prospicio

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *pér

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *pró

Proto-Indo-European *pro-

Proto-Italic *pro-

Latin prō-

Proto-Indo-European *speḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti

Proto-Italic *spekjō

Latin speciō

Latin prōspiciō

From prō- + speciō (“observe, look at”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [proːsˈpɪ.ki.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [prosˈpiː.t͡ʃi.o]

Verb

prōspiciō (present infinitive prōspicere, perfect active prōspexī, supine prōspectum); third (-iō variant) conjugation

1. to look far off; to see into the distance
2. to watch or look out for
3. to discern, descry or espy
4. (transferred) to foresee, see ahead, look forward or towards something
   • c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca Minor, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium 1.1.2:

     In hōc enim fallimur, quod mortem prōspicimus: magna pars eius iam praeterit; quidquid aetātis retrō est mors tenet.

     For in this [matter] we are deceiving ourselves, how we foresee death: [rather,] a large part of it has already passed. Whatever stage of life is behind us is held by death.

Conjugation

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

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	prōspiciō		prōspicis		prōspicit		prōspicimus		prōspicitis		prōspiciunt
	imperfect	prōspiciēbam		prōspiciēbās		prōspiciēbat		prōspiciēbāmus		prōspiciēbātis		prōspiciēbant
	future	prōspiciam		prōspiciēs		prōspiciet		prōspiciēmus		prōspiciētis		prōspicient
	perfect	prōspexī		prōspexistī		prōspexit		prōspeximus		prōspexistis		prōspexērunt, prōspexēre
	pluperfect	prōspexeram		prōspexerās		prōspexerat		prōspexerāmus		prōspexerātis		prōspexerant
	future perfect	prōspexerō		prōspexeris		prōspexerit		prōspexerimus		prōspexeritis		prōspexerint
passive	present	prōspicior		prōspiceris, prōspicere		prōspicitur		prōspicimur		prōspiciminī		prōspiciuntur
	imperfect	prōspiciēbar		prōspiciēbāris, prōspiciēbāre		prōspiciēbātur		prōspiciēbāmur		prōspiciēbāminī		prōspiciēbantur
	future	prōspiciar		prōspiciēris, prōspiciēre		prōspiciētur		prōspiciēmur		prōspiciēminī		prōspicientur
	perfect	prōspectus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	prōspectus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	prōspectus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	prōspiciam		prōspiciās		prōspiciat		prōspiciāmus		prōspiciātis		prōspiciant
	imperfect	prōspicerem		prōspicerēs		prōspiceret		prōspicerēmus		prōspicerētis		prōspicerent
	perfect	prōspexerim		prōspexerīs		prōspexerit		prōspexerīmus		prōspexerītis		prōspexerint
	pluperfect	prōspexissem		prōspexissēs		prōspexisset		prōspexissēmus		prōspexissētis		prōspexissent
passive	present	prōspiciar		prōspiciāris, prōspiciāre		prōspiciātur		prōspiciāmur		prōspiciāminī		prōspiciantur
	imperfect	prōspicerer		prōspicerēris, prōspicerēre		prōspicerētur		prōspicerēmur		prōspicerēminī		prōspicerentur
	perfect	prōspectus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	prōspectus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		prōspice		—		—		prōspicite		—
	future	—		prōspicitō		prōspicitō		—		prōspicitōte		prōspiciuntō
passive	present	—		prōspicere		—		—		prōspiciminī		—
	future	—		prōspicitor		prōspicitor		—		—		prōspiciuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		prōspicere			prōspicī			prōspiciēns			—
future		prōspectūrum esse			prōspectum īrī			prōspectūrus			prōspiciendus, prōspiciundus
perfect		prōspexisse			prōspectum esse			—			prōspectus
future perfect		—			prōspectum fore			—			—
perfect potential		prōspectūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		prōspiciendī		prōspiciendō		prōspiciendum		prōspiciendō		prōspectum		prōspectū

See also

• prōspectō

References

• “prospicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “prospicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “prospicio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to foresee the far distant future: futura or casus futuros (multo ante) prospicere
    
  • to take measures for one's safety; to look after one's own interests: saluti suae consulere, prospicere
    
  • to look after, guard a person's interests, welfare: rationibus alicuius prospicere or consulere (opp. officere, obstare, adversari)
    
  • to foresee political events long before: longe prospicere futuros casus rei publicae (De Amic. 12. 40)
    
  • to look after the commissariat: rei frumentariae prospicere (B. G. 1. 23)