retrospicio

Latin

Etymology

From retrō + speciō (“look”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /re.troːsˈpi.ki.oː/, [rɛt̪roːs̠ˈpɪkioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /re.trosˈpi.t͡ʃi.o/, [ret̪rosˈpiːt͡ʃio]

Verb

retrōspiciō (present infinitive retrōspicere, perfect active retrōspexī, supine retrōspectum); third conjugation iō-variant

1. (transitive) to look back at

Conjugation

   Conjugation of retrōspiciō (third conjugation iō-variant)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	retrōspiciō		retrōspicis		retrōspicit		retrōspicimus		retrōspicitis		retrōspiciunt
	imperfect	retrōspiciēbam		retrōspiciēbās		retrōspiciēbat		retrōspiciēbāmus		retrōspiciēbātis		retrōspiciēbant
	future	retrōspiciam		retrōspiciēs		retrōspiciet		retrōspiciēmus		retrōspiciētis		retrōspicient
	perfect	retrōspexī		retrōspexistī		retrōspexit		retrōspeximus		retrōspexistis		retrōspexērunt, retrōspexēre
	pluperfect	retrōspexeram		retrōspexerās		retrōspexerat		retrōspexerāmus		retrōspexerātis		retrōspexerant
	future perfect	retrōspexerō		retrōspexeris		retrōspexerit		retrōspexerimus		retrōspexeritis		retrōspexerint
passive	present	retrōspicior		retrōspiceris, retrōspicere		retrōspicitur		retrōspicimur		retrōspiciminī		retrōspiciuntur
	imperfect	retrōspiciēbar		retrōspiciēbāris, retrōspiciēbāre		retrōspiciēbātur		retrōspiciēbāmur		retrōspiciēbāminī		retrōspiciēbantur
	future	retrōspiciar		retrōspiciēris, retrōspiciēre		retrōspiciētur		retrōspiciēmur		retrōspiciēminī		retrōspicientur
	perfect	retrōspectus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	retrōspectus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	retrōspectus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	retrōspiciam		retrōspiciās		retrōspiciat		retrōspiciāmus		retrōspiciātis		retrōspiciant
	imperfect	retrōspicerem		retrōspicerēs		retrōspiceret		retrōspicerēmus		retrōspicerētis		retrōspicerent
	perfect	retrōspexerim		retrōspexerīs		retrōspexerit		retrōspexerīmus		retrōspexerītis		retrōspexerint
	pluperfect	retrōspexissem		retrōspexissēs		retrōspexisset		retrōspexissēmus		retrōspexissētis		retrōspexissent
passive	present	retrōspiciar		retrōspiciāris, retrōspiciāre		retrōspiciātur		retrōspiciāmur		retrōspiciāminī		retrōspiciantur
	imperfect	retrōspicerer		retrōspicerēris, retrōspicerēre		retrōspicerētur		retrōspicerēmur		retrōspicerēminī		retrōspicerentur
	perfect	retrōspectus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	retrōspectus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		retrōspice		—		—		retrōspicite		—
	future	—		retrōspicitō		retrōspicitō		—		retrōspicitōte		retrōspiciuntō
passive	present	—		retrōspicere		—		—		retrōspiciminī		—
	future	—		retrōspicitor		retrōspicitor		—		—		retrōspiciuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		retrōspicere			retrōspicī			retrōspiciēns			—
future		retrōspectūrum esse			retrōspectum īrī			retrōspectūrus			retrōspiciendus, retrōspiciundus
perfect		retrōspexisse			retrōspectum esse			—			retrōspectus
future perfect		—			retrōspectum fore			—			—
perfect potential		retrōspectūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		retrōspiciendī		retrōspiciendō		retrōspiciendum		retrōspiciendō		retrōspectum		retrōspectū

Related terms

• speciō

References

• “retrospicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• retrospicio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.