circumspicio

Latin

Etymology

From circum- +‎ speciō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kir.kumˈspi.ki.oː/, [kɪrkũːˈs̠pɪkioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃir.kumˈspi.t͡ʃi.o/, [t͡ʃirkumˈspiːt͡ʃio]

Verb

circumspiciō (present infinitive circumspicere, perfect active circumspexī, supine circumspectum); third conjugation iō-variant

1. to look around, over, for, upon

   Synonyms: circumspectō, circumtueor, respiciō

2. to survey, examine or review

   Synonyms: aspiciō, lūstrō, perlūstrō, recēnseō, cōnspiciō, obeō, īnspiciō, arbitror, cōnsīderō, reputō, probō, exsequor, spectō

3. to seek or search for, look about for something with desire

   Synonyms: requīrō, quaerō, studeō, spectō, petō, appetō, quaerō, inquīrō, conquīrō, indigeō, scrūtor, affectō, contendō, cupiō, concupiō, expetō, dēstinō, sitiō, aveō, voveō, tendō, intendō

   Antonyms: āversor, abhorreō

4. to ponder, weigh, consider, reflect

   Synonyms: reflectō, perpendō, ponderō, putō, pendō, dēlīberō, cōnsīderō, reputō, cōnsulō, replicō, dubitō, cōnsultō, trahō, videō, versō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of circumspiciō (third conjugation iō-variant)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	circumspiciō	circumspicis	circumspicit	circumspicimus	circumspicitis	circumspiciunt
	imperfect	circumspiciēbam	circumspiciēbās	circumspiciēbat	circumspiciēbāmus	circumspiciēbātis	circumspiciēbant
	future	circumspiciam	circumspiciēs	circumspiciet	circumspiciēmus	circumspiciētis	circumspicient
	perfect	circumspexī	circumspexistī	circumspexit	circumspeximus	circumspexistis	circumspexērunt, circumspexēre
	pluperfect	circumspexeram	circumspexerās	circumspexerat	circumspexerāmus	circumspexerātis	circumspexerant
	future perfect	circumspexerō	circumspexeris	circumspexerit	circumspexerimus	circumspexeritis	circumspexerint
passive	present	circumspicior	circumspiceris, circumspicere	circumspicitur	circumspicimur	circumspiciminī	circumspiciuntur
	imperfect	circumspiciēbar	circumspiciēbāris, circumspiciēbāre	circumspiciēbātur	circumspiciēbāmur	circumspiciēbāminī	circumspiciēbantur
	future	circumspiciar	circumspiciēris, circumspiciēre	circumspiciētur	circumspiciēmur	circumspiciēminī	circumspicientur
	perfect	circumspectus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	circumspectus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	circumspectus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	circumspiciam	circumspiciās	circumspiciat	circumspiciāmus	circumspiciātis	circumspiciant
imperfect	circumspicerem	circumspicerēs	circumspiceret	circumspicerēmus	circumspicerētis	circumspicerent
perfect	circumspexerim	circumspexerīs	circumspexerit	circumspexerīmus	circumspexerītis	circumspexerint
pluperfect	circumspexissem	circumspexissēs	circumspexisset	circumspexissēmus	circumspexissētis	circumspexissent
passive	present	circumspiciar	circumspiciāris, circumspiciāre	circumspiciātur	circumspiciāmur	circumspiciāminī	circumspiciantur
imperfect	circumspicerer	circumspicerēris, circumspicerēre	circumspicerētur	circumspicerēmur	circumspicerēminī	circumspicerentur
perfect	circumspectus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	circumspectus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	circumspice	—	—	circumspicite	—
	future	—	circumspicitō	circumspicitō	—	circumspicitōte	circumspiciuntō
passive	present	—	circumspicere	—	—	circumspiciminī	—
	future	—	circumspicitor	circumspicitor	—	—	circumspiciuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		circumspicere	circumspexisse	circumspectūrum esse	circumspicī	circumspectum esse	circumspectum īrī
participles		circumspiciēns	—	circumspectūrus	—	circumspectus	circumspiciendus, circumspiciundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		circumspiciendī	circumspiciendō	circumspiciendum	circumspiciendō	circumspectum	circumspectū

References

• “circumspicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “circumspicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• circumspicio in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• circumspicio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.