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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From ad- (“to, towards, at”) + speciō (“observe, look at”).
Pronunciation
Verb
aspiciō (present infinitive aspicere, perfect active aspexī, supine aspectum); third conjugation iō-variant
- to look at, towards, or upon; behold, gaze at or upon; view, see, examine, survey, inspect, investigate; regard, respect, admire, look to.
- Synonyms: īnspiciō, lūstrō, perlūstrō, recēnseō, circumspiciō, cōnspiciō, obeō, arbitror, cōnsīderō, reputō
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 2.283–285:
- “‘ Ut tē post multa tuōrum
fūnera, post variōs hominumque urbisque labōrēs,
dēfessī aspicimus! .’”- “‘After so many of your deaths, after the disparate sufferings of citizen and city, how weary we look upon you!’”
- to consider, weigh, ponder
- Synonyms: ponderō, dubitō, dēlīberō, cōnsultō, trahō, cōnsīderō, pendō, reputō, circumspiciō, cōnsulō, putō, versō, videō
- to observe, notice, catch sight of, espy, perceive
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 2.567–569:
- “ līmina Vestae servantem / et tacitam sēcrētā in sēde latentem / Tyndarida aspiciō .”
- “ the thresholds of Vesta protecting , and hiding quietly in the temple – I catch sight of the forsaken daughter of Tyndareus .”
(Patronymic: Helen was the daughter of Tyndareus.)
Conjugation
1At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").
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References
- “aspicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “aspicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- aspicio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- those to whom we owe our being: ei, propter quos hanc lucem aspeximus