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|lshtext=<b>circum-spĭcĭo</b>: exi, ectum, 3 (<br /><b>I</b> perf. sync. circumspexti, Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 55; inf. sync. circumspexe, Varr. ap. Non. p. 106, 16, or Sat. Men. 82), v. n. and a. ([[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Neutr., to [[look]] [[about]] one's [[self]], to [[cast]] a [[look]] [[around]]; or, [[with]] an obj.-[[clause]], to [[observe]], see, [[look]] [[about]]: circumspicedum, [[numquis]] est, Sermonem [[nostrum]] quiaucupet, see [[whether]] [[there]] is [[any]] one, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 41; 2, 2, 43; Ter. And. 2, 2, 20; Varr. l. l.: [[suus]] conjux ubi [[sit]] circumspicit, Ov. M. 1, 605: circumspicere [[late]], Quint. 10, 3, 29: num [[quid]] circumspexti? Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 55: diversi circumspiciunt, Verg. A. 9, 416: qui in [[auspicium]] adhibetur nec suspicit nec circumspicit, Cic. Div. 2, 34, 72: circumspicit, aestuat, of one in [[trouble]] or [[perplexity]], id. Rosc. Com. 14, 43; cf. Liv. 21, 22, 7.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> Sometimes circumspicere se, to [[look]] [[about]] one's [[self]]: circumspicedum te, ne [[quis]] adsit [[arbiter]], Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 109; Varr. ap. Non. p. 106, 16; Auct. B. Afr. 47: numquamne te circumspicies? Cic. Par. 4, 2, 30.—In partic., to [[look]] [[about]] one's [[self]] [[with]] [[haughtiness]]; to [[think]] [[highly]] of one's [[self]]: [[usque]] eone te diligis et [[magnifice]] circumspicis? Cic. Rosc. Com. 2, 5; and trop. of [[language]]: Romanus [[sermo]] [[magis]] se circumspicit et aestimat praebetque aestimandum, Sen. Ep. 40, 11.—<br /> <b>B</b> Trop., to [[exercise]] [[foresight]], be [[cautious]], [[take]] [[heed]]: esse circumspiciendum [[diligenter]], ut, etc., Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3, § 10: cui mandetis (rempublicam) circumspicite Sall. H. 2, 41, 10 Dietsch.—Esp. freq.,<br /><b>II</b> Act., to [[view]] on all sides, to [[survey]]: cum sua [[quisque]] [[miles]] circumspiceret, looked [[carefully]] to see, Caes. B. G. 5, 31; Liv. 9, 28, 5: tam latā acie ne ex [[medio]] [[quidem]] cornua sua circumspicere poterant, Liv. 37, 41, 4: lucos, Ov. M. 5, 265: [[amictus]], to [[review]], id. ib. 4, 318; so, habitum suum, Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 3; cf. under [[circumspectus]], adv.—<br /> <b>2</b> To [[descry]], [[get]] [[sight]] of by looking [[around]]: [[saxum]] circumspicit [[ingens]], Verg. A. 12, 896: Athin, Ov. M. 5, 72.—<br /> <b>B</b> Transf., of things: in [[latus]] omne [[patens]] [[turris]] circumspicit undas, Ov. H. 6, 69.—<br /> <b>C</b> Trop.<br /> <b>1</b> To [[view]] [[something]] mentally, to [[survey]], [[ponder]] [[upon]], [[weigh]], [[consider]] (syn.: [[considero]], [[perpendo]]): reliqua ejus consilia [[animo]] circumspiciebat, Caes. B. G. 6, 5: circumspicite [[paulisper]] mentibus vestris hosce ipsos homines, Cic. Sull. 25, 70; cf. se, id. Par. 4, 2, 30: [[neque]] [[temere]] consulem saltatorem vocare, sed circumspicere, quibus [[praeterea]] vitiis adfectum esse [[necesse]] [[sit]] eum, etc., id. Mur. 6, 13.—So [[with]] rel. -[[clause]], Sall. H. 2, 41 Dietsch; Sen. Ep. 70, 5; Calp. Ecl. 5, 95: circumspectis rebus omnibus rationibusque subductis summam feci, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 10: permulta sunt in causis circumspicienda, ne [[quid]] offendas, id. de Or. 2, 74, 301; id. Agr. 1, 8, 23; id. Fam. 5, 13, 3: circumspicite [[celeriter]] [[animo]], qui sint rerum [[exitus]] consecuti, id. Leg. 2, 17, 42: vide, quaere, circumspice, si [[quis]] est [[forte]] ex eā provinciā qui te nolit perisse, id. Verr. 2, 3, 77, § 180; id. Clu. 53, 147; id. Cat. 4, 2, 4; Liv. 23, 20, 6; cf. Tac. H. 2, 6; Suet. Aug. 63.—With ut and subj., Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3, § 10; Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 87: cum circumspicerent Patres quosnam consules facerent, Liv. 27, 34, 1.—<br /> <b>2</b> To [[look]] [[about]] for [[something]] [[with]] [[desire]], to [[seek]] for, etc. (so [[mostly]] [[since]] the Aug. per.): nec, [[sicut]] aestivas aves, [[statim]] [[auctumno]] tecta ac recessum circumspicere, Liv. 5, 6, 2; 7, 14, 6: externa auxilia, id. 1, 30, 6; cf. Just. 22, 5, 4: fugam, Tac. A. 14, 35; Just. 2, 12, 26: novas belli causas, id. 31, 1, 8; Verg. G. 3, 390; Plin. Ep. 3, 3, 3: peregrinos reges sibi, Just. 40, 1, 1; 22, 5, 4: viresque suas circumspectantes his validiores, Amm. 22, 8, 18.—Hence, [[circumspectus]], a, um, P. a.<br /> <b>A</b> Of things, weighed [[with]] [[care]], [[well]] considered, [[guarded]], [[circumspect]] (perh. not [[ante]] - Aug.): verba non circumspecta, Ov. F. 5, 539: judicium, Quint. 10, 1, 26: [[interrogatio]], id. 5, 7, 31: [[moderatio]] animi, Val. Max. 4, 3, 4: circumspectissima [[sanctio]] decreti, id. 1, 1, 20.—<br /> <b>2</b> Transf. to the [[person]] [[who]] [[carefully]] weighs a [[thing]], [[circumspect]], [[considerate]], [[cautious]], [[wary]], [[provident]], [[heedful]]: [[modo]] [[circumspectus]] et [[sagax]], [[modo]] [[inconsultus]] et [[praeceps]], Suet. Claud. 15: circumspectissimus et prudentissimus [[princeps]], id. Tib. 21: tenues et circumspecti, Quint. 12, 10, 23; Cels. 3, 9 fin.: omnes, Col. 1, 8, 16; 1, 7, 12: [[sive]] [[aliquis]] circumspectior est, Sen. Q. N. 5, 1, 5.—Of dogs: assidui et circumspecti [[magis]] [[quam]] temeraril, Col. 7, 12, 5.—<br /> <b>B</b> In [[late]] Lat., [[worthy]] of [[consideration]], [[respected]], [[distinguished]]: circumspectum et verecundum [[nomen]] populi Romani, Amm. 14, 6, 6: colores, id. 28, 4, 12: [[circumspectus]] genere, famā potentiāque, id. 18, 10, 1.—Hence, circumspectē, adv., [[with]] [[consideration]], [[with]] [[mature]] [[deliberation]], [[warily]], [[cautiously]], [[considerately]], [[circumspectly]], etc.: [[circumspecte]] compositeque [[indutus]] et [[amictus]], Gell. 1, 5, 2 (cf. [[supra]], II. D.): [[circumspecte]] vestiti, Amm. 27, 3, 14: [[circumspecte]] facti [[versus]], Gell. 9, 10, 6: facere aliquid, Dig. 4, 4, 7, § 8: parcius et circumspectius faciendum est, * Quint. 9, 2, 69: circumspectius donare, eligere eos, in quos merita conferantur, Sen. Ben. 3, 14, 1. | |lshtext=<b>circum-spĭcĭo</b>: exi, ectum, 3 (<br /><b>I</b> perf. sync. circumspexti, Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 55; inf. sync. circumspexe, Varr. ap. Non. p. 106, 16, or Sat. Men. 82), v. n. and a. ([[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Neutr., to [[look]] [[about]] one's [[self]], to [[cast]] a [[look]] [[around]]; or, [[with]] an obj.-[[clause]], to [[observe]], see, [[look]] [[about]]: circumspicedum, [[numquis]] est, Sermonem [[nostrum]] quiaucupet, see [[whether]] [[there]] is [[any]] one, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 41; 2, 2, 43; Ter. And. 2, 2, 20; Varr. l. l.: [[suus]] conjux ubi [[sit]] circumspicit, Ov. M. 1, 605: circumspicere [[late]], Quint. 10, 3, 29: num [[quid]] circumspexti? Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 55: diversi circumspiciunt, Verg. A. 9, 416: qui in [[auspicium]] adhibetur nec suspicit nec circumspicit, Cic. Div. 2, 34, 72: circumspicit, aestuat, of one in [[trouble]] or [[perplexity]], id. Rosc. Com. 14, 43; cf. Liv. 21, 22, 7.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> Sometimes circumspicere se, to [[look]] [[about]] one's [[self]]: circumspicedum te, ne [[quis]] adsit [[arbiter]], Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 109; Varr. ap. Non. p. 106, 16; Auct. B. Afr. 47: numquamne te circumspicies? Cic. Par. 4, 2, 30.—In partic., to [[look]] [[about]] one's [[self]] [[with]] [[haughtiness]]; to [[think]] [[highly]] of one's [[self]]: [[usque]] eone te diligis et [[magnifice]] circumspicis? Cic. Rosc. Com. 2, 5; and trop. of [[language]]: Romanus [[sermo]] [[magis]] se circumspicit et aestimat praebetque aestimandum, Sen. Ep. 40, 11.—<br /> <b>B</b> Trop., to [[exercise]] [[foresight]], be [[cautious]], [[take]] [[heed]]: esse circumspiciendum [[diligenter]], ut, etc., Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3, § 10: cui mandetis (rempublicam) circumspicite Sall. H. 2, 41, 10 Dietsch.—Esp. freq.,<br /><b>II</b> Act., to [[view]] on all sides, to [[survey]]: cum sua [[quisque]] [[miles]] circumspiceret, looked [[carefully]] to see, Caes. B. G. 5, 31; Liv. 9, 28, 5: tam latā acie ne ex [[medio]] [[quidem]] cornua sua circumspicere poterant, Liv. 37, 41, 4: lucos, Ov. M. 5, 265: [[amictus]], to [[review]], id. ib. 4, 318; so, habitum suum, Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 3; cf. under [[circumspectus]], adv.—<br /> <b>2</b> To [[descry]], [[get]] [[sight]] of by looking [[around]]: [[saxum]] circumspicit [[ingens]], Verg. A. 12, 896: Athin, Ov. M. 5, 72.—<br /> <b>B</b> Transf., of things: in [[latus]] omne [[patens]] [[turris]] circumspicit undas, Ov. H. 6, 69.—<br /> <b>C</b> Trop.<br /> <b>1</b> To [[view]] [[something]] mentally, to [[survey]], [[ponder]] [[upon]], [[weigh]], [[consider]] (syn.: [[considero]], [[perpendo]]): reliqua ejus consilia [[animo]] circumspiciebat, Caes. B. G. 6, 5: circumspicite [[paulisper]] mentibus vestris hosce ipsos homines, Cic. Sull. 25, 70; cf. se, id. Par. 4, 2, 30: [[neque]] [[temere]] consulem saltatorem vocare, sed circumspicere, quibus [[praeterea]] vitiis adfectum esse [[necesse]] [[sit]] eum, etc., id. Mur. 6, 13.—So [[with]] rel. -[[clause]], Sall. H. 2, 41 Dietsch; Sen. Ep. 70, 5; Calp. Ecl. 5, 95: circumspectis rebus omnibus rationibusque subductis summam feci, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 10: permulta sunt in causis circumspicienda, ne [[quid]] offendas, id. de Or. 2, 74, 301; id. Agr. 1, 8, 23; id. Fam. 5, 13, 3: circumspicite [[celeriter]] [[animo]], qui sint rerum [[exitus]] consecuti, id. Leg. 2, 17, 42: vide, quaere, circumspice, si [[quis]] est [[forte]] ex eā provinciā qui te nolit perisse, id. Verr. 2, 3, 77, § 180; id. Clu. 53, 147; id. Cat. 4, 2, 4; Liv. 23, 20, 6; cf. Tac. H. 2, 6; Suet. Aug. 63.—With ut and subj., Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3, § 10; Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 87: cum circumspicerent Patres quosnam consules facerent, Liv. 27, 34, 1.—<br /> <b>2</b> To [[look]] [[about]] for [[something]] [[with]] [[desire]], to [[seek]] for, etc. (so [[mostly]] [[since]] the Aug. per.): nec, [[sicut]] aestivas aves, [[statim]] [[auctumno]] tecta ac recessum circumspicere, Liv. 5, 6, 2; 7, 14, 6: externa auxilia, id. 1, 30, 6; cf. Just. 22, 5, 4: fugam, Tac. A. 14, 35; Just. 2, 12, 26: novas belli causas, id. 31, 1, 8; Verg. G. 3, 390; Plin. Ep. 3, 3, 3: peregrinos reges sibi, Just. 40, 1, 1; 22, 5, 4: viresque suas circumspectantes his validiores, Amm. 22, 8, 18.—Hence, [[circumspectus]], a, um, P. a.<br /> <b>A</b> Of things, weighed [[with]] [[care]], [[well]] considered, [[guarded]], [[circumspect]] (perh. not [[ante]] - Aug.): verba non circumspecta, Ov. F. 5, 539: judicium, Quint. 10, 1, 26: [[interrogatio]], id. 5, 7, 31: [[moderatio]] animi, Val. Max. 4, 3, 4: circumspectissima [[sanctio]] decreti, id. 1, 1, 20.—<br /> <b>2</b> Transf. to the [[person]] [[who]] [[carefully]] weighs a [[thing]], [[circumspect]], [[considerate]], [[cautious]], [[wary]], [[provident]], [[heedful]]: [[modo]] [[circumspectus]] et [[sagax]], [[modo]] [[inconsultus]] et [[praeceps]], Suet. Claud. 15: circumspectissimus et prudentissimus [[princeps]], id. Tib. 21: tenues et circumspecti, Quint. 12, 10, 23; Cels. 3, 9 fin.: omnes, Col. 1, 8, 16; 1, 7, 12: [[sive]] [[aliquis]] circumspectior est, Sen. Q. N. 5, 1, 5.—Of dogs: assidui et circumspecti [[magis]] [[quam]] temeraril, Col. 7, 12, 5.—<br /> <b>B</b> In [[late]] Lat., [[worthy]] of [[consideration]], [[respected]], [[distinguished]]: circumspectum et verecundum [[nomen]] populi Romani, Amm. 14, 6, 6: colores, id. 28, 4, 12: [[circumspectus]] genere, famā potentiāque, id. 18, 10, 1.—Hence, circumspectē, adv., [[with]] [[consideration]], [[with]] [[mature]] [[deliberation]], [[warily]], [[cautiously]], [[considerately]], [[circumspectly]], etc.: [[circumspecte]] compositeque [[indutus]] et [[amictus]], Gell. 1, 5, 2 (cf. [[supra]], II. D.): [[circumspecte]] vestiti, Amm. 27, 3, 14: [[circumspecte]] facti [[versus]], Gell. 9, 10, 6: facere aliquid, Dig. 4, 4, 7, § 8: parcius et circumspectius faciendum est, * Quint. 9, 2, 69: circumspectius donare, eligere eos, in quos merita conferantur, Sen. Ben. 3, 14, 1. | ||
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|gf=<b>circumspĭcĭō</b>,⁹ spexī, spectum, ĕre ([[circum]], [[specio]]), tr., regarder autour<br /><b>1</b> regarder autour de soi : abs<sup>t</sup>] qui in [[auspicium]] adhibetur [[nec]] suspicit [[nec]] circumspicit Cic. Div. 2, 72, celui qui [[est]] occupé à prendre les auspices ne regarde ni en [[haut]] ni autour de lui ; circumspicedum ne... Pl. Mil. 955, regarde bien aux alentours, par crainte que... ; [fig.] [[non]] [[castra]] ponere pati, [[non]] respirare [[aut]] circumspicere Liv. 27, 12, 12, il ne les laisse ni camper, ni respirer ou regarder autour d’eux (se reconnaître) || [av. se ] se circumspicere : <b> a)</b> regarder autour de soi avec précaution : Pl. Vid. 64 ; Trin. 146 ; <b> b)</b> se contempler, s’observer : Cic. Par. 30<br /><b>2</b> parcourir des yeux, jeter les regards circulairement sur qqch., embrasser du regard : cum sua [[quisque]] [[miles]] circumspiceret, [[quid]] [[secum]] portare posset Cæs. G. 5, 31, 4, chaque soldat passant en revue ce qu’il possédait pour décider ce qu’il pouvait emporter ; urbis situ [[circumspecto]] Liv. 9, 28, 5, après avoir examiné la position de la ville || examiner par la pensée : circumspicite [[paulisper]] mentibus vestris hosce ipsos homines Cic. [[Sulla]] 70, considérez un moment par la pensée la vie de ces hommes mêmes ; circumspicite omnes procellas quæ impendent [[nisi]] providetis Cic. Cat. 4, 4, envisagez tous les orages qui nous menacent si vous ne prenez des mesures préventives ; civibus timidis et [[omnia]] pericula circumspicientibus Cic. Mil. 95, pour des citoyens pusillanimes et passant en revue tous les dangers || regarder attentivement, examiner avec soin, avec circonspection : circumspiciat qui in [[eis]] artibus floruerint quamque [[multi]] Cic. de Or. 1, 8, qu’il examine ceux qui ont brillé dans ces arts et leur grand nombre ; [[quid]] deceat circumspicietur Cic. Or. 78, on regardera attentivement ce qui convient ; cum circumspicerent patres, quosnam consules facerent Liv. 27, 34, 1, comme les sénateurs cherchaient autour d’eux qui nommer consuls [avec ut, qqf. ne ] [[esse]] circumspiciendum [[diligenter]], ut... videare Cic. Q. 1, 1, 10, il faut que tu veilles attentivement à ce qu’on voie bien que tu...; [av. ne ] Cels. Med. 5, 26 || [fig.] [[Romanus]] [[sermo]] [[magis]] se circumspicit Sen. Ep. 40, 11, le parler romain s’observe davantage ([[est]] [[plus]] circonspect)<br /><b>3</b> chercher des yeux autour de soi : ut [[modo]] [[visum]] ab se Ambiorigem in [[fuga]] circumspicerent captivi Cæs. G. 6, 43, 4, à tel point que les prisonniers cherchaient du regard [[Ambiorix]] qu’ils venaient de voir en fuite, cf. B. Afr. 16, 3 ; Ov. M. 5, 72 ; Sen. Rhet. Contr. 2, 4, 4 ; Stat. Th. 6, 430 ; tecta ac recessum circumspicere Liv. 5, 6, 2, chercher un abri et un refuge ; externa auxilia Liv. 1, 30, 6, chercher des secours au dehors ; fugam Tac. Ann. 14, 35, songer à la fuite ; diem [[bello]] Sall. Phil. 8, épier le jour favorable pour faire la guerre ; circumspiciendus [[rhetor]] [[Latinus]] Plin. Min. Ep. 3, 3, 3, il faut chercher à découvrir un rhéteur latin || [fig.] chercher à deviner : [[reliqua]] [[ejus]] consilia [[animo]] circumspiciebat Cæs. G. 6, 5, 3, il s’efforçait de percer le reste de ses projets. formes syncopées au parf. [[circumspexti]] Ter. Ad. 689 ; à l’inf. parf. circumspexe [[Varro]] Men. 490. | |||
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circum-spĭcĭo: exi, ectum, 3 (
I perf. sync. circumspexti, Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 55; inf. sync. circumspexe, Varr. ap. Non. p. 106, 16, or Sat. Men. 82), v. n. and a. (class.).
I Neutr., to look about one's self, to cast a look around; or, with an obj.-clause, to observe, see, look about: circumspicedum, numquis est, Sermonem nostrum quiaucupet, see whether there is any one, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 41; 2, 2, 43; Ter. And. 2, 2, 20; Varr. l. l.: suus conjux ubi sit circumspicit, Ov. M. 1, 605: circumspicere late, Quint. 10, 3, 29: num quid circumspexti? Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 55: diversi circumspiciunt, Verg. A. 9, 416: qui in auspicium adhibetur nec suspicit nec circumspicit, Cic. Div. 2, 34, 72: circumspicit, aestuat, of one in trouble or perplexity, id. Rosc. Com. 14, 43; cf. Liv. 21, 22, 7.—
(b) Sometimes circumspicere se, to look about one's self: circumspicedum te, ne quis adsit arbiter, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 109; Varr. ap. Non. p. 106, 16; Auct. B. Afr. 47: numquamne te circumspicies? Cic. Par. 4, 2, 30.—In partic., to look about one's self with haughtiness; to think highly of one's self: usque eone te diligis et magnifice circumspicis? Cic. Rosc. Com. 2, 5; and trop. of language: Romanus sermo magis se circumspicit et aestimat praebetque aestimandum, Sen. Ep. 40, 11.—
B Trop., to exercise foresight, be cautious, take heed: esse circumspiciendum diligenter, ut, etc., Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3, § 10: cui mandetis (rempublicam) circumspicite Sall. H. 2, 41, 10 Dietsch.—Esp. freq.,
II Act., to view on all sides, to survey: cum sua quisque miles circumspiceret, looked carefully to see, Caes. B. G. 5, 31; Liv. 9, 28, 5: tam latā acie ne ex medio quidem cornua sua circumspicere poterant, Liv. 37, 41, 4: lucos, Ov. M. 5, 265: amictus, to review, id. ib. 4, 318; so, habitum suum, Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 3; cf. under circumspectus, adv.—
2 To descry, get sight of by looking around: saxum circumspicit ingens, Verg. A. 12, 896: Athin, Ov. M. 5, 72.—
B Transf., of things: in latus omne patens turris circumspicit undas, Ov. H. 6, 69.—
C Trop.
1 To view something mentally, to survey, ponder upon, weigh, consider (syn.: considero, perpendo): reliqua ejus consilia animo circumspiciebat, Caes. B. G. 6, 5: circumspicite paulisper mentibus vestris hosce ipsos homines, Cic. Sull. 25, 70; cf. se, id. Par. 4, 2, 30: neque temere consulem saltatorem vocare, sed circumspicere, quibus praeterea vitiis adfectum esse necesse sit eum, etc., id. Mur. 6, 13.—So with rel. -clause, Sall. H. 2, 41 Dietsch; Sen. Ep. 70, 5; Calp. Ecl. 5, 95: circumspectis rebus omnibus rationibusque subductis summam feci, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 10: permulta sunt in causis circumspicienda, ne quid offendas, id. de Or. 2, 74, 301; id. Agr. 1, 8, 23; id. Fam. 5, 13, 3: circumspicite celeriter animo, qui sint rerum exitus consecuti, id. Leg. 2, 17, 42: vide, quaere, circumspice, si quis est forte ex eā provinciā qui te nolit perisse, id. Verr. 2, 3, 77, § 180; id. Clu. 53, 147; id. Cat. 4, 2, 4; Liv. 23, 20, 6; cf. Tac. H. 2, 6; Suet. Aug. 63.—With ut and subj., Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3, § 10; Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 87: cum circumspicerent Patres quosnam consules facerent, Liv. 27, 34, 1.—
2 To look about for something with desire, to seek for, etc. (so mostly since the Aug. per.): nec, sicut aestivas aves, statim auctumno tecta ac recessum circumspicere, Liv. 5, 6, 2; 7, 14, 6: externa auxilia, id. 1, 30, 6; cf. Just. 22, 5, 4: fugam, Tac. A. 14, 35; Just. 2, 12, 26: novas belli causas, id. 31, 1, 8; Verg. G. 3, 390; Plin. Ep. 3, 3, 3: peregrinos reges sibi, Just. 40, 1, 1; 22, 5, 4: viresque suas circumspectantes his validiores, Amm. 22, 8, 18.—Hence, circumspectus, a, um, P. a.
A Of things, weighed with care, well considered, guarded, circumspect (perh. not ante - Aug.): verba non circumspecta, Ov. F. 5, 539: judicium, Quint. 10, 1, 26: interrogatio, id. 5, 7, 31: moderatio animi, Val. Max. 4, 3, 4: circumspectissima sanctio decreti, id. 1, 1, 20.—
2 Transf. to the person who carefully weighs a thing, circumspect, considerate, cautious, wary, provident, heedful: modo circumspectus et sagax, modo inconsultus et praeceps, Suet. Claud. 15: circumspectissimus et prudentissimus princeps, id. Tib. 21: tenues et circumspecti, Quint. 12, 10, 23; Cels. 3, 9 fin.: omnes, Col. 1, 8, 16; 1, 7, 12: sive aliquis circumspectior est, Sen. Q. N. 5, 1, 5.—Of dogs: assidui et circumspecti magis quam temeraril, Col. 7, 12, 5.—
B In late Lat., worthy of consideration, respected, distinguished: circumspectum et verecundum nomen populi Romani, Amm. 14, 6, 6: colores, id. 28, 4, 12: circumspectus genere, famā potentiāque, id. 18, 10, 1.—Hence, circumspectē, adv., with consideration, with mature deliberation, warily, cautiously, considerately, circumspectly, etc.: circumspecte compositeque indutus et amictus, Gell. 1, 5, 2 (cf. supra, II. D.): circumspecte vestiti, Amm. 27, 3, 14: circumspecte facti versus, Gell. 9, 10, 6: facere aliquid, Dig. 4, 4, 7, § 8: parcius et circumspectius faciendum est, * Quint. 9, 2, 69: circumspectius donare, eligere eos, in quos merita conferantur, Sen. Ben. 3, 14, 1.
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circumspĭcĭō,⁹ spexī, spectum, ĕre (circum, specio), tr., regarder autour
1 regarder autour de soi : abst] qui in auspicium adhibetur nec suspicit nec circumspicit Cic. Div. 2, 72, celui qui est occupé à prendre les auspices ne regarde ni en haut ni autour de lui ; circumspicedum ne... Pl. Mil. 955, regarde bien aux alentours, par crainte que... ; [fig.] non castra ponere pati, non respirare aut circumspicere Liv. 27, 12, 12, il ne les laisse ni camper, ni respirer ou regarder autour d’eux (se reconnaître)
