circumspectius
Dictionary entries
- Entry →circumspectus, circumspecta -um, circumspectior -or -us, circumspectissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
well considered, weighed with care, prudent; guarded/circumspect; cautious/wary;; worthy of consideration, respected; distinguished;
acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - Entry →circumspecte, circumspectius, circumspectissime:
Adverb
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
warily/cautiously/circumspectly; carefully/meticulously; w/mature deliberation;
Examples
Liber III
Aulus Gellius
"...Timochare nihil proderent, sed monerent, uti rex circumspectius ageret atque a proximorum insidiis salutem tutaretur..."Liber XIX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...tota vita incursitamus nec ob hoc resistimus aut circumspectius pedem ponimus. Vides autem quam sit furiosa..."Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE BENEFICIIS
"...secuti sunt, qui nullam legem huic constituerunt, ut circumspectius donaremus, circumspectius eligeremus eos, in quos merita conferuntur. Etiam..."Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...teneri causa non possit. Ideoque hoc parcius et circumspectius faciendum est, quia nihil interest quo modo offendas..."