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Latin
Etymology
From circum- + speciō.
Pronunciation
Verb
circumspiciō (present infinitive circumspicere, perfect active circumspexī, supine circumspectum); third conjugation iō-variant
- to look around, over, for, upon
- Synonyms: circumspectō, circumtueor, respiciō
- to survey, examine or review
- Synonyms: aspiciō, lūstrō, perlūstrō, recēnseō, cōnspiciō, obeō, īnspiciō, arbitror, cōnsīderō, reputō, probō, exsequor, spectō
- to seek or search for, look about for something with desire
- Synonyms: requīrō, quaerō, studeō, spectō, petō, appetō, quaerō, inquīrō, conquīrō, indigeō, scrūtor, affectō, contendō, cupiō, concupiō, expetō, dēstinō, sitiō, aveō, voveō, tendō, intendō
- Antonyms: āversor, abhorreō
- to ponder, weigh, consider, reflect
- Synonyms: reflectō, perpendō, ponderō, putō, pendō, dēlīberō, cōnsīderō, reputō, cōnsulō, replicō, dubitō, cōnsultō, trahō, videō, versō
Conjugation
References
- “circumspicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “circumspicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- circumspicio in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- circumspicio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.