I.inf. suspicarier, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 149; id. Trin. 1, 2, 49), 1, v. dep. a. [1. suspicio, II.], to mistrust, suspect (class.).
(α).
With acc. (rare): “id est, quod suspicabar,” Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 24: “quid nunc suspicare aut invenis De illā?” Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 44: “quid homines suspicentur, videtis,” Cic. Lael. 3, 12: “quod velim temere atque injuriose de illo suspicati sint homines,” id. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 13, 1: “nihil mali suspicans,” id. Clu. 9, 27: “res nefarias,” id. Mil. 23, 63: “summum nefas suspicatus de uxore,” Quint. 9, 2, 80.—Rarely with a personal object: “ancillas meas,” Plaut. As. 5, 2, 39: “puellam,” App. M. 10, p. 250, 18.—
(β).
With obj.-clause (so most usually): “suspitio est mihi, nunc vos suspicarier, Me idcirco haec promittere, etc.,” Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 149: “omnes ilico Me suspicentur, credo, habere aurum domi,” id. Aul. 1, 2, 32: “debere se suspicari, simulatā Caesarem amicitiā, etc.,” Caes. B. G. 1, 44: “id consilium cum fugae causā initum suspicaretur,” Hirt. B. G. 8, 16: “venturos, Qui, etc.,” Ov. H. 10, 83.—
II. Transf., in gen., to suspect, apprehend, surmise, suppose, believe, conjecture (class.; cf.: opinor, reor).
(α).
With acc.: “di inmortales, spem insperatam date mihi, quam suspicor,” Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 22 Brix: “si quidem hic lenonis ejus't vidulus, quem suspicor,” id. Rud. 4, 4, 47: “nisi me animus fallit, hic profecto'st anulus, quem ego suspicor,” Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 1: “qui, quae vix conjectura, qualia sint, possumus suspicari, sic affirmat, ut, etc.,” Cic. Rep. 1, 10, 15: “figuram divinam,” id. N. D. 1, 11, 28: “quiddam de L. Crasso,” id. de Or. 3, 4, 15; cf.: “aliquid de M. Popilii ingenio,” id. Brut. 14, 56.—
(β).
With rel.-clause: “quare, quā sint illae dignitate, potes ex his suspicari,” Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 2: “ne suspicari quidem, quanta sit admirabilitas caelestium rerum,” id. N. D. 2, 36, 90.—
(γ).
With objectclause: “navalis hostis ante adesse potest, quam quisquam venturum esse suspicari queat,” Cic. Rep. 2, 3, 6: “quas (magnitudines stellarum) esse numquam suspicati sumus,” id. ib. 6, 16, 16: “placiturum tibi esse librum meum suspicabar,” id. Q. Fr. 2, 9, 1: “valde suspicor fore, ut infringatur hominum improbitas,” id. Fam. 1, 6, 1: “suspicor ingenuas erubuisse genas,” Ov. H. 19 (20), 6: “ex loco tumuli suspicari, non esse monumentum,” Quint. 7, 3, 34.— Absol.: “ut suspicor,” Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 22 Ritschl.?*! Act. collat. form suspĭco , āre: “ne suspices,” Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 42.
