, etc.,

Cic. Pis. 9, 18:

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

id. Vatin. 4, 10:

quaero de te, arbitrerisne, etc.,

Liv. 4, 40:

cura tibi de quo quaerere nulla fuit,

Ov. P. 4, 3, 18.—

With ex:

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

Cic. Fam. 3, 6, 1:

quaerit ex solo ea, quae, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 18.—

With a rel.-clause:

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

Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 3:

natura fieret laudabile carmen, an arte, Quaesitum est,

Hor. A. P. 409:

quaeritur inter medicos, cujus generis aquae sint utilissimae,

Plin. 31, 3, 21, § 31.—

To desire,

With inf. (post-Aug.):

e monte aliquo in alium transilire quaerens,

Plin. 8, 53, 79, § 214:

qui mutare sedes quaerebant,

Tac. G. 2.—

Transf., of animals, plants, etc., to desire, prefer, seek:

salictum et harundinetum... umidum locum quaerunt,

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

glires aridum locum quaerunt,

id. ib. 3, 15, 2; Col. 1, praef. §

26: lupinum quaerit maxime sabulosa,

Plin. 18, 14, 36, § 134;

so of the soil: ager aquosus plus stercoris quaerit,

demands, Pall. 1, 6, 15.—

To examine or inquire into judicially, to investigate, institute an investigation; with [p. 1502] acc. (rare):

hunc abduce, vinci, rem quaere,

Ter. Ad. 3 (4), 36:

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

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

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

Cic. Verr. 1, 9, 27:

de morte alicujus,

id. Rosc. Am. 41, 119:

de servo in dominum,

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

aliquid per tormenta,

Suet. Tib. 58:

legibus,

to investigate according to the laws, impartially, Plin. Ep. 5, 21, 3. —

Transf.: si quaeris, si quaerimus (prop., if we, or you, look well into the matter; if we, or you, would know the truth), to say the truth, in fact, to speak honestly:

omnino, si quaeris, ludi apparatissimi,

Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 2:

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

id. Sen. 18, 65:

si quaeritis,

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

too, si verum quaeris,

id. Fam. 12, 8, 1:

si verum quaeritis,

id. de Or. 2, 34, 146:

si verum quaerimus,

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

noli quaerere: ita mihi pulcher hic dies visus est,

id. Fam. 4, 4, 3:

quid quaeris? biduo factus est mihi familiaris,

id. ib. 3, 1, 2.— Hence, quaesītus, a, um, P. a., sought out.

In a good sense, select, special, extraordinary (mostly post-Aug.): epulae quaesitissumae, Sall. ap. Macr. S. 2, 9, 9 (Sall. H. 2, 23, 4 Dietsch); comp.:

leges quaesitiores (opp. simplices),

Tac. A. 3, 26:

quaesitior adulatio,

id. ib. 3, 57.— Sup.:

quaesitissimi honores,

Tac. A. 2, 53.—

In a bad sense (opp. to what is natural), far-fetched, studied, affected, assumed (class.):

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

Cic. Or. 26, 89:

ut numerus non quaesitus, sed ipse secutus esse videatur,

id. ib. 65, 219:

comitas,

Tac. A. 6, 50:

asperitas,

id. ib. 5, 3.—

Subst.: quaesītum, i, n.

A question ( poet.):

accipe quaesiti causam,

Ov. M. 4, 793; id. F. 1, 278; Hor. S. 2, 6, 82.—

A question as a rhetorical figure, = pusma, Mart. Cap. 5, § 524.