circumspectio
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
circumspectĭo: ōnis, f. circumspicio. *
I Prop., a looking on all sides, a looking about: singulorum, sibi horizontem facit, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 15, 17.—
II Trop., foresight, circumspection, caution (v. circumspicio, I. B.): circumspectio et accurata consideratio, Cic. Ac. 2, 11, 35; Fragm. Val. § 35: prudentiae insunt ratio, intellectus, circumspectio, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 8, 7.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
circumspectĭō, ōnis, f. (circumspicio), action de regarder autour : Macr. Scip. 1, 15, 17 || [fig.] attention prudente : Cic. Ac. 2, 35.
Latin > German (Georges)
circumspectio, ōnis, f. (circumspicio), I) das Umherblicken, der Umblick, Macr. somn. Scip. 1, 15. § 17. – II) übtr., die Umsicht, das umsichtige Erwägen, circumspectio aliqua et accurata consideratio, Cic. Acad. 2, 35: diligens c., Fragm. Vatic. 35, 7: prudentiae insunt ratio, intellectus, circumspectio, Macr. somn. Scip. 1, 8, 7: m. subj. Genet., c. dei, Vulg. Sirach 14, 22.
