contueor

Latin > English

contueor contueri, contuitus sum V DEP :: look at/gaze on/behold; see to; be in sight of, have view of; contemplate/weigh

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

con-tŭĕor: ŭĭtus, 2 (ante-class. and poet.; access. form
I pres. contŭor, Plaut. As. 2, 3, 23; Stat. Achill. 1, 131: contuimur, Lucr. 4, 35; inf. contui, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 111; 3, 1, 20; id. Most. 3, 2, 152; Pompon. ap. Non. p. 470, 31; cf. tueor and intueor; and in act. form contuo, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2, or Fragm. v. 95 Vahl.), v. a.
I To look on, gaze upon, behold, survey, to consider attentively (syn. conspicio; rare but class.; most freq. in Cic.).
   A Lit.: occepi contui, conspicio coleatam cuspidem, Pompon. 1. 1.: totam terram contueri ejusque situm, formam, etc., Cic. Tusc. 1, 20, 45: hanc sedem et aeternam domum, id. Rep. 6, 23, 25: os, id. Sull. 27, 74: te duobus oculis, id. N. D. 3, 3, 8: aliquid, id. de Or. 3, 59, 221: longinqua (opp. prope admota non cernere), Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 142 sq.; Suet. Aug. 94; id novum Agesilaus contuens, beholding this novelty, Nep. Chabr. 1, 2.—Absol.: alicui acrius contuenti voltum summittere, Suet. Aug. 79; so Plin. 29, 6, 38, § 132.—Of a place personified: Acrocorinthus utraque maria contuens. Mel. 2, 3, 7; cf. Cic. Dom. 57, 146. —
   B Trop., to take into view, to weigh, ponder maturely, to observe (rare): quod bene propositum si plane contueare, Ac videas plane, Lucr. 6, 653: a contuendis malis avocare aliquem, Cic. Tusc. 3, 16, 35.—
   b With the access. idea of carefulness, to see to, take care of, preserve carefully: pecus sic contuendum, ne, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 16.—
II Inchoat. (cf. conspicio, II.), to get sight of, perceive, descry (very rare): si volturios forte possis contui, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 152: figuras miras simulacraque in somnis, Lucr. 4, 35.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

contŭĕor,¹³ tŭĭtus sum, ērī, tr., observer, regarder, considérer : aliquid Cic. de Or. 3, 221, regarder, fixer qqch. ; aliquem duobus oculis Cic. Nat. 3, 8, regarder de ses deux yeux qqn || [fig.] considérer, faire attention à : Cic. Tusc. 3, 35 ; Varro R. 2, 5, 16. formes arch. : contuor Pl. As. 403 ; Lucr. 4, 35 || forme active contuo Pacuv. 6.

Latin > German (Georges)

con-tueor, tuitus sum, ērī, I) erblicken, ansichtig-, gewahr werden, c. longinqua, weitsichtig sein (Ggstz. nisi prope admota non cernere, kurzsichtig sein), Plin. 11, 142; vgl. ibid. 143. – mit dopp. Acc., id novum Agesilaus contuens, dies als etwas Neues erblickend = da dies dem Ag. ein neuer Anblick war, Nep. Chabr. 1, 2. – II) ins Auge fassen, in Augenschein nehmen, überblicken, überschauen, beschauen, betrachten, 1) eig.: aspicite ipsum, contuemini os, Cic.: quod tandem spectaculum fore putamus, cum totam terram contueri licebit, Cic.: c. inter se, einander ins Angesicht sehen (Ggstz. aversos iacēre), von Tieren, Plin. – c. in adversum (geradeaus), Solin. – alqm acrius, Suet.: alqm non sine admiratione, Suet.: alqm altero oculo, duobus oculis, Cic.: solem oculis immobilibus, Plin. – v. personif. Örtl., Acrocorinthus maria utraque contuens, Mela 2, 3, 7 (2. § 48); vgl. Cic. de domo146. – 2) übtr.: a) übh.: geistig, bene propositum plane c. ac videre plane, Lucr. 6, 653: cum (revocatio illa) a contuendis nos malis avocat, Cic. Tusc. 3, 35. – b) prägn., ins Auge fassend auf etw. Bedacht nehmen, in alimoniis armenticium pecus sic contuendum, lactentes cum matribus ne cubent, Varro r. r. 2, 5, 16. – / Archaist. Nbf. contuor, tuī (doch nur die Formen contuor, contuimur, contui),Pompon. com. 69. Plaut. asin. 403 u.a. (s. Brix Plaut. trin. 708). Lucr. 4, 35. Stat. Ach. 1, 131. – Aktive Nbf. contuo, wov. contuit, Pacuv. tr. 6 (Ribbeck nach Vossius' Vermutung).

Latin > Chinese

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