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|lshtext=<b>di-spĭcĭo</b>: spexi, spectum, 3, v. n. and<br /><b>I</b> a., to see [[through]] all parts (cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. vol. 2, p. 236 and 237), to see [[with]] an [[effort]], to [[open]] [[wide]] the eyes in [[order]] to see, to [[look]] [[through]], to see; to [[glance]], to [[gaze]]; and [[actively]], to [[descry]], [[discern]], [[perceive]] ([[class]].; esp. freq. in Cic. Lachm. l. l. prefers dispicere in [[many]] passages [[where]] the [[best]] editions [[have]] despicere, e. g. Verg. A. 1, 224; id. G. 2, 187; Ov. M. 2, 178; 3, 44; 7, 223; id. F. 4, 569; Col. 1, 6, 23; cf. Conington ad Verg. A. 1, 224; Munroad Lucr. 4, 418 N. cr.).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Neutr.: [[isti]] [[autem]] tantis effusis tenebris ne scintillam [[quidem]] ullam ad dispiciendum reliquerunt, Cic. Ac. 2, 19, 61; cf.: tanta oborta [[caligo]] est ut dispicere non posset, Suet. Ner. 19; Cic. Tusc. 1, 19 fin.: catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci [[aeque]] et hi, qui [[modo]] nati, id. Fin. 4, 23 fin.: ut [[primum]] dispexit, id. ib. 2, 30, 97: ad terram aspice et dispice, Oculis investigans [[astute]] [[augura]], Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 25.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Act.: [[nubila]], Lucr. 4, 418 Lachm.: [[longe]] cunctas in partis, id. 6, 648: dispecta est et [[Thule]], Tac. Agr. 10: ut nequit ullam dispicere [[oculus]] rem, Lucr. 3, 564.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., to [[investigate]], [[make]] an [[examination]]: dispicientibus consistorianis et militaribus, Amm. 15, 5, 12.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., to [[perceive]] mentally, [[discern]], [[discover]] ([[commonly]] as [[act]].): si imbecilli animi [[verum]] dispicere non possint, Cic. Div. 2, 39; cf. Liv. 44, 6 fin.: mentem principis, Tac. A. 3, 22: merita, id. ib. 13, 27: in ea re [[Pompeius]] [[quid]] velit, non [[dispicio]], Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2 fin.: [[sine]] jam aliquid dispiciam, to [[find]] [[out]], Ter. And. 3, 5, 16; cf. Cic. Att. 2, 20.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> [[Meton]]. ([[mostly]] in the imperat.), to [[consider]], [[think]], [[reflect]] [[upon]]: [[nunc]] velim dispicias res Romanas, Cic. Att. 6, 8: discerne et dispice insidiatorem et [[petitum]] insidiis, Liv. 40, 10; Just. Inst. 1, 8 pr.: dispice, an tu, etc., Plin. Ep. 1, 18, 5: dispice, ne [[sit]], etc., id. ib. 2, 10, 5: [[prius]] dispiciamus de his, quae, etc., Gai. Inst. 1, § 143; cf. Dig. 14, 1, 1; and absol.: [[virtus]] est, ubi [[occasio]] admonet, dispicere, Plaut. Pers. 2, 3, 15.
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|gf=<b>dispĭcĭō</b>,¹⁰ spexī, spectum, ĕre ([[dis]], [[specio]]), intr. et tr.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>I</b> intr.,<br /><b>1</b> voir distinctement : Cic. Ac. 2, 61 ; Fin. 4, 64 ; ut [[primum]] dispexit Cic. Fin. 2, 97, dès qu’il prit conscience de ce qui l’entourait ; acie mentis dispicere Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, voir distinctement avec les yeux de l’esprit<br /><b>2</b> faire attention : dispicere de [[aliqua]] re [[Gaius]] Inst. 1, 143, prendre garde à qqch. ; [[virtus]] [[est]] dispicere Pl. Pers. 268, c’[[est]] un mérite d’ouvrir l’œil.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>II</b> tr.,<br /><b>1</b> bien voir, distinguer [pr. et fig.] : [[verum]] Cic. Div. 2, 81, distinguer le vrai, cf. Q. 2, 2, 3 ; rem Lucr. 3, 564, distinguer un objet<br /><b>2</b> considérer, examiner : [[nunc]] [[velim]] dispicias [[res]] Romanas Cic. Att. 6, 8, 5, maintenant je voudrais que tu examines l’état des affaires à Rome ; [avec ne ] Plin. Min. Ep. 2, 10, 5, c. videre ne, v. [[video]] fin S 8 ; [avec num, an ] Ep. 7, 33, 5 ; 1, 18, 5, examiner si.
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