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
- G
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..." - M
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..." - T
Liber X
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...rettuleruntque eo se progressos unde in omnes partes circumspectus esset longe lateque silentium ac solitudinem vidisse, extemplo consul..."
