worth seeing

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vīso, si, sum, 3, v. freq. a. and n. [video], to look at attentively, to view, behold, survey (class.).

Lit.:

ludos nuptiales,

Plaut. Cas. 5, 1, 2:

ex muris visite agros vestros ferro inique vastatos,

Liv. 3, 68, 2:

praeda Macedonica omnis, ut viseretur, exposita,

id. 45, 33, 5:

ubi audiret potius contumelias inperatoris quam viseret,

Tac. A. 14, 1.— Absol.:

vise, specta tuo arbitratu,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 106:

visendi causā venire,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 9:

undigue visendi studio Trojana juventus Circumfusa ruit,

Verg. A. 2, 63. — P. a.: visendus, to be seen, worth seeing:

ornatus,

Cic. Vatin. 13, 31:

arbores visendae magnitudinis,

Plin. 16, 44, 91, § 242.— Pass.: nec civitas ulla visitur, is seen, i. e. exists, Amm. 16, 3, 1.— Subst.: vīsenda, ōrum, n., objects worth notice, sights:

Athenae multa visenda habentes,

Liv. 45, 27.—

Transf.

To go or come in order to look at, to see to, look after; constr. with acc., a rel.-clause, or ad.

With acc.:

illa in arcem abivit, aedem visere Minervae,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 59; cf. id. Rud. 5, 1, 6: fit concursus per vias;

Filios suos quisque visunt,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 28.—

With rel.-clause:

ego quid me velles, visebam,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 4; id. Mil. 3, 1, 113; id. Bacch. 4, 8, 60; Ter. Phorm. 2, 4, 5 al.:

visam si domi est,

id. Heaut. 1, 1, 118; id. Eun. 3, 4, 7.—

With ad:

vise ad portum,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 114:

accensus dicit sic: omnes Quirites, inlicium visite huc ad judices,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 88 Müll.—

To go to see, to visit any one, esp. a sick person (qs. to see how he is).

With acc.:

constitui ad te venire, ut et viderem te et viserem et cenarem etiam,

Cic. Fam. 9, 23:

uxorem Pamphili,

Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 6 sq.:

quae Paphon visit,

Hor. C. 3, 28, 15:

altos Visere montes,

id. ib. 1, 2, 8 et saep.— Pass., of places:

propter quem Thespiae visuntur,

is visited, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 2, § 4:

Cn. Octavii domus cum vulgo viseretur,

id. Off. 1, 39, 138.—

With ad:

aegram esse simulant mulierem: nostra ilico It visere ad eam,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 114; cf.: L. Piso ap. Gell. 6, 9, 5; Lucr. 6, 1238; Ov. Am. 2, 2, 22.

vīso, si, sum, 3, v. freq. a. and n. [video], to look at attentively, to view, behold, survey (class.).

Lit.:

ludos nuptiales,

Plaut. Cas. 5, 1, 2:

ex muris visite agros vestros ferro inique vastatos,

Liv. 3, 68, 2:

praeda Macedonica omnis, ut viseretur, exposita,

id. 45, 33, 5:

ubi audiret potius contumelias inperatoris quam viseret,

Tac. A. 14, 1.— Absol.:

vise, specta tuo arbitratu,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 106:

visendi causā venire,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 9:

undigue visendi studio Trojana juventus Circumfusa ruit,

Verg. A. 2, 63. — P. a.: visendus, to be seen, worth seeing:

ornatus,

Cic. Vatin. 13, 31:

arbores visendae magnitudinis,

Plin. 16, 44, 91, § 242.— Pass.: nec civitas ulla visitur, is seen, i. e. exists, Amm. 16, 3, 1.— Subst.: vīsenda, ōrum, n., objects worth notice, sights:

Athenae multa visenda habentes,

Liv. 45, 27.—

Transf.

To go or come in order to look at, to see to, look after; constr. with acc., a rel.-clause, or ad.

With acc.:

illa in arcem abivit, aedem visere Minervae,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 59; cf. id. Rud. 5, 1, 6: fit concursus per vias;

Filios suos quisque visunt,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 28.—

With rel.-clause:

ego quid me velles, visebam,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 4; id. Mil. 3, 1, 113; id. Bacch. 4, 8, 60; Ter. Phorm. 2, 4, 5 al.:

visam si domi est,

id. Heaut. 1, 1, 118; id. Eun. 3, 4, 7.—

With ad:

vise ad portum,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 114:

accensus dicit sic: omnes Quirites, inlicium visite huc ad judices,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 88 Müll.—

To go to see, to visit any one, esp. a sick person (qs. to see how he is).

With acc.:

constitui ad te venire, ut et viderem te et viserem et cenarem etiam,

Cic. Fam. 9, 23:

uxorem Pamphili,

Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 6 sq.:

quae Paphon visit,

Hor. C. 3, 28, 15:

altos Visere montes,

id. ib. 1, 2, 8 et saep.— Pass., of places:

propter quem Thespiae visuntur,

is visited, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 2, § 4:

Cn. Octavii domus cum vulgo viseretur,

id. Off. 1, 39, 138.—

With ad:

aegram esse simulant mulierem: nostra ilico It visere ad eam,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 114; cf.: L. Piso ap. Gell. 6, 9, 5; Lucr. 6, 1238; Ov. Am. 2, 2, 22.

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co-gnosco, gnōvi, gnĭtum, 3 ( tempp. perff. contr. cognosti, Ter. And. 3, 4, 7:

cognostis,

id. Hec. prol. 8:

cognoram,

Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 143; Cat. 66, 26:

cognoro,

Cic. Att. 7, 20, 2; id. Fam. 2, 11, 2 fin.: cognorim, Cael. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 9, A, 1:

cognoris,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 35; Lucr. 6, 534:

cognorit,

Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 11:

cognosses,

Cic. Fl. 21, 51; Cat. 91, 3:

cognossent,

Nep. Lys. 4 fin.:

cognosse,

Lucr. 1, 331; Cat. 90, 3; Ov. M. 15, 4 al.; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, 532; 2, 535), v. a. [nosco].

To become thoroughly acquainted with (by the senses or mentally), to learn by inquiring, to examine, investigate, perceive, see, understand, learn; and, in tempp. perff. (cf. nosco) to know (very freq. in all periods and species of composition); constr. with acc., with acc. and inf., or a rel.-clause as object, and with ex, ab, the abl. alone, or per, with the source, etc., of the information, and with de.

By the senses:

credit enim sensus ignem cognoscere vere,

Lucr. 1, 697; 6, 194; Enn. Ann. ap. Pers. 6, 9 (v. 16 Vahl.); cf.:

doctas cognoscere Athenas,

Prop. 1, 6, 13; so,

regiones,

Caes. B. G. 3, 7:

domos atque villas,

Sall. C. 12, 3:

Elysios campos, etc.,

Tib. 3, 5, 23:

totum amnem,

Verg. A. 9, 245:

sepulcra,

Suet. Calig. 3:

Aegyptum proficisci cognoscendae antiquitatis,

Tac. A. 2, 59; cf. Nep. Att. 18, 1:

infantem,

Suet. Calig. 13:

si quid dignum cognitu,

worth seeing, Suet. Aug. 43 rem, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 275, 22:

ab iis Caesar haec dicta cognovit, qui sermoni interfuerunt,

Caes. B. C 3, 18 fin.:

si tantus amor casus cognoscere nostros.. Incipiam, Verg A. 2, 10: verum, quod institui dicere, miserias cognoscite sociorum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 27, § 65:

aliquid et litteris et nuntiis cognoscere,

id. Fam. 1, 5, 1; 14, 5, 1; 14, 6 init.:

iter ex perfugis,

Sall. C. 57, 3; id. J. 112, 1 al:

per exploratores cognovit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 22; 5, 49; 2, 11;

7, 16: deditio per nuntios cognita,

Sall. H. Fragm. 2, 22 Gerl.:

de Marcelli salute, Cic Fam. 4, 4, 3: de Bruto,

id. Att. 5, 21, 10;

Sall J. 73, 1: his (quibus) rebus cognitis very freq. in the historians,

Caes. B G. 1, 19, 1, 33; 2, 17; 4, 30 et saep., so in abl. absol. cognito, vivere Ptolemaeum, Liv. 33, 41, 5, so id. 37, 13, 5, 44, 28, 4 al.; v. Zumpt, Gram. § 647.—

Like the Engl. to know, the Heb. (v. Gesen. Lex. s. h. v 3), and the Gr. gignôskô (v. Lidd. and Scott, under the word, III.), euphem of sexual intercourse, Ov. H. 6, 133 aliquam adulterio, Just 5, 2, 5, 22, 1, 13: cognita, Cat 61, 147; Tac. H 4, 44.—

Mentally, to become acquainted with, learn, recognize, know:

nihil certum sciri, nihil plane cognosci et percipi possit,

Cic. de Or 1, 51, 222, Lucr 2, 840;

quod Di vitiaci fratris summum in populum Romanum studium cognoverat,

Caes. B. G 1, 19; cf. Sall. C. 51, 16 quem tu, cum ephebum Temni cognosses, Cic. Fl. 21, 51 et saep.: id se a Gallicis armis atque insignibus cognovisse, knew by their weapons and insignia (diff. from ex and ab aliquo, to learn from any one, v ab), Caes. B G. 1, 22; Ov. P 2, 10, 1; Phaedr. 4, 21, 22.—With acc. and inf: nunc animam quoque ut in membris cognoscere possis esse, Lucr 3, 117; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 18, 25: cum paucitatem mililum ex castrorum exiguitate cognosceret, Caes B G. 4, 30: aetatem eorum ex dentibus, Varr R. R. 2, 8 fin.:

sed Metello jam antea experimentis cognitum erat, genus Numidarum infidum... esse,

Sall. J 46, 3 al. —With acc. and part.:

aliter ac sperarat rempublicam se habentem,

Nep. Ham. 2, 1.—With rel.- clause:

tandem cognosti qui siem, Ter And. 3, 4, 7: id socordiāne an casu acciderit, parum cognovi,

Sall. J. 79, 5 al. —

To recognize that which is already known, acknowledge, identify (rare for agnosco): vereor, ne me quoque, cum domum ab Ilio cessim revertero, Praeter canem cognoscat nemo, Varr. ap. Non. p. 276, 9:

eum haec cognovit Myrrhina,

Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 32:

primum ostendimus Cethego signum: cognovit,

Cic. Cat. 3, 5, 10; cf.:

sigilla, ova,

id. Ac. 2, 26, 86; Lucr. 2, 349:

pecus exceptum est, quod intra dies XXX. domini cognovissent,

to identify, Liv. 24, 16, 5; cf.:

ut suum quisque per triduum cognitum abduceret,

id. 3, 10, 1; Ov. F. 2, 185:

video et cognosco signum,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 45:

faciem suam,

Ov. A. A. 3, 508:

cognito regis corpore,

Just. 2, 6, 20:

mores,

Ov. P. 3, 2, 105.—So esp., to identify a person before a tribunal:

cum eum Syracusis amplius centum cives Romani cognoscerent,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 5, § 14; 2, 5, 28, § 72.—

With the access. idea of individual exertion (cf. Gr. gignôskô), to seek or strive to know something, to inquire into, to investigate, examine (so freq. only as a jurid. and milit. t. t.):

accipe, cognosce signum,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 31.

Jurid. t. t., to examine a case in law, to investigate judicially (cf. cognitio):

Verres adesse jubebat, Verres cognoscebat, Verres judicabat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 10, § 26; cf. Quint. 4, 2, 21; Dig. 13, 4, 4 al.—So absol.:

si judicas, cognosce,

Sen. Med. 194.—With acc.:

causam,

Quint. 4, 1, 3; cf. id. 11, 1, 77 Spald. N. cr.:

causas,

Cic. Off. 2, 23, 82; id. Verr. 2, 2, 48, § 118. COGNITIONES, Inscr. Orell. 3042.—With de:

de agro Campano,

Cic. Phil. 5, 19, 53:

de Caesaris actis,

id. Att. 16, 16 B, 8:

de hereditate,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 7, § 19:

hac de re,

id. ib. 2, 1, 10, § 27; cf. Quint. 6, 3, 85; 7, 4, 35; 8, 3, 62 al.; Suet. Aug. 55; 93; id. Tib. 33; id. Calig. 38 al.:

super aliquā re,

Dig. 23, 2, 13:

familiae herciscundae, i. e. ex actione familiae herciscundae,

ib. 28, 5, 35; cf. ib. 27, 2, 2.—

Transf., of critics and the criticising public:

cognoscere atque ignoscere, Quae veteres factitarunt, si faciunt novi,

Ter. Eun. prol. 42; cf. id. Hec. prol. 3 and 8.—And of private persons in gen.:

et cognoscendi et ignoscendi dabitur peccati locus,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 6.—

Milit. t. t., to reconnoitre, to act the part of a scout:

qualis esset natura montis et qualis in circuitu ascensus, qui cognoscerent, misit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 21 al— Also merely to inquire into, examine:

numerum tuorum militum reliquiasque,

Cic. Pis. 37, 91 (al. recognoscere).—Hence, *

cognoscens, entis, P. a., acquainted with:

cognoscens sui,

Auct. Her. 4, 18, 25. —Subst. in jurid. lang., one who investigates judicially Inscr Orell 3151; 3185.—

* Adv.: cognoscenter, with knowledge, distinctly:

ut cognoscenter te videam,

Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 22.—

cognĭtus, a, um, P. a., known, acknowledged, approved. res penitus perspectae planeque cognitae, Cic. de Or. 1, 23, 108, cf. id. ib 1, 20, 92; id. Fam. 1, 7, 2. dierum ratio pervulgata et cognita, id. Mur 11, 25:

homo virtute cognitā et spectatā fide,

id. Caecin. 36, 104.—With dat.:

mihi Galba, Otho, Vitellius nec beneficio nec injuriā cogniti,

Tac. H. 1, 1, so Plin. 12, 21, 45, § 99.— Comp.:

cognitiora, Ov Tr. 4, 6, 28. cognitius,

id. M. 14, 15.— Sup.:

cognitissima,

Cat. 4, 14.

con-spĭcĭo, spexi, spectum, 3, v. a. and n., to look at attentively, to get sight of, to descry, perceive, observe (class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.

In gen.

Absol.:

inter eas regiones, quā oculi conspiciant,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 9 Müll.:

in tabernam,

Petr. 140, 14.—

With acc.:

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

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 122:

quae aedes... quas quotiensquomque conspicio, fleo,

id. Capt. 1, 1, 29:

si queat usquam Conspicere amissum fetum,

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

ut procul novum vehiculum Argonautarum e monte conspexit,

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

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

Caes. B. G. 2, 21:

quos cum apud se in castris Ariovistus conspexisset,

id. ib. 1, 47:

ubi primum nostros equites conspexerunt,

id. ib. 4, 12;

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

Plin. 2, 25, 23, § 94:

qui lucus ex insulā conspiciebatur,

Nep. Milt. 7, 3:

conspici inter se,

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

cum inter se conspecti essent,

id. 33, 6, 4:

hunc simulac cupido conspexit lumine virgo,

Cat. 64, 86:

conspectis luminibus crebris,

Liv. 31, 24, 7:

locum insidiis conspeximus ipsi,

Verg. A. 9, 237:

quae mihi tunc primum, tunc est conspecta supremum,

Ov. M. 12, 526:

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

Curt. 3, 3, 8:

conspecto delatore ejus,

Suet. Dom. 11:

rugas in speculo,

Ov. M. 15, 232:

cornua in undā,

id. ib. 1, 640:

arcem,

id. ib. 2, 794:

scopulum,

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

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

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

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

Cic. Mur. 41, 88:

strata volgi pedibus detrita viarum Saxea,

Lucr. 1, 315:

superiora loca multitudine armatorum completa,

Caes. B. G. 3, 3:

quos laborantes,

id. ib. 4, 26:

aliquos ex nave egredientes,

id. ib.:

aliquem conspiciens ad se ferentem,

Nep. Dat. 4, 5:

naves suas oppletas serpentibus,

id. Hann. 11, 6:

(Hannibalem) humi jacentem,

Liv. 21, 4, 7:

adrasum quendam,

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

quamvis non alius flectere equum sciens Aeque conspicitur,

id. C. 3, 7, 26:

cum interim Metellus, monte degrediens cum exercitu, conspicitur,

Sall. J. 49, 5 dub.;

v. conspicor: terribilior niger conspicitur (canis),

Col. 7, 12, 4.—

With acc. and inf.:

corpus ut exanimum siquod procul ipse jacere Conspicias hominis,

Lucr. 6, 706:

qui nostros victores flumen transisse conspexerant,

Caes. B. G. 2, 24:

centum procurrere currus,

Cato, 64, 389; Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 45.—

Pregn., to look at with admiration or close attention, to gaze upon, observe, contemplate.

Act.:

quid nunc supina sursum in caelum conspicis?

Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 78:

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

Liv. 1, 26, 9:

Demetrium ut pacis auctorem cum ingenti favore conspiciebant,

id. 39, 53, 2:

quem cum omnes conspicerent propter novitatem ornatūs ignotamque formam,

Nep. Dat. 3, 3:

cum bene notum Porticus Agrippae te conspexerit,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 26.—

Esp. pass.: conspici, to attract attention, to be conspicuous, noticed, observed, distinguished, admired:

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

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

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

Sall. C. 7, 6:

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

Nep. Att. 13, 5:

quid te ut regium juvenem conspici sinis?

Liv. 1, 47, 5:

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

id. 5, 23, 5:

vestitus nihil inter aequales excellens, arma atque equi conspiciebantur,

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

quorum Conspicitur nitidis fundata pecunia villis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 46:

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

Ov. M. 4, 19:

prima bonis animi conspicerere tui,

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

carere me adspectu civium quam infestis oculis omnium conspici mallem,

Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 17: ne quid faciat, quod conspici et derideri posset, Aug. ap. Suet. Claud. 4.—

Trop., to perceive mentally, to understand, comprehend:

satis in rem quae sint meam ego conspicio mihi,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 10:

quantum ego nunc corde conspicio meo,

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

ut conspiciatis eum mentibus, quoniam oculis non potestis,

Cic. Balb. 20, 47:

nullus error talis in L. Aemilio Paulo conspectus est,

Val. Max. 7, 5, 3.—Hence,

conspĭcĭens, entis, P. a. (acc. to II. B.), having understanding, intelligent:

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

Sen. Const. 16, 3 Haase (al. consipiente). —

conspectus, a, um, P. a.

(Acc. to I. A. 1.) Visible:

tumulus hosti conspectus,

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

agmina inter se satis conspecta,

id. 22, 4, 6. —

(Acc. to I. B.) Striking, distinguished, remarkable, gazed at, = conspicuus (perh. not ante-Aug.):

Pallas chlamyde et pictis conspectus in armis,

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

victor Tyrio in ostro,

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

juventus,

Ov. M. 12, 553:

patris avique fama conspectum eum faciebat,

Liv. 45, 7, 3:

conspectus elatusque supra modum hominis privati,

id. 4, 13, 3.— Comp., Ov. M. 4, 796; Liv. 2, 5, 5; Tac. H. 4, 11; Just. 11, 5; Juv. 8, 140 al.— Sup. and adv. apparently not in use.—

conspĭcĭendus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.), worth seeing, worthy of attention, distinguished (perh. not ante-Aug.):

insideat celeri conspiciendus equo,

Tib. 1, 2, 70:

Nemesis donis meis,

id. 2, 3, 52:

Hyas formā,

Ov. F. 5, 170:

mater formosa Inter Dictaeos greges,

id. ib. 5, 118:

eques,

id. Tr. 2, 114:

opus vel in hac magnificentiā urbis,

Liv. 6, 4, 11; Val. Fl. 1, 261; Mart. 9, 50, 10.

conspĭcĭo, ōnis, f. [1. conspicio], the survey taken by the augur in fixing the limits of the templum, Varr. L. L. 7, § 9 Müll.

con-spĭcĭo, spexi, spectum, 3, v. a. and n., to look at attentively, to get sight of, to descry, perceive, observe (class. in prose and poetry).

Lit.

In gen.

Absol.:

inter eas regiones, quā oculi conspiciant,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 9 Müll.:

in tabernam,

Petr. 140, 14.—

With acc.:

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

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 122:

quae aedes... quas quotiensquomque conspicio, fleo,

id. Capt. 1, 1, 29:

si queat usquam Conspicere amissum fetum,

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

ut procul novum vehiculum Argonautarum e monte conspexit,

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

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

Caes. B. G. 2, 21:

quos cum apud se in castris Ariovistus conspexisset,

id. ib. 1, 47:

ubi primum nostros equites conspexerunt,

id. ib. 4, 12;

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

Plin. 2, 25, 23, § 94:

qui lucus ex insulā conspiciebatur,

Nep. Milt. 7, 3:

conspici inter se,

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

cum inter se conspecti essent,

id. 33, 6, 4:

hunc simulac cupido conspexit lumine virgo,

Cat. 64, 86:

conspectis luminibus crebris,

Liv. 31, 24, 7:

locum insidiis conspeximus ipsi,

Verg. A. 9, 237:

quae mihi tunc primum, tunc est conspecta supremum,

Ov. M. 12, 526:

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

Curt. 3, 3, 8:

conspecto delatore ejus,

Suet. Dom. 11:

rugas in speculo,

Ov. M. 15, 232:

cornua in undā,

id. ib. 1, 640:

arcem,

id. ib. 2, 794:

scopulum,

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

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

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

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

Cic. Mur. 41, 88:

strata volgi pedibus detrita viarum Saxea,

Lucr. 1, 315:

superiora loca multitudine armatorum completa,

Caes. B. G. 3, 3:

quos laborantes,

id. ib. 4, 26:

aliquos ex nave egredientes,

id. ib.:

aliquem conspiciens ad se ferentem,

Nep. Dat. 4, 5:

naves suas oppletas serpentibus,

id. Hann. 11, 6:

(Hannibalem) humi jacentem,

Liv. 21, 4, 7:

adrasum quendam,

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

quamvis non alius flectere equum sciens Aeque conspicitur,

id. C. 3, 7, 26:

cum interim Metellus, monte degrediens cum exercitu, conspicitur,

Sall. J. 49, 5 dub.;

v. conspicor: terribilior niger conspicitur (canis),

Col. 7, 12, 4.—

With acc. and inf.:

corpus ut exanimum siquod procul ipse jacere Conspicias hominis,

Lucr. 6, 706:

qui nostros victores flumen transisse conspexerant,

Caes. B. G. 2, 24:

centum procurrere currus,

Cato, 64, 389; Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 45.—

Pregn., to look at with admiration or close attention, to gaze upon, observe, contemplate.

Act.:

quid nunc supina sursum in caelum conspicis?

Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 78:

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

Liv. 1, 26, 9:

Demetrium ut pacis auctorem cum ingenti favore conspiciebant,

id. 39, 53, 2:

quem cum omnes conspicerent propter novitatem ornatūs ignotamque formam,

Nep. Dat. 3, 3:

cum bene notum Porticus Agrippae te conspexerit,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 26.—

Esp. pass.: conspici, to attract attention, to be conspicuous, noticed, observed, distinguished, admired:

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

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

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

Sall. C. 7, 6:

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

Nep. Att. 13, 5:

quid te ut regium juvenem conspici sinis?

Liv. 1, 47, 5:

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

id. 5, 23, 5:

vestitus nihil inter aequales excellens, arma atque equi conspiciebantur,

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

quorum Conspicitur nitidis fundata pecunia villis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 46:

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

Ov. M. 4, 19:

prima bonis animi conspicerere tui,

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

carere me adspectu civium quam infestis oculis omnium conspici mallem,

Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 17: ne quid faciat, quod conspici et derideri posset, Aug. ap. Suet. Claud. 4.—

Trop., to perceive mentally, to understand, comprehend:

satis in rem quae sint meam ego conspicio mihi,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 10:

quantum ego nunc corde conspicio meo,

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

ut conspiciatis eum mentibus, quoniam oculis non potestis,

Cic. Balb. 20, 47:

nullus error talis in L. Aemilio Paulo conspectus est,

Val. Max. 7, 5, 3.—Hence,

conspĭcĭens, entis, P. a. (acc. to II. B.), having understanding, intelligent:

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

Sen. Const. 16, 3 Haase (al. consipiente). —

conspectus, a, um, P. a.

(Acc. to I. A. 1.) Visible:

tumulus hosti conspectus,

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

agmina inter se satis conspecta,

id. 22, 4, 6. —

(Acc. to I. B.) Striking, distinguished, remarkable, gazed at, = conspicuus (perh. not ante-Aug.):

Pallas chlamyde et pictis conspectus in armis,

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

victor Tyrio in ostro,

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

juventus,

Ov. M. 12, 553:

patris avique fama conspectum eum faciebat,

Liv. 45, 7, 3:

conspectus elatusque supra modum hominis privati,

id. 4, 13, 3.— Comp., Ov. M. 4, 796; Liv. 2, 5, 5; Tac. H. 4, 11; Just. 11, 5; Juv. 8, 140 al.— Sup. and adv. apparently not in use.—

conspĭcĭendus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.), worth seeing, worthy of attention, distinguished (perh. not ante-Aug.):

insideat celeri conspiciendus equo,

Tib. 1, 2, 70:

Nemesis donis meis,

id. 2, 3, 52:

Hyas formā,

Ov. F. 5, 170:

mater formosa Inter Dictaeos greges,

id. ib. 5, 118:

eques,

id. Tr. 2, 114:

opus vel in hac magnificentiā urbis,

Liv. 6, 4, 11; Val. Fl. 1, 261; Mart. 9, 50, 10.

conspĭcĭo, ōnis, f. [1. conspicio], the survey taken by the augur in fixing the limits of the templum, Varr. L. L. 7, § 9 Müll.

spectābĭlis, e, adj. [specto].

In gen., that may be seen, visible:

corpus caeli,

Cic. Univ. 8 (al. aspectabile); so,

corpus,

Ov. Tr. 3, 8, 35:

purus ab arboribus, spectabilis undique campus,

i. e. open, id. M. 3, 709.—

Pregn., that is worth seeing, notable, admirable, remarkable (only poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

Niobe Vestibus intexto Phrygiis spectabilis auro,

Ov. M. 6, 166:

quod sit roseo spectabilis ore,

id. ib. 7, 705:

heros,

id. ib. 7, 496:

mons topiario naturae opere,

Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 29:

flumen portu,

id. 5, 1, 1, § 13:

texenda spectabili subtilitate,

id. 16, 37, 68, § 174:

pulchra et spectabilis victoria,

Tac. Agr. 34 fin.:

mater spectabile tela duxit opus,

Val. Fl. 1, 429.—

Under the emperors: Spectabilis, a title of high officers:

apud virum Spectabilem proconsulem,

Cod. Just. 2, 7, 11 fin.:

judices,

ib. 7, 62, 32:

praefectus vigilum,

Dig. 1, 15, 3.