circumspectio

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οὔτε σοφίας ἐνδείᾳ οὔτ' αἰσχύνης περιουσίᾳ → neither from lack of knowledge nor from superfluity of modesty

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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.