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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		respicere			respicī			respiciēns			—
future		respectūrum esse			respectum īrī			respectūrus			respiciendus, respiciundus
perfect		respexisse			respectum esse			—			respectus
future perfect		—			respectum fore			—			—
perfect potential		respectūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		respiciendī		respiciendō		respiciendum		respiciendō		respectum		respectū

¹At least one use of the Old Latin "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