conspicio
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /konˈspi.ki.oː/, [kõːˈs̠pɪkioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /konˈspi.t͡ʃi.o/, [konˈspiːt͡ʃio]
Verb
cōnspiciō (present infinitive cōnspicere, perfect active cōnspexī, supine cōnspectum); third conjugation iō-variant
- to see, watch, observe, perceive, catch sight of, look at with admiration or close attention, gaze upon, contemplate, behold, espy
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.151–152:
- tum, pietāte gravem ac meritīs sī forte virum quem
cōnspexēre, silent, arrēctīsque auribus adstant.- Then, if by chance [the disorderly people] catch sight of some man, venerable in [his] piety and service, they [fall] silent, and stand straight with [attentive] ears.
(Here, “conspexere” is a syncopated form of the third person plural perfect “conspexerunt.” Understand “quem” along with its prefix: “aliquem.”)
- Then, if by chance [the disorderly people] catch sight of some man, venerable in [his] piety and service, they [fall] silent, and stand straight with [attentive] ears.
- tum, pietāte gravem ac meritīs sī forte virum quem
- to examine, consider
- (Passive with reflexive value) to attract attention, to be conspicuous, to be visible
- to comprehend, realize, notice
Conjugation
Derived terms
- cōnspectiō
- cōnspicuus
References
- conspicio in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- “conspicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “conspicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- conspicio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to make oneself conspicuous: conspici, conspicuum esse aliqua re
- to make oneself conspicuous: conspici, conspicuum esse aliqua re
- conspicio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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