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
- A
Liber III
Aulus Gellius
"...Timochare nihil proderent, sed monerent, uti rex circumspectius ageret atque a proximorum insidiis salutem tutaretur..." - L
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..." - L
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..." - M
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..."