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|lshtext=<b>rē-spĭcĭo</b>: spexi, spectum, 3 (old form of<br /><b>I</b> subj. perf. respexis, Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 19; id. Most. 2, 2, 90; id. Rud. 3, 3, 16), v. n. and a., to [[look]] [[back]] or [[behind]], to [[look]] [[about]], [[look]]; to see [[behind]] one; to [[look]] [[back]] [[upon]], to [[look]] at, [[look]] to or for [[any]] [[thing]] ([[very]] freq. and [[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br /> <b>(a)</b> Neutr.: respicere [[quasi]] [[retro]] aspicere, [[Varro]] Manio: sedens ... [[neque]] [[post]] [[respiciens]], [[neque]] [[ante]] prospiciens, Non. p. 442, 31 sq. (cf. [[infra]], β): [[longe]] [[retro]] respicere non possunt, Cic. Tusc. 5, 2, 6; Liv. 21, 22, 7; cf. Cic. Div. 1, 24, 49: [[subito]] exaudivit hinnitum respexitque et equum alacrem [[laetus]] aspexit, id. ib. 1, 33 fin.: Er. Ergasilum qui vocat? He. Respice ... respice ad me, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 54 sq.: huc ad aliquem, id. Trin. 4, 3, 61; so, ad aliquem, id. Curc. 1, 2, 20; id. Cas. 3, 5, 10; id. Ps. 1, 3, 16; id. Poen. 4, 2, 35; id. Truc. 2, 2, 2; Ter. And. 2, 5, 6; id. Phorm. 5, 1, 13 al.; cf.: nocte ad [[oppidum]], Cic. Div. 1, 32, 69: patriae ad oras, Ov. M. 11, 547: ad libellos, Quint. 10, 7, 31; 11, 2, 45; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 51: ad laevam, Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 8: in aliquem, App. M. 2, p. 118: huc, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 30; id. Rud. 3, 4, 2; id. Truc. 1, 2, 20; 21: tanta militum [[virtus]] fuit, ut non [[modo]] de [[vallo]] decederet [[nemo]], sed [[paene]] ne respiceret [[quidem]] [[quisquam]], Caes. B. G. 5, 43: transque [[caput]] jace, nec respexeris, Verg. E. 8, 102: respicit [[Aeneas]] [[subito]], id. A. 6, 548: a [[tergo]], id. ib. 8, 697: [[quod]] respicere [[vetitus]] est, Liv. 21, 22.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> Act. (in lit. [[sense]] [[rare]] in [[good]] [[prose]], [[but]] freq. in all styles in the trop. signif.;<br /> v. [[infra]], II.): ipsi Respiciunt atram in nimbo volitare favillam, [[look]] [[back]] on, see [[behind]] [[them]], Verg. A. 5, 666: [[modo]] Prospicit [[occasus]], [[interdum]] respicit [[ortus]], Ov. M. 2, 190: respice me et relinque egentem parasitum, Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 7: repudia istos comites [[atque]] hoc respice et revortere, id. Merc. 5, 2, 30: proxima [[respiciens]] signa, Caes. B. C. 2, 39; cf. Caesarem, id. ib. 3, 91: (Hannibalem) respexisse [[saepe]] Italiae litora, Liv. 30, 20, 7: nec [[prius]] amissam (Creüsam) respexi animumve reflexi, Quam, etc., Verg. A. 2. 741; id. G. 4, 491; Ov. M. 11, 66; cf.: ut stetit et [[frustra]] absentem respexit amicum, Verg. A. 9, 389: instantem [[tergo]] Cloanthum, id. ib. 5, 168: [[donec]] versas ad litora puppes Respiciunt, id. ib. 10, 269; cf. id. ib. 5, 666: oculis pignora cara, Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 60: [[medio]] cum Sol altissimus orbe Tantum respiceret, [[quantum]] superesse videret, looked [[back]] [[upon]], i. e. had [[already]] passed [[over]], id. M. 11, 354. —<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br /> <b>A</b> In gen., to [[look]], [[have]] [[regard]], [[turn]] [[attention]].<br /> <b>(a)</b> Neutr.: [[neque]] se in [[multa]] [[simul]] intendere [[animus]] totum potest: et, [[quocumque]] respexit, desinit intueri, [[quod]] [[propositum]] erat, at [[whatsoever]] it looks, Quint. 10, 3, 23: si [[propter]] singula verba ad singulas formas respiciendum erit, id. 11, 2, 26; cf.: non respiciendum ad haec, id. 7, 10, 14: M. [[Bibulus]] cuncta administrabat: ad hunc [[summa]] imperii respiciebat, looked to him, [[was]] centred in him, Caes. B. C. 3, 5 fin.; cf.: [[periculum]] (emptionis) ad venditorem respicere, Dig. 18, 6, 4 ([[with]] ad venditorem pertinere). —<br /> <b>(b)</b> Act., to [[look]] at, [[regard]], [[look]] to: [[quom]] respicias immensi temporis omne Praeteritum [[spatium]], Lucr. 3, 854; cf.: [[quoad]] longissime potest [[mens]] mea respicere [[spatium]] praeteriti temporis, Cic. Arch. 1, 1: cum vastitatem Italiae respexerint, Asin. Poll. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 1: subsidia, quae respicerent in re trepidā, etc., [[which]] [[they]] [[might]] [[look]] to, i. e. from [[which]] [[they]] [[might]] [[expect]] [[aid]], Liv. 4, 46; cf.: ne respicere spem ullam ab Romanis posset, id. 4, 17: respicere [[exemplar]] vitae morumque jubebo Doctum imitatorem, to [[look]] at, [[have]] in his [[eye]], Hor. A. P. 317: de te pendentis, te respicientis amici, id. Ep. 1, 1, 105. — With rel.-[[clause]]: [[quid]] [[sit]] [[prius]] [[actum]], respicere [[aetas]] Nostra nequit, [[nisi]], etc., Lucr. 5, 1446; cf. id. 3, 972: [[respiciens]], an vera [[soror]], Val. Fl. 6, 661.—<br /> <b>B</b> Pregn., to [[look]] at [[with]] [[solicitude]], i. e. to [[have]] a [[care]] for, [[regard]], be [[mindful]] of, [[consider]], [[respect]], etc. (in this [[sense]] [[mostly]] [[act]].; cf. [[provideo]]).<br /> <b>1</b> Of a [[protecting]] [[deity]]: di homines respiciunt, Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 29: [[deus]] respiciet nos [[aliquis]], id. Bacch. 4, 2, 39; Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 34; id. Hec. 5, 2, 6: [[nisi]] [[quis]] nos [[deus]] respexerit, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 6: Sive neglectum [[genus]] et nepotes Respicis [[auctor]], Hor. C. 1, 2, 36; Verg. E. 1, 28: [[nisi]] [[idem]] [[deus]], qui, etc., respexerit rem publicam, Cic. Att. 7, 1, 2: et me et te, [[nisi]] [[quid]] dī respiciunt, perdidi, Ter. And. 4, 1, 19.— Hence, Rēspĭcĭens, the Provident, an epithet of Fortuna: ad opem ferendam, Cic. Leg. 2, 11, 28; Inscr. Orell. 477; 1766.— Rarely, in a [[bad]] [[sense]], of an [[avenging]] [[deity]]: at vos, devota capita, respiciant di perjuriorum vindices, [[may]] [[they]] [[remember]] it [[against]] [[you]], Just. 14, 4, 10.—<br /> <b>2</b> Of persons [[that]] [[have]] a [[care]] or [[regard]] for [[any]] [[thing]]: [[hercle]] [[alius]] [[nemo]] respicit nos, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 55; so, aliquem, Plaut. Truc. 2, 3, 19; id. Aul. 2, 2, 54: [[age]], me in tuis secundis respice, Ter. And. 5, 6, 11; id. Ad. 5, 8, 9: miseros aratores, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 10, § 26; Caes. B. G. 7, 77: [[sin]] Caesarem respiciant, id. B. C. 1, 1; Mart. 10, 10, 5: non Pylium Nestora respicis, Hor. C. 1, 15, 22: [[quantum]] [[quisque]] ferat respiciendus erit, Ov. Am. 1, 8, 38: mox deos respexere; restitui [[Capitolium]] placuit, bethought [[themselves]] of, Tac. H. 4, 4: aetatem tuam, Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 87: populi Romani commoda ([[with]] prospicere), Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 55, § 127: salutem cum meam tum aliorum, id. Planc 38, 91; cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 5: rem publicam, Cic. Phil. 2, 46, 118; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 11, 3: [[mala]] sua, Lucr. 4, 1159 et saep. —With se, to [[think]] of or [[have]] [[regard]] for one's [[self]], Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 18; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 18; 5, 1, 46; Cic. Fin. 2, 24, 79; id. pro Scaur. Fragm. 41, p. 267 Orell.: [[quod]] si [[Caesar]] se respexerit, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 24, 8.—With ad (Quintilian): ad utilitatem Ligarii respicit, looks to the [[advantage]] of, Quint. 9, 2, 28; so, [[modice]] ad hanc partem, id. 9, 4, 36: Graecas litteras (corresp. to studere Latinis), id. 1, 12, 6: saepius ad curam rerum ab elocutione, id. 10, 1, 120.—With an abstr. subj.: si [[quid]] [[pietas]] antiqua labores Respicit humanos, Verg. A. 5, 689.— With [[object]]-[[clause]], to [[observe]], [[perceive]], [[notice]]: [[respicio]] [[nihili]] meam vos gratiam facere, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 68. | |lshtext=<b>rē-spĭcĭo</b>: spexi, spectum, 3 (old form of<br /><b>I</b> subj. perf. respexis, Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 19; id. Most. 2, 2, 90; id. Rud. 3, 3, 16), v. n. and a., to [[look]] [[back]] or [[behind]], to [[look]] [[about]], [[look]]; to see [[behind]] one; to [[look]] [[back]] [[upon]], to [[look]] at, [[look]] to or for [[any]] [[thing]] ([[very]] freq. and [[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br /> <b>(a)</b> Neutr.: respicere [[quasi]] [[retro]] aspicere, [[Varro]] Manio: sedens ... [[neque]] [[post]] [[respiciens]], [[neque]] [[ante]] prospiciens, Non. p. 442, 31 sq. (cf. [[infra]], β): [[longe]] [[retro]] respicere non possunt, Cic. Tusc. 5, 2, 6; Liv. 21, 22, 7; cf. Cic. Div. 1, 24, 49: [[subito]] exaudivit hinnitum respexitque et equum alacrem [[laetus]] aspexit, id. ib. 1, 33 fin.: Er. Ergasilum qui vocat? He. Respice ... respice ad me, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 54 sq.: huc ad aliquem, id. Trin. 4, 3, 61; so, ad aliquem, id. Curc. 1, 2, 20; id. Cas. 3, 5, 10; id. Ps. 1, 3, 16; id. Poen. 4, 2, 35; id. Truc. 2, 2, 2; Ter. And. 2, 5, 6; id. Phorm. 5, 1, 13 al.; cf.: nocte ad [[oppidum]], Cic. Div. 1, 32, 69: patriae ad oras, Ov. M. 11, 547: ad libellos, Quint. 10, 7, 31; 11, 2, 45; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 51: ad laevam, Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 8: in aliquem, App. M. 2, p. 118: huc, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 30; id. Rud. 3, 4, 2; id. Truc. 1, 2, 20; 21: tanta militum [[virtus]] fuit, ut non [[modo]] de [[vallo]] decederet [[nemo]], sed [[paene]] ne respiceret [[quidem]] [[quisquam]], Caes. B. G. 5, 43: transque [[caput]] jace, nec respexeris, Verg. E. 8, 102: respicit [[Aeneas]] [[subito]], id. A. 6, 548: a [[tergo]], id. ib. 8, 697: [[quod]] respicere [[vetitus]] est, Liv. 21, 22.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> Act. (in lit. [[sense]] [[rare]] in [[good]] [[prose]], [[but]] freq. in all styles in the trop. signif.;<br /> v. [[infra]], II.): ipsi Respiciunt atram in nimbo volitare favillam, [[look]] [[back]] on, see [[behind]] [[them]], Verg. A. 5, 666: [[modo]] Prospicit [[occasus]], [[interdum]] respicit [[ortus]], Ov. M. 2, 190: respice me et relinque egentem parasitum, Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 7: repudia istos comites [[atque]] hoc respice et revortere, id. Merc. 5, 2, 30: proxima [[respiciens]] signa, Caes. B. C. 2, 39; cf. Caesarem, id. ib. 3, 91: (Hannibalem) respexisse [[saepe]] Italiae litora, Liv. 30, 20, 7: nec [[prius]] amissam (Creüsam) respexi animumve reflexi, Quam, etc., Verg. A. 2. 741; id. G. 4, 491; Ov. M. 11, 66; cf.: ut stetit et [[frustra]] absentem respexit amicum, Verg. A. 9, 389: instantem [[tergo]] Cloanthum, id. ib. 5, 168: [[donec]] versas ad litora puppes Respiciunt, id. ib. 10, 269; cf. id. ib. 5, 666: oculis pignora cara, Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 60: [[medio]] cum Sol altissimus orbe Tantum respiceret, [[quantum]] superesse videret, looked [[back]] [[upon]], i. e. had [[already]] passed [[over]], id. M. 11, 354. —<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br /> <b>A</b> In gen., to [[look]], [[have]] [[regard]], [[turn]] [[attention]].<br /> <b>(a)</b> Neutr.: [[neque]] se in [[multa]] [[simul]] intendere [[animus]] totum potest: et, [[quocumque]] respexit, desinit intueri, [[quod]] [[propositum]] erat, at [[whatsoever]] it looks, Quint. 10, 3, 23: si [[propter]] singula verba ad singulas formas respiciendum erit, id. 11, 2, 26; cf.: non respiciendum ad haec, id. 7, 10, 14: M. [[Bibulus]] cuncta administrabat: ad hunc [[summa]] imperii respiciebat, looked to him, [[was]] centred in him, Caes. B. C. 3, 5 fin.; cf.: [[periculum]] (emptionis) ad venditorem respicere, Dig. 18, 6, 4 ([[with]] ad venditorem pertinere). —<br /> <b>(b)</b> Act., to [[look]] at, [[regard]], [[look]] to: [[quom]] respicias immensi temporis omne Praeteritum [[spatium]], Lucr. 3, 854; cf.: [[quoad]] longissime potest [[mens]] mea respicere [[spatium]] praeteriti temporis, Cic. Arch. 1, 1: cum vastitatem Italiae respexerint, Asin. Poll. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 1: subsidia, quae respicerent in re trepidā, etc., [[which]] [[they]] [[might]] [[look]] to, i. e. from [[which]] [[they]] [[might]] [[expect]] [[aid]], Liv. 4, 46; cf.: ne respicere spem ullam ab Romanis posset, id. 4, 17: respicere [[exemplar]] vitae morumque jubebo Doctum imitatorem, to [[look]] at, [[have]] in his [[eye]], Hor. A. P. 317: de te pendentis, te respicientis amici, id. Ep. 1, 1, 105. — With rel.-[[clause]]: [[quid]] [[sit]] [[prius]] [[actum]], respicere [[aetas]] Nostra nequit, [[nisi]], etc., Lucr. 5, 1446; cf. id. 3, 972: [[respiciens]], an vera [[soror]], Val. Fl. 6, 661.—<br /> <b>B</b> Pregn., to [[look]] at [[with]] [[solicitude]], i. e. to [[have]] a [[care]] for, [[regard]], be [[mindful]] of, [[consider]], [[respect]], etc. (in this [[sense]] [[mostly]] [[act]].; cf. [[provideo]]).<br /> <b>1</b> Of a [[protecting]] [[deity]]: di homines respiciunt, Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 29: [[deus]] respiciet nos [[aliquis]], id. Bacch. 4, 2, 39; Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 34; id. Hec. 5, 2, 6: [[nisi]] [[quis]] nos [[deus]] respexerit, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 6: Sive neglectum [[genus]] et nepotes Respicis [[auctor]], Hor. C. 1, 2, 36; Verg. E. 1, 28: [[nisi]] [[idem]] [[deus]], qui, etc., respexerit rem publicam, Cic. Att. 7, 1, 2: et me et te, [[nisi]] [[quid]] dī respiciunt, perdidi, Ter. And. 4, 1, 19.— Hence, Rēspĭcĭens, the Provident, an epithet of Fortuna: ad opem ferendam, Cic. Leg. 2, 11, 28; Inscr. Orell. 477; 1766.— Rarely, in a [[bad]] [[sense]], of an [[avenging]] [[deity]]: at vos, devota capita, respiciant di perjuriorum vindices, [[may]] [[they]] [[remember]] it [[against]] [[you]], Just. 14, 4, 10.—<br /> <b>2</b> Of persons [[that]] [[have]] a [[care]] or [[regard]] for [[any]] [[thing]]: [[hercle]] [[alius]] [[nemo]] respicit nos, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 55; so, aliquem, Plaut. Truc. 2, 3, 19; id. Aul. 2, 2, 54: [[age]], me in tuis secundis respice, Ter. And. 5, 6, 11; id. Ad. 5, 8, 9: miseros aratores, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 10, § 26; Caes. B. G. 7, 77: [[sin]] Caesarem respiciant, id. B. C. 1, 1; Mart. 10, 10, 5: non Pylium Nestora respicis, Hor. C. 1, 15, 22: [[quantum]] [[quisque]] ferat respiciendus erit, Ov. Am. 1, 8, 38: mox deos respexere; restitui [[Capitolium]] placuit, bethought [[themselves]] of, Tac. H. 4, 4: aetatem tuam, Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 87: populi Romani commoda ([[with]] prospicere), Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 55, § 127: salutem cum meam tum aliorum, id. Planc 38, 91; cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 5: rem publicam, Cic. Phil. 2, 46, 118; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 11, 3: [[mala]] sua, Lucr. 4, 1159 et saep. —With se, to [[think]] of or [[have]] [[regard]] for one's [[self]], Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 18; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 18; 5, 1, 46; Cic. Fin. 2, 24, 79; id. pro Scaur. Fragm. 41, p. 267 Orell.: [[quod]] si [[Caesar]] se respexerit, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 24, 8.—With ad (Quintilian): ad utilitatem Ligarii respicit, looks to the [[advantage]] of, Quint. 9, 2, 28; so, [[modice]] ad hanc partem, id. 9, 4, 36: Graecas litteras (corresp. to studere Latinis), id. 1, 12, 6: saepius ad curam rerum ab elocutione, id. 10, 1, 120.—With an abstr. subj.: si [[quid]] [[pietas]] antiqua labores Respicit humanos, Verg. A. 5, 689.— With [[object]]-[[clause]], to [[observe]], [[perceive]], [[notice]]: [[respicio]] [[nihili]] meam vos gratiam facere, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 68. | ||
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|gf=<b>respĭcĭō</b>,⁸ spexī, spectum, ĕre (re et [[specio]]),<br /><b>1</b> [int.] regarder en arrière, regarder derrière soi, tourner la tête (se retourner) pour regarder : Cic. Div. 1, 73 ; Tusc. 5, 6 ; Cæs. G. 5, 43, 4 ; Liv. 21, 22, 7 ; ad aliquem, ad [[aliquid]] Pl. Capt. 835 ; Cic. Div. 1, 69, tourner la tête du côté de qqn, tourner les yeux du côté de qqch. || [fig.] <b> a)</b> tourner son attention : Quint. 7, 10, 14 ; 10, 3, 23 ; 11, 2, 26 ; <b> b)</b> [en parl. de choses] regarder, concerner : ad [[hunc]] [[summa]] imperii respiciebat Cæs. C. 3, 5, 4, l’ensemble du commandement le regardait, lui revenait<br /><b>2</b> tr., <b> a)</b> [[respiciens]] Cæsarem Cæs. C. 3, 91, 3, se retournant vers César ; respexisse sæpe Italiæ litora Liv. 30, 20, 7, il s’était retourné souvent pour regarder les rivages de l’Italie ; respicere [[spatium]] præteriti temporis Cic. Arch. 1, regarder derrière soi l’espace de temps écoulé || [avec prop. inf.] voir en tournant les yeux que : Virg. En. 5, 666 ; <b> b)</b> [fig.] avoir égard à, prendre en considération (aliquem, [[aliquid]], qqn, qqch.) : Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 26 ; 3, 127 ; Planc. 91 ; Fam. 2, 16, 5 ; Cæs. G. 7, 77, 16 ; C. 1, 1, 3 ; Liv. 29, 17, 9 ; se respicere Cic. Fin. 2, 79, songer à soi || [en part.] avoir l’œil sur qqn, le protéger : di [[nos]] respiciunt Ter. Phorm. 817, les dieux veillent sur nous, cf. Ter. Andr. 642 ; Hec. 772 ; Cic. Att. 1, 16, 6 ; 7, 1, 2 || songer à, envisager : spem nullam ab Romanis Liv. 4, 17, 5, n’envisager aucun espoir du côté des Romains, cf. Liv. 4, 46, 8. arch. respexis = respexeris Pl. Aul. 58 ; Most. 523, etc. | |||
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rē-spĭcĭo: spexi, spectum, 3 (old form of
I subj. perf. respexis, Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 19; id. Most. 2, 2, 90; id. Rud. 3, 3, 16), v. n. and a., to look back or behind, to look about, look; to see behind one; to look back upon, to look at, look to or for any thing (very freq. and class.).
I Lit.
(a) Neutr.: respicere quasi retro aspicere, Varro Manio: sedens ... neque post respiciens, neque ante prospiciens, Non. p. 442, 31 sq. (cf. infra, β): longe retro respicere non possunt, Cic. Tusc. 5, 2, 6; Liv. 21, 22, 7; cf. Cic. Div. 1, 24, 49: subito exaudivit hinnitum respexitque et equum alacrem laetus aspexit, id. ib. 1, 33 fin.: Er. Ergasilum qui vocat? He. Respice ... respice ad me, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 54 sq.: huc ad aliquem, id. Trin. 4, 3, 61; so, ad aliquem, id. Curc. 1, 2, 20; id. Cas. 3, 5, 10; id. Ps. 1, 3, 16; id. Poen. 4, 2, 35; id. Truc. 2, 2, 2; Ter. And. 2, 5, 6; id. Phorm. 5, 1, 13 al.; cf.: nocte ad oppidum, Cic. Div. 1, 32, 69: patriae ad oras, Ov. M. 11, 547: ad libellos, Quint. 10, 7, 31; 11, 2, 45; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 51: ad laevam, Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 8: in aliquem, App. M. 2, p. 118: huc, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 30; id. Rud. 3, 4, 2; id. Truc. 1, 2, 20; 21: tanta militum virtus fuit, ut non modo de vallo decederet nemo, sed paene ne respiceret quidem quisquam, Caes. B. G. 5, 43: transque caput jace, nec respexeris, Verg. E. 8, 102: respicit Aeneas subito, id. A. 6, 548: a tergo, id. ib. 8, 697: quod respicere vetitus est, Liv. 21, 22.—
(b) Act. (in lit. sense rare in good prose, but freq. in all styles in the trop. signif.;
v. infra, II.): ipsi Respiciunt atram in nimbo volitare favillam, look back on, see behind them, Verg. A. 5, 666: modo Prospicit occasus, interdum respicit ortus, Ov. M. 2, 190: respice me et relinque egentem parasitum, Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 7: repudia istos comites atque hoc respice et revortere, id. Merc. 5, 2, 30: proxima respiciens signa, Caes. B. C. 2, 39; cf. Caesarem, id. ib. 3, 91: (Hannibalem) respexisse saepe Italiae litora, Liv. 30, 20, 7: nec prius amissam (Creüsam) respexi animumve reflexi, Quam, etc., Verg. A. 2. 741; id. G. 4, 491; Ov. M. 11, 66; cf.: ut stetit et frustra absentem respexit amicum, Verg. A. 9, 389: instantem tergo Cloanthum, id. ib. 5, 168: donec versas ad litora puppes Respiciunt, id. ib. 10, 269; cf. id. ib. 5, 666: oculis pignora cara, Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 60: medio cum Sol altissimus orbe Tantum respiceret, quantum superesse videret, looked back upon, i. e. had already passed over, id. M. 11, 354. —
II Trop.
A In gen., to look, have regard, turn attention.
(a) Neutr.: neque se in multa simul intendere animus totum potest: et, quocumque respexit, desinit intueri, quod propositum erat, at whatsoever it looks, Quint. 10, 3, 23: si propter singula verba ad singulas formas respiciendum erit, id. 11, 2, 26; cf.: non respiciendum ad haec, id. 7, 10, 14: M. Bibulus cuncta administrabat: ad hunc summa imperii respiciebat, looked to him, was centred in him, Caes. B. C. 3, 5 fin.; cf.: periculum (emptionis) ad venditorem respicere, Dig. 18, 6, 4 (with ad venditorem pertinere). —
(b) Act., to look at, regard, look to: quom respicias immensi temporis omne Praeteritum spatium, Lucr. 3, 854; cf.: quoad longissime potest mens mea respicere spatium praeteriti temporis, Cic. Arch. 1, 1: cum vastitatem Italiae respexerint, Asin. Poll. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 1: subsidia, quae respicerent in re trepidā, etc., which they might look to, i. e. from which they might expect aid, Liv. 4, 46; cf.: ne respicere spem ullam ab Romanis posset, id. 4, 17: respicere exemplar vitae morumque jubebo Doctum imitatorem, to look at, have in his eye, Hor. A. P. 317: de te pendentis, te respicientis amici, id. Ep. 1, 1, 105. — With rel.-clause: quid sit prius actum, respicere aetas Nostra nequit, nisi, etc., Lucr. 5, 1446; cf. id. 3, 972: respiciens, an vera soror, Val. Fl. 6, 661.—
B Pregn., to look at with solicitude, i. e. to have a care for, regard, be mindful of, consider, respect, etc. (in this sense mostly act.; cf. provideo).
1 Of a protecting deity: di homines respiciunt, Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 29: deus respiciet nos aliquis, id. Bacch. 4, 2, 39; Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 34; id. Hec. 5, 2, 6: nisi quis nos deus respexerit, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 6: Sive neglectum genus et nepotes Respicis auctor, Hor. C. 1, 2, 36; Verg. E. 1, 28: nisi idem deus, qui, etc., respexerit rem publicam, Cic. Att. 7, 1, 2: et me et te, nisi quid dī respiciunt, perdidi, Ter. And. 4, 1, 19.— Hence, Rēspĭcĭens, the Provident, an epithet of Fortuna: ad opem ferendam, Cic. Leg. 2, 11, 28; Inscr. Orell. 477; 1766.— Rarely, in a bad sense, of an avenging deity: at vos, devota capita, respiciant di perjuriorum vindices, may they remember it against you, Just. 14, 4, 10.—
2 Of persons that have a care or regard for any thing: hercle alius nemo respicit nos, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 55; so, aliquem, Plaut. Truc. 2, 3, 19; id. Aul. 2, 2, 54: age, me in tuis secundis respice, Ter. And. 5, 6, 11; id. Ad. 5, 8, 9: miseros aratores, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 10, § 26; Caes. B. G. 7, 77: sin Caesarem respiciant, id. B. C. 1, 1; Mart. 10, 10, 5: non Pylium Nestora respicis, Hor. C. 1, 15, 22: quantum quisque ferat respiciendus erit, Ov. Am. 1, 8, 38: mox deos respexere; restitui Capitolium placuit, bethought themselves of, Tac. H. 4, 4: aetatem tuam, Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 87: populi Romani commoda (with prospicere), Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 55, § 127: salutem cum meam tum aliorum, id. Planc 38, 91; cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 5: rem publicam, Cic. Phil. 2, 46, 118; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 11, 3: mala sua, Lucr. 4, 1159 et saep. —With se, to think of or have regard for one's self, Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 18; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 18; 5, 1, 46; Cic. Fin. 2, 24, 79; id. pro Scaur. Fragm. 41, p. 267 Orell.: quod si Caesar se respexerit, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 24, 8.—With ad (Quintilian): ad utilitatem Ligarii respicit, looks to the advantage of, Quint. 9, 2, 28; so, modice ad hanc partem, id. 9, 4, 36: Graecas litteras (corresp. to studere Latinis), id. 1, 12, 6: saepius ad curam rerum ab elocutione, id. 10, 1, 120.—With an abstr. subj.: si quid pietas antiqua labores Respicit humanos, Verg. A. 5, 689.— With object-clause, to observe, perceive, notice: respicio nihili meam vos gratiam facere, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 68.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
respĭcĭō,⁸ spexī, spectum, ĕre (re et specio),
1 [int.] regarder en arrière, regarder derrière soi, tourner la tête (se retourner) pour regarder : Cic. Div. 1, 73 ; Tusc. 5, 6 ; Cæs. G. 5, 43, 4 ; Liv. 21, 22, 7 ; ad aliquem, ad aliquid Pl. Capt. 835 ; Cic. Div. 1, 69, tourner la tête du côté de qqn, tourner les yeux du côté de qqch.
