conspicio

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ speciō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈspi.ki.oː/, [kõːˈs̠pɪkioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈspi.t͡ʃi.o/, [konˈspiːt͡ʃio]

Verb

cōnspiciō (present infinitive cōnspicere, perfect active cōnspexī, supine cōnspectum); third conjugation iō-variant

1. to see, watch, observe, perceive, catch sight of, look at with admiration or close attention, gaze upon, contemplate, behold, espy

   Synonyms: observō, servō, spectō, cōnspicor, cū̆stōdiō, intueor, animadvertō

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.151–152:

     tum, pietāte gravem ac meritīs sī forte virum quem
     cōnspexēre, silent, arrēctīsque auribus adstant.

     Then, if by chance [the disorderly people] catch sight of some man, venerable in [his] piety and service, they [fall] silent, and stand straight with [attentive] ears.
     (Here, “conspexere” is a syncopated form of the third person plural perfect “conspexerunt.” Understand “quem” along with its prefix: “aliquem.”)

2. to examine, consider

   Synonyms: aspiciō, lūstrō, perlūstrō, recēnseō, circumspiciō, obeō, īnspiciō, arbitror, cōnsīderō, reputō, exsequor

3. (Passive with reflexive value) to attract attention, to be conspicuous, to be visible
4. to comprehend, realize, notice

   Synonyms: cognosco, nosco, apiscor, teneo, comprehendo, accipio, concipio

Conjugation

   Conjugation of cōnspiciō (third conjugation iō-variant)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cōnspiciō	cōnspicis	cōnspicit	cōnspicimus	cōnspicitis	cōnspiciunt
	imperfect	cōnspiciēbam	cōnspiciēbās	cōnspiciēbat	cōnspiciēbāmus	cōnspiciēbātis	cōnspiciēbant
	future	cōnspiciam	cōnspiciēs	cōnspiciet	cōnspiciēmus	cōnspiciētis	cōnspicient
	perfect	cōnspexī	cōnspexistī	cōnspexit	cōnspeximus	cōnspexistis	cōnspexērunt, cōnspexēre
	pluperfect	cōnspexeram	cōnspexerās	cōnspexerat	cōnspexerāmus	cōnspexerātis	cōnspexerant
	future perfect	cōnspexerō	cōnspexeris	cōnspexerit	cōnspexerimus	cōnspexeritis	cōnspexerint
passive	present	cōnspicior	cōnspiceris, cōnspicere	cōnspicitur	cōnspicimur	cōnspiciminī	cōnspiciuntur
	imperfect	cōnspiciēbar	cōnspiciēbāris, cōnspiciēbāre	cōnspiciēbātur	cōnspiciēbāmur	cōnspiciēbāminī	cōnspiciēbantur
	future	cōnspiciar	cōnspiciēris, cōnspiciēre	cōnspiciētur	cōnspiciēmur	cōnspiciēminī	cōnspicientur
	perfect	cōnspectus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cōnspectus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cōnspectus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cōnspiciam	cōnspiciās	cōnspiciat	cōnspiciāmus	cōnspiciātis	cōnspiciant
imperfect	cōnspicerem	cōnspicerēs	cōnspiceret	cōnspicerēmus	cōnspicerētis	cōnspicerent
perfect	cōnspexerim	cōnspexerīs	cōnspexerit	cōnspexerīmus	cōnspexerītis	cōnspexerint
pluperfect	cōnspexissem	cōnspexissēs	cōnspexisset	cōnspexissēmus	cōnspexissētis	cōnspexissent
passive	present	cōnspiciar	cōnspiciāris, cōnspiciāre	cōnspiciātur	cōnspiciāmur	cōnspiciāminī	cōnspiciantur
imperfect	cōnspicerer	cōnspicerēris, cōnspicerēre	cōnspicerētur	cōnspicerēmur	cōnspicerēminī	cōnspicerentur
perfect	cōnspectus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	cōnspectus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	cōnspice	—	—	cōnspicite	—
	future	—	cōnspicitō	cōnspicitō	—	cōnspicitōte	cōnspiciuntō
passive	present	—	cōnspicere	—	—	cōnspiciminī	—
	future	—	cōnspicitor	cōnspicitor	—	—	cōnspiciuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		cōnspicere	cōnspexisse	cōnspectūrum esse	cōnspicī	cōnspectum esse	cōnspectum īrī
participles		cōnspiciēns	—	cōnspectūrus	—	cōnspectus	cōnspiciendus, cōnspiciundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		cōnspiciendī	cōnspiciendō	cōnspiciendum	cōnspiciendō	cōnspectum	cōnspectū

Derived terms

• cōnspectiō
• cōnspicuus

References

• conspicio in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• “conspicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “conspicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• conspicio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to make oneself conspicuous: conspici, conspicuum esse aliqua re
    
• conspicio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016