circumspectus
Dictionary entries
- 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;
nom. 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;
nom. sg. (m.) - Entry →circumspectus, circumspectus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
survey/looking round/spying; visual examination; commanding view; contemplation;
acc. pl.gen. sg.nom. pl.nom. sg.voc. pl.voc. sg.
Examples
Divus Claudius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...autem ac decernendo mira varietate animi fuit, modo circumspectus et sagax, interdum inconsultus ac praeceps, nonnumquam frivolus amentique..."II
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...iudices, qui dicitur tota nocte discurrisse, hic ille circumspectus, hic ille felix parricida. recesserunt cuncta debilitatis officia..."Liber X
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...rettuleruntque eo se progressos unde in omnes partes circumspectus esset longe lateque silentium ac solitudinem vidisse, extemplo consul..."
