respicio

See also: Respicio

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-

Proto-Indo-European *speḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti

Proto-Italic *spekjō

Latin speciō

Latin respiciō

From re- (“back; again”) + speciō (“observe, look at”).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

respiciō (present infinitive respicere, perfect active respexī, supine respectum); third (-iō variant) conjugation

to look behind, look back at or upon, look to, look around
Synonyms: circumspiciō, circumspectō, circumtueor
- c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, 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.
to have a care for, regard, be mindful of, consider, respect
Synonyms: cūrō, accūrō, videō, colō, cōnsulō, prōcūrō, cōnsultō, serviō
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 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 (-iō variant) conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		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
subjunctive		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
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	respice		—	—	respicite		—
active	future	—	respicitō		respicitō	—	respicitōte		respiciuntō
passive	present	—	respicere		—	—	respiciminī		—
passive	future	—	respicitor		respicitor	—	—		respiciuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		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

Related terms

Descendants

English: respite, respect
Italian: respetto, rispetto
Portuguese: respeito
Spanish: respecto, respeto

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