specto, spectare, spectavi, spectatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
observe, watch, look at, see; test; consider;
Conjugations
Finite Forms
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | specto | spectamus |
| 2 | spectas | spectatis |
| 3 | spectat | spectant |
Infinitives
| Voice | Tense | Forms |
|---|---|---|
| active | present | spectare |
| active | perfect | spectavisse |
| passive | present | spectari |
Imperatives
active
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | specta | spectate |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | spectato | spectatote |
| 3 | spectato | spectanto |
passive
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | spectare | spectamini |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | spectator | — |
| 3 | spectator | spectantor |
Participles
Perfect Passive Participle
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | spectatus | spectati |
| Gen. | spectati | spectatorum |
| Dat. | spectato | — |
| Acc. | spectatum | spectatos |
| Voc. | spectate | spectati |
| Abl. | spectato | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | spectata | spectatae |
| Gen. | spectatae | spectatarum |
| Dat. | spectatae | — |
| Acc. | spectatam | spectatas |
| Voc. | spectata | spectatae |
| Abl. | spectata | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | spectatum | spectata |
| Gen. | spectati | spectatorum |
| Dat. | spectato | — |
| Acc. | spectatum | spectata |
| Voc. | spectatum | spectata |
| Abl. | spectato | — |
Gerundive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | spectandus | — |
| Gen. | spectandi | — |
| Dat. | spectando | — |
| Acc. | spectandum | — |
| Voc. | spectande | — |
| Abl. | spectando | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | spectanda | — |
| Gen. | spectandae | — |
| Dat. | spectandae | — |
| Acc. | spectandam | — |
| Voc. | spectanda | — |
| Abl. | spectanda | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | spectandum | — |
| Gen. | spectandi | — |
| Dat. | spectando | — |
| Acc. | spectandum | — |
| Voc. | spectandum | — |
| Abl. | spectando | — |
Supines
accusative: spectatum; ablative: spectatu
Examples
- T
Trinummus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...esse ipsum plane sycophantam sentiat. CHARM. Quam magis specto, minus placet mi haec hominis facies. mira sunt..." - T
Bacchides
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...aeque ac me ipsum amo, nullam aeque invitus specto, si agit Pellio. sed Bacchis etiam fortis tibi visast..." - T
Amphitruo
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...dicat. AMPH. Sosia, age me huc aspice. SOS. Specto. AMPH. Vera volo loqui te, nolo adsentari mihi. audivistin..." - P
Eunuchus
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...absunt. interea somnu' virginem opprimit. ego limis specto sic per flabellum clanculum; simul alia circumspecto, satin explorata sint..." - L
Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...caelum fera meque antecessit: uictor e terris meos specto labores, astra portentis prius ferisque Iuno tribuit, ut caelum..." - L
Medea
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...recedam? si profugissem prius, ad hoc redirem. nuptias specto nouas. quid, anime, cessas? sequere felicem impetum. pars ultionis..." - M
Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...servanda discrimina, ut "ex" praepositionem si verbum sequeretur "specto", adiecta secundae syllabae s littera, si "pecto", remota scriberemus..." - P
Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...scopulos gestare in corde fatebor! cur non et specto pereuntem oculosque videndo conscelero? cur non tauros exhortor..."