prospiciens

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of prōspiciō.

Participle

prōspiciēns (genitive prōspicientis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. watching, seeing, gazing at or on, looking out or forth, beholding
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.126–127:
      [...] et altō prōspiciēns, summā placidum caput extulit undā.
      [...] and gazing outward over the deep, [Neptune] raised his peaceful face above the waves.
      (Neptune (mythology) appears calm despite his inner concern about the destructive storm at sea. The inverted order of events, or hysteron proteron, has Neptune “gazing”/“prospiciens” before he is “raised”/“extulit” above the water.)

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative prōspiciēns prōspicientēs prōspicientia
Genitive prōspicientis prōspicientium
Dative prōspicientī prōspicientibus
Accusative prōspicientem prōspiciēns prōspicientēs
prōspicientīs		 prōspicientia
Ablative prōspiciente
prōspicientī1		 prōspicientibus
Vocative prōspiciēns prōspicientēs prōspicientia

1When used purely as an adjective.

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