respicio

See also: Respicio

Latin

Etymology

From re- (“back; again”) +‎ speciō (“observe, look at”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /resˈpi.ki.oː/, [rɛs̠ˈpɪkioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /resˈpi.t͡ʃi.o/, [resˈpiːt͡ʃio]

Verb

respiciō (present infinitive respicere, perfect active respexī, supine respectum); third conjugation iō-variant

1. to look behind, look back at or upon, look to, look around

   Synonyms: circumspiciō, circumspectō, circumtueor

   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Lucas.9.16:

     acceptis autem quinque panibus et duobus piscibus respexit in caelum et benedixit illis et fregit et distribuit discipulis suis ut ponerent ante turbas

     Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and broke, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.

2. to have a care for, regard, be mindful of, consider, respect

   Synonyms: cūrō, accūrō, videō, colō, cōnsulō, prōcūrō, cōnsultō, serviō

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.224–225:

     “[...] Dardaniumque ducem, Tyriā Karthāgine quī nunc
     exspectat, fātīsque datās nōn respicit urbēs, [...].”

     [Jupiter to Mercury: Go…] “and [seek] the Dardan captain [Aeneas] — he who waits now in Tyrian Carthage, and disregards [those future] cities the Fates have granted him — [...].”

Conjugation

Conjugation of respiciō (third conjugation iō-variant)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	respiciō	respicis	respicit	respicimus	respicitis	respiciunt
	imperfect	respiciēbam	respiciēbās	respiciēbat	respiciēbāmus	respiciēbātis	respiciēbant
	future	respiciam	respiciēs	respiciet	respiciēmus	respiciētis	respicient
	perfect	respexī	respexistī	respexit	respeximus	respexistis	respexērunt, respexēre
	pluperfect	respexeram	respexerās	respexerat	respexerāmus	respexerātis	respexerant
	future perfect	respexerō	respexeris	respexerit	respexerimus	respexeritis	respexerint
	sigmatic future1	respexō	respexis	respexit	respeximus	respexitis	respexint
passive	present	respicior	respiceris, respicere	respicitur	respicimur	respiciminī	respiciuntur
	imperfect	respiciēbar	respiciēbāris, respiciēbāre	respiciēbātur	respiciēbāmur	respiciēbāminī	respiciēbantur
	future	respiciar	respiciēris, respiciēre	respiciētur	respiciēmur	respiciēminī	respicientur
	perfect	respectus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	respectus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	respectus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	respiciam	respiciās	respiciat	respiciāmus	respiciātis	respiciant
	imperfect	respicerem	respicerēs	respiceret	respicerēmus	respicerētis	respicerent
	perfect	respexerim	respexerīs	respexerit	respexerīmus	respexerītis	respexerint
	pluperfect	respexissem	respexissēs	respexisset	respexissēmus	respexissētis	respexissent
	sigmatic aorist1	respexim	respexīs	respexīt	respexīmus	respexītis	respexint
passive	present	respiciar	respiciāris, respiciāre	respiciātur	respiciāmur	respiciāminī	respiciantur
	imperfect	respicerer	respicerēris, respicerēre	respicerētur	respicerēmur	respicerēminī	respicerentur
	perfect	respectus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	respectus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	respice	—	—	respicite	—
	future	—	respicitō	respicitō	—	respicitōte	respiciuntō
passive	present	—	respicere	—	—	respiciminī	—
	future	—	respicitor	respicitor	—	—	respiciuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		respicere	respexisse	respectūrum esse	respicī	respectum esse	respectum īrī
participles		respiciēns	—	respectūrus	—	respectus	respiciendus, respiciundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		respiciendī	respiciendō	respiciendum	respiciendō	respectum	respectū

¹At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").

Derived terms

• respectiō
• respectō
• respectus
• respiciēns

 

Related terms

• aspiciō
• circumspiciō
• cōnspiciō
• dēspiciō
• dīspiciō
• īnspiciō
• perspiciō
• praespiciō
• prōspiciō
• speciō
• suspiciō
• transpiciō

 

References

• “respicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “respicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• respicio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to have regard for; take into consideration: respicere aliquid