I.“inque tueri,” Lucr. 4, 713; archaic form indo tuetur, Enn. ap. Non. 378, 18 = Ann. 73 Vahl.; “and intuor,” Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 150; Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 23; Turp. ap. Non. 470, 30; Sen. Hippol. 898, and in the act. form intŭo , ĕre, Commod. 31, 1; 39, 5), to look at, upon, or towards (syn.: adspicio, contemplor, specto).
I. Lit., constr. with simple acc., or in and acc.
(α).
With simple acc.: “terram intuens modeste,” Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 32: “solem,” Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 19; id. Tusc. 1, 30, 73: “aliquid oculis,” id. Fam. 5, 17, 4: “ornamenta rei publicae,” id. Prov. Cons. 9, 22: “cum intueor et contemplor unumquemque vestrum,” id. Planc. 1: “huc atque illuc,” id. de Or. 1, 40: lasciviam piscium, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24: “terram,” Cic. Cat. 3, 5, 13: “me omnes intueri,” id. Ac. 2, 19, 63: “ora omnium atque oculos,” id. Mil. 16, 42: “quid, ut noverca, me intueris?” Hor. Epod. 5, 9: “faciem alicujus,” Nep. Ages. 8, 1: “caelum,” Suet. Aug. 17: “nutum illius diligenter,” to watch, Cic. Tusc. 5, 21, 61.— “Of situation: cubiculum montes intuentur,” Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 28.—
(β).
With in and acc.: “in speciem rerum intuens,” Cic. Univ. 10: “in te intuens,” id. Brut. 97, 331.—
II. Trop.
A. Of the mind, to regard, observe, contemplate, consider, give attention to.
(α).
With acc. (so most freq.): “ut tota mente Crassum atque omni animo intueretur,” Cic. de Or. 2, 21, 89; cf.: “intentis oculis omnes rei publicae partes,” id. Agr. 2, 28: “voluntatem eorum qui audiunt,” id. Or. 8, 24: “mentis acies seipsam intuens,” id. Tusc. 1, 30: “oratores,” id. de Or. 1, 34, 156: potius, quid se facere par esset, intuebatur, quam quid alii laudaturi forent. he regarded more, had more respect for, Nep. Att. 9, 5; cf. id. Them. 7, 6: “rationem,” Quint. 3, 6, 83; 3, 8, 35 al.: “tempestatem impendentem,” Cic. Sest. 9: “id ille intuens,” Nep. Alcib. 4, 1. — In pass. part.: “intuendum quid affectet quisque,” Quint. 5, 10, 28: “non tam veteranos intuendos nobis,” Cic. Phil. 11, 15, 39.—
(γ).
With in and acc.: “in summos homines,” Cic. de Or. 1, 2, 6: “tu in tuā mtuens te continebis,” id. Tusc. 2, 13, 31: “in aliquod majus malum,” id. ib. 3, 13, 28; id. Univ. 10 init.; Plin. Pan. 58, 8.—