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|lshtext=<b>respectus</b>: a, um, Part. of [[respicio]].<br /><b>respectus</b>: ūs, m. [[respicio]],<br /><b>I</b> a looking [[back]] or [[about]] ([[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: fugientibus miserabilem respectum incendiorum [[fore]], Cic. Div. 1, 32, 68: [[sine]] respiratione ac respectu pugnabant, Liv. 8, 38: [[effuse]] ac [[sine]] respectu fugit, id. 32, 12: [[sine]] respectu mea fata relinquens, Verg. Cul. 226. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> [[Meton]]., a [[refuge]], [[retreat]], [[asylum]]: ad Romanos, Liv. 42, 46: respectum pulcherrimum et [[praesidium]] firmissimum adimit rei publicae, Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 9; 11, 11, 26; Liv. 21, 44; cf.: omnium rerum respectum [[praeterquam]] victoriam nobis abscindamus, id. 9, 23.: in idolis nationum non erit [[respectus]], Vulg. Sap. 14, 11. —<br /><b>II</b> Trop., [[respect]], [[regard]], [[consideration]] (cf. [[ratio]]; in this signif. [[rare]] [[before]] the Aug. per., and usu. in abl.; a favorite [[word]] of Liv.): respectum ad senatum et ad bonos non habere, Cic. Phil. 5, 18, 49: ad Romanos, Liv. 42, 46: ni [[respectus]] equitum praepedisset animos, id. 9, 14: Romanorum [[maxime]] [[respectus]] civitates movit, id. 35, 38; Sen. Ira, 2, 28, 8: respectum amicitiae habere, Liv. 42, 37; 26, 1. — Abl.: respectu, by a [[regard]], [[with]] [[regard]]; [[with]] gen.: factione respectuque rerum privatarum [[Appius]] vicit, by a [[regard]] for [[private]] interests, Liv. 2, 30; so id. 8, 28; 9, 45; 31, 46; 42, 9; 45, 18; Quint. 12, 9, 11; Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 100: respectu cupiunt hic [[tamen]] esse sui, id. P. 4, 9, 100; Phaedr. 5, 4, 7 al.: in illius respectum [[iste]] [[populo]] praesideat, Sen. Ben. 4, 32, 2: [[sine]] respectu non majestatis [[modo]] sed [[etiam]] humanitatis, Liv. 29, 9: [[sine]] respectu pudoris, Quint. 6, 3, 25; Sen. Contr. 3 (7), 23, 2: [[sine]] respectu veniae, Tac. H. 2, 30: fabulae, Phaedr. 5, 4, 7: paucitatis, Just. 11, 9, 2: amicitiae, id. 12, 10, 8: [[sine]] respectu sui, Sen. Ben. 6, 13, 1: Graecum [[proverbium]] jactans: occultae musicae nullum esse respectum, is in no [[repute]], Suet. Ner. 20 (cf.: musicam quae [[sit]] abscondita, eam esse nullius rei, Gell. 13, 30, 3; Gr. τῆς λανθανούσης μουσικῆς οὐδεὶς [[λόγος]]).