perspicio, perspicere, perspexi, perspectus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Frequent
see through; examine; observe;
Conjugations
Finite Forms
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | perspicio | perspicimus |
| 2 | perspicis | perspicitis |
| 3 | perspicit | perspiciunt |
Infinitives
| Voice | Tense | Forms |
|---|---|---|
| active | present | perspicere |
| active | perfect | perspexisse |
| passive | present | perspici |
Imperatives
active
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | perspice, perspic | perspicite |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | perspicito | perspicitote |
| 3 | perspicito | perspicunto |
passive
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | perspicere | perspicimini |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | perspicitor | — |
| 3 | perspicitor | perspicuntor |
Participles
Perfect Passive Participle
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | perspectus | perspecti |
| Gen. | perspecti | perspectorum |
| Dat. | perspecto | — |
| Acc. | perspectum | perspectos |
| Voc. | perspecte | perspecti |
| Abl. | perspecto | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | perspecta | perspectae |
| Gen. | perspectae | perspectarum |
| Dat. | perspectae | — |
| Acc. | perspectam | perspectas |
| Voc. | perspecta | perspectae |
| Abl. | perspecta | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | perspectum | perspecta |
| Gen. | perspecti | perspectorum |
| Dat. | perspecto | — |
| Acc. | perspectum | perspecta |
| Voc. | perspectum | perspecta |
| Abl. | perspecto | — |
Supines
accusative: perspectum; ablative: perspectu
Examples
Captivi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...quid tu huic temere insistas credere. atque, ut perspicio, profecto iam aliquid pugnae edidit. filium tuom quod redimere..."XVIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...bene artes et profundae mentis consilia perspicio, respondere sibi videtur plus quam mater interrogat. fallitur, quisquis hunc esse..."VII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...potes mihi fateri! sed si bene gaudii tui perspicio secretum, non putas te negare, quia vidi. adrogantissime percussorum..."Liber Secundus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...intellego; ista varietas quae sit non satis perspicio, quod ais, cum dolore careamus, tum in summa voluptate..."