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|lshtext=<b>circum-spĭcĭo</b>: exi, ectum, 3 (<br /><b>I</b> perf. sync. circumspexti, Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 55; inf. sync. circumspexe, Varr. ap. Non. p. 106, 16, or Sat. Men. 82), v. n. and a. ([[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Neutr., to [[look]] [[about]] one's [[self]], to [[cast]] a [[look]] [[around]]; or, [[with]] an obj.-[[clause]], to [[observe]], see, [[look]] [[about]]: circumspicedum, [[numquis]] est, Sermonem [[nostrum]] quiaucupet, see [[whether]] [[there]] is [[any]] one, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 41; 2, 2, 43; Ter. And. 2, 2, 20; Varr. l. l.: [[suus]] conjux ubi [[sit]] circumspicit, Ov. M. 1, 605: circumspicere [[late]], Quint. 10, 3, 29: num [[quid]] circumspexti? Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 55: diversi circumspiciunt, Verg. A. 9, 416: qui in [[auspicium]] adhibetur nec suspicit nec circumspicit, Cic. Div. 2, 34, 72: circumspicit, aestuat, of one in [[trouble]] or [[perplexity]], id. Rosc. Com. 14, 43; cf. Liv. 21, 22, 7.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sometimes circumspicere se, to [[look]] [[about]] one's [[self]]: circumspicedum te, ne [[quis]] adsit [[arbiter]], Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 109; Varr. ap. Non. p. 106, 16; Auct. B. Afr. 47: numquamne te circumspicies? Cic. Par. 4, 2, 30.—In partic., to [[look]] [[about]] one's [[self]] [[with]] [[haughtiness]]; to [[think]] [[highly]] of one's [[self]]: [[usque]] eone te diligis et [[magnifice]] circumspicis? Cic. Rosc. Com. 2, 5; and trop. of [[language]]: Romanus [[sermo]] [[magis]] se circumspicit et aestimat praebetque aestimandum, Sen. Ep. 40, 11.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop., to [[exercise]] [[foresight]], be [[cautious]], [[take]] [[heed]]: esse circumspiciendum [[diligenter]], ut, etc., Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3, § 10: cui mandetis (rempublicam) circumspicite Sall. H. 2, 41, 10 Dietsch.—Esp. freq.,<br /><b>II</b> Act., to [[view]] on all sides, to [[survey]]: cum sua [[quisque]] [[miles]] circumspiceret, looked [[carefully]] to see, Caes. B. G. 5, 31; Liv. 9, 28, 5: tam latā acie ne ex [[medio]] [[quidem]] cornua sua circumspicere poterant, Liv. 37, 41, 4: lucos, Ov. M. 5, 265: [[amictus]], to [[review]], id. ib. 4, 318; so, habitum suum, Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 3; cf. under [[circumspectus]], adv.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[descry]], [[get]] [[sight]] of by looking [[around]]: [[saxum]] circumspicit [[ingens]], Verg. A. 12, 896: Athin, Ov. M. 5, 72.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., of things: in [[latus]] omne [[patens]] [[turris]] circumspicit undas, Ov. H. 6, 69.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[view]] [[something]] mentally, to [[survey]], [[ponder]] [[upon]], [[weigh]], [[consider]] (syn.: [[considero]], [[perpendo]]): reliqua ejus consilia [[animo]] circumspiciebat, Caes. B. G. 6, 5: circumspicite [[paulisper]] mentibus vestris hosce ipsos homines, Cic. Sull. 25, 70; cf. se, id. Par. 4, 2, 30: [[neque]] [[temere]] consulem saltatorem vocare, sed circumspicere, quibus [[praeterea]] vitiis adfectum esse [[necesse]] [[sit]] eum, etc., id. Mur. 6, 13.—So [[with]] rel. -[[clause]], Sall. H. 2, 41 Dietsch; Sen. Ep. 70, 5; Calp. Ecl. 5, 95: circumspectis rebus omnibus rationibusque subductis summam feci, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 10: permulta sunt in causis circumspicienda, ne [[quid]] offendas, id. de Or. 2, 74, 301; id. Agr. 1, 8, 23; id. Fam. 5, 13, 3: circumspicite [[celeriter]] [[animo]], qui sint rerum [[exitus]] consecuti, id. Leg. 2, 17, 42: vide, quaere, circumspice, si [[quis]] est [[forte]] ex eā provinciā qui te nolit perisse, id. Verr. 2, 3, 77, § 180; id. Clu. 53, 147; id. Cat. 4, 2, 4; Liv. 23, 20, 6; cf. Tac. H. 2, 6; Suet. Aug. 63.—With ut and subj., Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3, § 10; Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 87: cum circumspicerent Patres quosnam consules facerent, Liv. 27, 34, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[look]] [[about]] for [[something]] [[with]] [[desire]], to [[seek]] for, etc. (so [[mostly]] [[since]] the Aug. per.): nec, [[sicut]] aestivas aves, [[statim]] [[auctumno]] tecta ac recessum circumspicere, Liv. 5, 6, 2; 7, 14, 6: externa auxilia, id. 1, 30, 6; cf. Just. 22, 5, 4: fugam, Tac. A. 14, 35; Just. 2, 12, 26: novas belli causas, id. 31, 1, 8; Verg. G. 3, 390; Plin. Ep. 3, 3, 3: peregrinos reges sibi, Just. 40, 1, 1; 22, 5, 4: viresque suas circumspectantes his validiores, Amm. 22, 8, 18.—Hence, [[circumspectus]], a, um, P. a.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Of things, weighed [[with]] [[care]], [[well]] considered, [[guarded]], [[circumspect]] (perh. not [[ante]] - Aug.): verba non circumspecta, Ov. F. 5, 539: judicium, Quint. 10, 1, 26: [[interrogatio]], id. 5, 7, 31: [[moderatio]] animi, Val. Max. 4, 3, 4: circumspectissima [[sanctio]] decreti, id. 1, 1, 20.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Transf. to the [[person]] [[who]] [[carefully]] weighs a [[thing]], [[circumspect]], [[considerate]], [[cautious]], [[wary]], [[provident]], [[heedful]]: [[modo]] [[circumspectus]] et [[sagax]], [[modo]] [[inconsultus]] et [[praeceps]], Suet. Claud. 15: circumspectissimus et prudentissimus [[princeps]], id. Tib. 21: tenues et circumspecti, Quint. 12, 10, 23; Cels. 3, 9 fin.: omnes, Col. 1, 8, 16; 1, 7, 12: [[sive]] [[aliquis]] circumspectior est, Sen. Q. N. 5, 1, 5.—Of dogs: assidui et circumspecti [[magis]] [[quam]] temeraril, Col. 7, 12, 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In [[late]] Lat., [[worthy]] of [[consideration]], [[respected]], [[distinguished]]: circumspectum et verecundum [[nomen]] populi Romani, Amm. 14, 6, 6: colores, id. 28, 4, 12: [[circumspectus]] genere, famā potentiāque, id. 18, 10, 1.—Hence, circumspectē, adv., [[with]] [[consideration]], [[with]] [[mature]] [[deliberation]], [[warily]], [[cautiously]], [[considerately]], [[circumspectly]], etc.: [[circumspecte]] compositeque [[indutus]] et [[amictus]], Gell. 1, 5, 2 (cf. [[supra]], II. D.): [[circumspecte]] vestiti, Amm. 27, 3, 14: [[circumspecte]] facti [[versus]], Gell. 9, 10, 6: facere aliquid, Dig. 4, 4, 7, § 8: parcius et circumspectius faciendum est, * Quint. 9, 2, 69: circumspectius donare, eligere eos, in quos merita conferantur, Sen. Ben. 3, 14, 1.

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|georg=[[circum]]-[[spicio]], spexī, spectum, ere ([[circum]] u. [[specio]]), [[rings]] umherblicken, I) v. intr. u. (altlat.) v. refl. [[sich]] [[rings]] [[umsehen]], [[rings]] umherblicken od. -[[schauen]], [[rundum]] [[sehen]], -[[schauen]], 1) eig.: [[circumspicio]]: [[nemo]] (est), Ter.: [[circumspicio]]; [[nusquam]] (es), Ter.: circumspicit [[ille]] [[atque]], [[ubi]] sit, quaerit, Ov.: [[qui]] in [[auspicium]] adhibetur [[nec]] suspicit [[nec]] circumspicit, Cic.: [[pavidum]] [[primo]] [[nusquam]] circumspicientem [[aut]] respicientem secutum, Liv.: diversi circumspicimus od. circumspiciunt, Pacuv. fr. u. Verg.: circumspicit (sieht [[sich]] [[[ängstlich]]] [[ringsum]]), aestuat, Cic.: [[usque]] eo te diligis et [[magnifice]] circumspicis (blickst [[stolz]] um dich her), ut etc., Cic.: circumspicere fratrem, Sen. rhet.: [[late]] circumspiciendi [[libertas]], eine weite freie [[Aussicht]], Quint. – m. folg. [[Frage]]- od. Finalsatz, Than. circumspicedum, [[num]] [[quis]] est, sermonem [[nostrum]] [[qui]] aucupet. Theur. Tutum probest. Than. Circumspice [[etiam]] ([[noch]] [[einmal]]). Theur. Nemost, Plaut.: [[atque]] [[suus]] [[coniunx]], [[ubi]] sit, circumspicit, Ov.: circumspicedum, ne [[quis]] nostro [[hic]] [[auceps]] sermoni siet, Plaut.: u. (altlat.) reflex., Call. Circumspicedum te ne [[quis]] adsit [[arbiter]]. Meg. Non est. Call. Sed [[quaeso]] [[identidem]] circumspice, Plaut. trin. 146 sq. – 2) übtr., [[sich]] ([[mit]] dem geistigen [[Auge]]) [[überall]] [[umsehen]], [[Umschau]] [[halten]], m. folg. indir. Fragesatz, circumspicite [[celeriter]] [[animo]], [[qui]] sint rerum [[exitus]] consecuti, Cic. de legg. 2, 42: vide, quaere, circumspice, si [[quis]] est [[forte]] ex ea [[provincia]], [[qui]] te nolit [[perisse]], Cic. Verr. 3, 180: cum circumspicerent patres, quosnam consules facerent, [[longe]] [[ante]] alios eminebat C. [[Claudius]] [[Nero]], Liv. 27, 34, 1. – II) v. tr.: A) [[rings]] umhersehen [[auf]] usw., [[rings]] [[ansehen]], [[rings]] [[betrachten]], [[rings]] in [[Augenschein]] [[nehmen]], [[rings]] [[übersehen]], [[rings]] [[überblicken]], 1) eig.: [[urbis]] situm, Liv.: montibus fluminibusque clausam regionem, Liv.: lucos, Ov.: oculis [[Phrygia]] agmina, Verg.: ne ex [[medio]] [[quidem]] cornua sua, Liv.: de [[septem]] totum orbem montibus, Ov.: sua, Liv.: habitum suum, Plin. ep.: [[amictus]], Ov.: u. so se, [[sich]] [[rings]] [[betrachten]], Varr. [[sat]]. Men. 490. – v. lebl. Subjj., in [[latus]] omne [[patens]] [[turris]] circumspicit undas, Ov. her. 6, 69. – 2) übtr., etw. im Geiste [[allseitig]] [[betrachten]] = [[genau]] ([[wohl]]) [[beachten]], -[[erwägen]], -[[überlegen]], [[genau]] ([[wohl]]) [[zusehen]], circumspicite [[paulisper]] mentibus vestris hosce ipsos homines, Cic.: circumspicite procellas, Cic.: [[haec]] et talia circumspicienda sunt in omni [[officio]], Cic.: c. [[omnia]] membra [[rei]] publicae, Cic.: omnes imperii [[vires]], Liv.: [[omnia]], Cic.: dicta factaque, Liv.: [[omnia]] pericula, Cic.: infrequentiam militum, Tac. – u. c. se = [[einen]] [[Blick]] [[auf]] [[sich]] [[werfen]], [[erwägen]], [[wer]] [[man]] [[sei]], Cic. parad. 4, 30; od. = [[auf]] [[sich]] [[achten]], [[für]] [[sich]] [[sorgen]], Auct. b. Afr. 47, 2: u. so [[Romanus]] [[sermo]] [[magis]] se circumspicit (achtet [[mehr]] [[auf]] [[sich]] [[selbst]], ist umsichtiger) et aestimat praebetque aestimandum, Sen. ep. 40, 11. – m. folg. indir. Fragesatz, Cic. Mur. 13. Sall. hist. fr. 2, 41 (50) § 10 (= orat. Cottae § 10). Sen. ep. 70, 5. Calp. ecl. 5, 95. – m. folg. ut od. ne u. Konj. = [[darauf]] [[achten]], daß od. daß [[nicht]], c. [[diligenter]], ut etc., Cic. ad Q. fr. 1, 1, 3. § 10: c. timidā mente, ut etc., Ov. trist. 1, 1, 87: c. [[curiose]], ne etc., Cels. 5, 26. no. 1: circumspice, ne etc., Calp. ecl. 5, 73. – B) [[nach]] einem Ggstde. umherblicken, umherschauen, [[rings]] [[sich]] [[umsehen]], 1) eig.: [[visum]] ab se Ambiorigem in [[fuga]], Caes.: fragorem, Stat.: Athin, Verg.: [[saxum]] [[ingens]], Verg.: regionem, quā evaderet, Frontin. – 2) übtr., [[sich]] [[nach]] etw. [[umsehen]] = etw. ausfindig zu [[machen]] od. aufzutreiben [[suchen]], [[alium]] arietem, Verg.: rhetorem Latinum, praeceptores, Plin. ep.: externa auxilia, Tac.: [[autumno]] tecta et recessum, Liv.: occasionem, Sen.: fugam, Tac. u. Iustin.: [[reliqua]] [[eius]] consilia [[animo]], Caes.: tuta consilia, Iustin. – m. Dat. (wem? [[für]] wen?), diem [[bello]], [[auf]] [[einen]] [[für]] den Kr. günstigen [[Zeitpunkt]] [[lauern]], Sall. fr.: locum fugae, Curt.: [[sedes]] [[sibi]] aptas, [[Mela]]: peregrinos [[sibi]] reges, Iustin. – / Synkop. Perf. [[circumspexti]], Ter. adelph. 689: u. Infinit. circumspexe, Varr. [[sat]]. Men. 490.

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