retrospicio
From LSJ
τὰ πρὸ Εὐκλείδου ἐξετάζειν → investigate what happened before the flood, investigate what happened in the distant past, investigate what happened before Euclid, investigate what happened before the year of Euclid
τὰ πρὸ Εὐκλείδου ἐξετάζειν → investigate what happened before the flood, investigate what happened in the distant past, investigate what happened before Euclid, investigate what happened before the year of Euclid
rē̆trō-spĭcĭo: cĕre, v. a. specio,
I to look back at: orbem lunae (sol), Vitr. 9, 4.
retrospicio, is, ere. 3. :: 往後看