respiciō spēxī, spectus, ere
re-+*specio,
to look back, look behind, look about, see behind, look back upon, gaze at, look
for
: longe retro: respicere vetitus, L.:
inproviso ad eum, T.: patriae ad oras, O.: tanta militum virtus
fuit, ut paene ne respiceret quidem quisquam, Cs.: Respiciunt atram in nimbo volitare favillam,
see behind them
, V.: modo Prospicit occasūs, interdum
respicit ortūs, O.: proxima
signa, Cs.: Italiae litora,
L.: amissam (Creüsam) respexi,
looked back for
, V.: versas ad litora puppīs,
V.: medio cum Sol orbe Tantum respiceret,
quantum, etc., i. e.
had already passed
, O.—Fig.,
to look, have regard, turn attention, regard, look to, contemplate
: ad hunc summa imperi respiciebat, i. e.
was centred in him
, Cs.: maiores tuos respice: subsidia, quae
respicerent in re trepidā, etc.,
might look to
, L.: exemplar vitae morumque,
have in mind
, H.—
To look at anxiously, have a care for, regard, be mindful of, consider,
respect
: nisi quis nos deus respexerit: Sive neglectum genus et
nepotes Respicis, auctor, H.: Respiciens ad
opem ferendam (an epithet of Fortuna): miseros aratores: non Pylium Nestora
respicis, H.: Quantum quisque ferat respiciendus
erit, O.: salutem cum meam tum meorum: neque
te respicis,
spare yourself
, T.: si quid pietas antiqua labores Respicit
humanos, V.