respicio

Latin

Etymology

From re- (“back; again”) +‎ speciō (“observe, look at”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /resˈpi.ki.oː/, [rɛsˈpɪ.ki.oː]

Verb

respiciō (present infinitive respicere, perfect active respexī, supine respectum); third conjugation iō-variant

1. I look behind, look back at or upon, look to, look around.
2. I have regard for, consider; respect.

Inflection

Conjugation of respicio (third conjugation iō-variant)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	respiciō	respicis	respicit	respicimus	respicitis	respiciunt
	imperfect	respiciēbam	respiciēbās	respiciēbat	respiciēbāmus	respiciēbātis	respiciēbant
	future	respiciam	respiciēs	respiciet	respiciēmus	respiciētis	respicient
	perfect	respexī	respexistī	respexit	respeximus	respexistis	respexērunt, respexēre
	pluperfect	respexeram	respexerās	respexerat	respexerāmus	respexerātis	respexerant
	future perfect	respexerō	respexeris	respexerit	respexerimus	respexeritis	respexerint
passive	present	respicior	respiceris, respicere	respicitur	respicimur	respiciminī	respiciuntur
	imperfect	respiciēbar	respiciēbāris, respiciēbāre	respiciēbātur	respiciēbāmur	respiciēbāminī	respiciēbantur
	future	respiciar	respiciēris, respiciēre	respiciētur	respiciēmur	respiciēminī	respicientur
	perfect	respectus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	respectus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	respectus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	respiciam	respiciās	respiciat	respiciāmus	respiciātis	respiciant
	imperfect	respicerem	respicerēs	respiceret	respicerēmus	respicerētis	respicerent
	perfect	respexerim	respexerīs	respexerit	respexerīmus	respexerītis	respexerint
	pluperfect	respexissem	respexissēs	respexisset	respexissēmus	respexissētis	respexissent
passive	present	respiciar	respiciāris, respiciāre	respiciātur	respiciāmur	respiciāminī	respiciantur
	imperfect	respicerer	respicerēris, respicerēre	respicerētur	respicerēmur	respicerēminī	respicerentur
	perfect	respectus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	respectus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	respice	—	—	respicite	—
	future	—	respicitō	respicitō	—	respicitōte	respiciuntō
passive	present	—	respicere	—	—	respiciminī	—
	future	—	respicitor	respicitor	—	—	respiciuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		respicere	respexisse	respectūrus esse	respicī	respectus esse	respectum īrī
participles		respiciēns	—	respectūrus	—	respectus	respiciendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		respicere	respiciendī	respiciendō	respiciendum	respectum	respectū

Derived terms

Derived terms

• respectiō
• respectō

• respectus
• respiciēns

Related terms

Related terms

• aspiciō
• circumspiciō
• cōnspiciō
• dēspiciō

• dīspiciō
• īnspiciō
• perspiciō
• praespiciō

• prōspiciō
• speciō
• suspiciō
• transpiciō

References

• respicio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• respicio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “respicio” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to have regard for; take into consideration: respicere aliquid