circumspecto
Dictionary entries
- Entry →circumspecto, circumspectare, circumspectavi, circumspectatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
look about (searchingly), search about; examine, watch (suspiciously), be alert;
sg. pres. act. ind. 1st - Entry →circumspicio, circumspicere, circumspexi, circumspectus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
look around/over/for, survey; inspect; search for/seek; examine/review; ponder;
abl. sg. perf. pass. part.abl. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part. - 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;
abl. sg. (m.)abl. sg. (n.)dat. sg. (m.)dat. sg. (n.)
Examples
Bacchides
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...domi cupientes. forte ut adsedi in stega, dum circumspecto, atque ego lembum conspicor longum, strigorem maleficum exornarier..."Eunuchus
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...limis specto sic per flabellum clanculum; simul alia circumspecto, satin explorata sint. video esse. pessulum ostio obdo..."Liber XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...Quid denique Demosthenes? non cunctos illos tenues et circumspectos vi sublimitate impetu cultu compositione superavit? non insurgit locis..."Liber X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...vitia magnorum consequantur. XXVI. Modesto tamen et circumspecto iudicio de tantis viris pronuntiandum est, ne, quod plerisque accidit..."Liber IX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...multitudo et Nolana agrestis contulerat. Dictator urbis situ circumspecto, quo apertior aditus ad moenia esset, omnia aedificia..."
