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
- T
Bacchides
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...domi cupientes. forte ut adsedi in stega, dum circumspecto, atque ego lembum conspicor longum, strigorem maleficum exornarier..." - P
Eunuchus
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...limis specto sic per flabellum clanculum; simul alia circumspecto, satin explorata sint. video esse. pessulum ostio obdo..." - M
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..." - M
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..." - T
Liber IX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...multitudo et Nolana agrestis contulerat. Dictator urbis situ circumspecto, quo apertior aditus ad moenia esset, omnia aedificia..."
