circumspicio

Latin

Etymology

From circum- +‎ speciō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɪr.kũːˈspɪ.ki.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃir.kumˈspiː.t͡ʃi.o]

Verb

circumspiciō (present infinitive circumspicere, perfect active circumspexī, supine circumspectum); third (-iō variant) conjugation

1. to look around, over, for, upon

   Synonyms: circumspectō, circumtueor, respiciō

2. to survey, examine or review

   Synonyms: aspiciō, lūstrō, perlūstrō, recēnseō, cōnspiciō, obeō, īnspiciō, arbitror, cōnsīderō, reputō, probō, exsequor, spectō

3. to seek or search for, look about for something with desire

   Synonyms: requīrō, quaerō, studeō, spectō, petō, appetō, quaerō, inquīrō, conquīrō, indigeō, scrūtor, affectō, contendō, cupiō, concupiō, expetō, dēstinō, sitiō, aveō, voveō, tendō, intendō

   Antonyms: āversor, abhorreō

4. to ponder, weigh, consider, reflect

   Synonyms: reflectō, perpendō, ponderō, putō, pendō, dēlīberō, cōnsīderō, reputō, cōnsulō, replicō, dubitō, cōnsultō, trahō, videō, versō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of circumspiciō (third (-iō variant) conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	circumspiciō		circumspicis		circumspicit		circumspicimus		circumspicitis		circumspiciunt
	imperfect	circumspiciēbam		circumspiciēbās		circumspiciēbat		circumspiciēbāmus		circumspiciēbātis		circumspiciēbant
	future	circumspiciam		circumspiciēs		circumspiciet		circumspiciēmus		circumspiciētis		circumspicient
	perfect	circumspexī		circumspexistī		circumspexit		circumspeximus		circumspexistis		circumspexērunt, circumspexēre
	pluperfect	circumspexeram		circumspexerās		circumspexerat		circumspexerāmus		circumspexerātis		circumspexerant
	future perfect	circumspexerō		circumspexeris		circumspexerit		circumspexerimus		circumspexeritis		circumspexerint
passive	present	circumspicior		circumspiceris, circumspicere		circumspicitur		circumspicimur		circumspiciminī		circumspiciuntur
	imperfect	circumspiciēbar		circumspiciēbāris, circumspiciēbāre		circumspiciēbātur		circumspiciēbāmur		circumspiciēbāminī		circumspiciēbantur
	future	circumspiciar		circumspiciēris, circumspiciēre		circumspiciētur		circumspiciēmur		circumspiciēminī		circumspicientur
	perfect	circumspectus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	circumspectus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	circumspectus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	circumspiciam		circumspiciās		circumspiciat		circumspiciāmus		circumspiciātis		circumspiciant
	imperfect	circumspicerem		circumspicerēs		circumspiceret		circumspicerēmus		circumspicerētis		circumspicerent
	perfect	circumspexerim		circumspexerīs		circumspexerit		circumspexerīmus		circumspexerītis		circumspexerint
	pluperfect	circumspexissem		circumspexissēs		circumspexisset		circumspexissēmus		circumspexissētis		circumspexissent
passive	present	circumspiciar		circumspiciāris, circumspiciāre		circumspiciātur		circumspiciāmur		circumspiciāminī		circumspiciantur
	imperfect	circumspicerer		circumspicerēris, circumspicerēre		circumspicerētur		circumspicerēmur		circumspicerēminī		circumspicerentur
	perfect	circumspectus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	circumspectus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		circumspice		—		—		circumspicite		—
	future	—		circumspicitō		circumspicitō		—		circumspicitōte		circumspiciuntō
passive	present	—		circumspicere		—		—		circumspiciminī		—
	future	—		circumspicitor		circumspicitor		—		—		circumspiciuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		circumspicere			circumspicī			circumspiciēns			—
future		circumspectūrum esse			circumspectum īrī			circumspectūrus			circumspiciendus, circumspiciundus
perfect		circumspexisse			circumspectum esse			—			circumspectus
future perfect		—			circumspectum fore			—			—
perfect potential		circumspectūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		circumspiciendī		circumspiciendō		circumspiciendum		circumspiciendō		circumspectum		circumspectū

References

• “circumspicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “circumspicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• circumspicio in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2026), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• “circumspicio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.