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Latin
Etymology
From in- + speciō.
Pronunciation
Verb
īnspiciō (present infinitive īnspicere, perfect active īnspexī, supine īnspectum); third conjugation iō-variant
- to examine or inspect
- Synonyms: aspiciō, lūstrō, perlūstrō, recēnseō, circumspiciō, cōnspiciō, obeō, arbitror, cōnsīderō, reputō, exsequor
- to look into, look upon, consider or contemplate
- Synonyms: videō, intueor, tueor, vīsō, spectō, īnspectō, suspiciō, speciō, invīsō
- to observe
- Synonyms: perlustrō, conspicio, cū̆stōdiō, curo, intueor, animadverto, servo
Conjugation
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References
- “inspicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “inspicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- inspicio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- inspicio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to consult the Sibylline books: libros Sibyllinos adire, consulere, inspicere