conspicio

Latin

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Proto-Indo-European *ḱe

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *speḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti

Proto-Italic *spekjō

Latin speciō

Latin cōnspiciō

From con- + speciō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kõːˈspɪ.ki.oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [konˈspiː.t͡ʃi.o]

Verb

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

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, Vergilius, Aeneis 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.”)
to examine, consider
Synonyms: aspiciō, lūstrō, perlūstrō, recēnseō, circumspiciō, obeō, īnspiciō, arbitror, cōnsīderō, reputō, exsequor
(Passive with reflexive value) to attract attention, to be conspicuous, to be visible
to comprehend, realize, notice
Synonyms: cognosco, nosco, apiscor, teneo, comprehendo, accipio, concipio

Conjugation

Conjugation of cōnspiciō (third (-iō variant) conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		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
subjunctive		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
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	cōnspice		—	—	cōnspicite		—
active	future	—	cōnspicitō		cōnspicitō	—	cōnspicitōte		cōnspiciuntō
passive	present	—	cōnspicere		—	—	cōnspiciminī		—
passive	future	—	cōnspicitor		cōnspicitor	—	—		cōnspiciuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		cōnspicere		cōnspicī		cōnspiciēns		—
future		cōnspectūrum esse		cōnspectum īrī		cōnspectūrus		cōnspiciendus, cōnspiciundus
perfect		cōnspexisse		cōnspectum esse		—		cōnspectus
future perfect		—		cōnspectum fore		—		—
perfect potential		cōnspectūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		cōnspiciendī	cōnspiciendō		cōnspiciendum	cōnspiciendō	cōnspectum		cōnspectū

Derived terms

Related terms

References

conspicio in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2026), 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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016