I.a looking into, inspection (post-Aug.).
I. Lit.
A. In gen.: “ager prima inspectione neque vitia, neque virtutes abditas ostendit,” Col. 1, 4, 1: “speculi non tam possessio culpatur quam inspectio,” App. Mag. 13, p. 282, 4.—
B. In partic., a looking through, examination: “tabularum,” Quint. 5, 5, 2; Dig. 29, 3, 2, § 5: rationum, Trajan. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 57, 1.—
II. Trop., consideration, investigation, contemplation; hence theory, in opposition to practice, Quint. 2, 18, 3; 2, 17, 42; Dig. 41, 1, 63, § 3; 45, 1, 91, § 4.
