spectaris
Dictionary entries
- Entry →specto, spectare, spectavi, spectatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
observe, watch, look at, see; test; consider;
sg. futperf. act. ind. 2ndsg. perf. act. subj. 2nd - Entry →specto, spectare, spectavi, spectatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
observe, watch, look at, see; test; consider;
sg. pres. pass. ind. 2nd - —
Syncopated perfect often drops the 'v' and contracts vowel
Examples
Poenulus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...sunt illi aliae quas spectare ego, et me spectari volo. AGOR. Qui lubet spectare turpes, pulchram spectandam dare..."Hecyra
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...nova, novom intervenit vitium et calamitas ut neque spectari neque cognosci potuerit: ita populu' studio stupidus in funambulo..."Liber VII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...cuncta peritoaugure mens hominum caeli noua signa notasset,spectari toto potuit Pharsalia mundo.o summos hominum, quorum fortuna..."de Otio
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...genere formosa solitudini ostenderet. 4. Vt scias illam spectari uoluisse, non tantum aspici, uide quem nobis locum dederit..."Liber VII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...colligitur an speraverit. Ideo spectari debent et instrumenta, ut Clodi ac Milonis comitatus. Quaestio "an fecerit" incipit..."Liber III
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...operum, in quibus honor utilitas pulchritudo auctor spectari solet: honor ut in templis, utilitas ut in muris, pulchritudo..."Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...situ, scabrae rubigine fauces, dura cutis, per quam spectari viscera possent; ossa sub incurvis exstabant arida lumbis, ventris..."Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...praeconsumere vires. classis ab Oenopiis etiamnum Lyctia muris spectari poterat, cum pleno concita velo Attica puppis adest..."