Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 184.aspiciō on page 184
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aspicere to look at
aspicere is a Latin Verb that primarily means to look at.
Definitions for aspicere
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
look at, behold
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
To notice with the eyes, catch sight of, observe. (b) (w. pred. adj. or pple., sb., or phr.). (c) (w. acc. and inf.; also, pass. w. nom/ and inf.)
- 2
To look at, gaze upon, behold, see; to examine with the eyes, inspect, look over. (b) (w. manner or circumstances indicated). (c) (foll. by indir. qu.; often merging into sense 9b). (d) (absol.) to turn one's gaze, look (in a specified direction); to have the faculty of vision (congenitally directed in a certain way). (e) (absol.) to enjoy the faculty of sight. (f) lucem ~icere, to see the light of day,i.e. be or become alive; also to apppear in public; to see the daylight, i.e. be abroad during the day-time.
- 3
To see by visiting, visit.
- 4
To have (a person or thing) before one's eyes, see present; to be a witness of (an event), be present at, observe. (b) (of the sun) to look upon, behold; (of one's natal star) to look upon (with a specified aspect). (c) (of a day) to have occur in it, witness.
- 5
(after a neg.) To have (the slightest) experience of, have a glimpse of, come across, meet, see (at all).
Sentences with aspicere
Latin to English
Aspicite o cives senis Enni imaginis formam.Compare Look, O citizens, upon the features of Ennius in his old age.
Adulescens, tam etsi properas te hoc saxum rogat ut sese aspicias, deinde quod scriptum est legas. Hic sunt poetae Pacuvi Marci sita Ossa. Hoc volebam nescius ne esses. Vale. (Epigramma)Compare Young man, though you hurry past, this stone would have you look at it and read what is written here. Here lie the bones of the poet Marcus Pacuvius. I would not have you wholly ignorant of him. Farewell. [Epitaph on himself]
Aspice, aratra iugo referunt suspensa iuvenci, et sol crescentis decedens duplicat umbras: me tamen urit amor: quis enim modus adsit amori.Compare Look, ploughs feather the ground as the ox-teams draw them home, and a declining sun enlarges the lengthening shadows: Yet love scorches me - love has no lull, no limit.
Quis unquam templum ille aspicio, quin avaritia tuus testis sum?Compare Whoever saw that temple, but would be a witness to your avarice?
Conjugation table for aspicere
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| aspiciō aspicis aspicit aspicimus aspicitis aspiciunt | aspiciēbam aspiciēbās aspiciēbat aspiciēbāmus aspiciēbātis aspiciēbant |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| aspēxī aspēxistī aspēxit aspēximus aspēxistis aspēxērunt / aspēxēre | aspēxeram aspēxerās aspēxerat aspēxerāmus aspēxerātis aspēxerant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| aspiciam aspiciēs aspiciet aspiciēmus aspiciētis aspicient | aspēxerō aspēxeris aspēxerit aspēxerimus aspēxeritis aspēxerint |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| aspiciam aspiciās aspiciat aspiciāmus aspiciātis aspiciant | aspicerem aspicerēs aspiceret aspicerēmus aspicerētis aspicerent |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| aspēxerim aspēxeris aspēxerit aspēxerimus aspēxeritis aspēxerint | aspēxissem aspēxissēs aspēxisset aspēxissēmus aspēxissētis aspēxissent |
Infinitive present aspicere Infinitive perfect aspēxisse Infinitive future aspectūrum esse | Imperative present aspice aspicite Imperative future aspicitō aspicitō aspicitōte aspiciuntō |
| PASSIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| aspicior aspiceris aspicitur aspicimur aspiciminī aspiciuntur | aspiciēbar aspiciēbāris / aspiciēbāre aspiciēbātur aspiciēbāmur aspiciēbāminī aspiciēbantur |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| aspectus sum aspectus es aspectus est aspectī sumus aspectī estis aspectī sunt | aspectus eram aspectus erās aspectus erat aspectī erāmus aspectī erātis aspectī erant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| aspiciar aspiciēris / aspiciēre aspiciētur aspiciēmur aspiciēminī aspicientur | aspectus erō aspectus eris aspectus erit aspectī erimus aspectī eritis aspectī erunt |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| aspiciar aspiciāris / aspiciāre aspiciātur aspiciāmur aspiciāminī aspiciantur | aspicerer aspicerēris / aspicerēre aspicerētur aspicerēmur aspicerēminī aspicerentur |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| aspectus sim aspectus sīs aspectus sit aspectī sīmus aspectī sītis aspectī sint | aspectus essem aspectus essēs aspectus esset aspectī essēmus aspectī essētis aspectī essent |
Infinitive present aspicī Infinitive perfect aspectum esse Infinitive future aspectum īrī | Imperative present aspicere aspiciminī Imperative future aspicitor aspicitor - aspiciuntor |
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| Nom. | aspiciēns | aspicientēs |
| Gen. | aspicientis | aspicientium |
| Dat. | aspicientī | aspicientibus |
| Acc. | aspicientem | aspicientēs |
| Abl. | aspiciente | aspicientibus |
| Participle future active | ||
| Nom. | aspectūrus | aspectūrī |
| Gen. | aspectūrī | aspectūrōrum |
| Dat. | aspectūrō | aspectūrīs |
| Acc. | aspectūrum | aspectūrōs |
| Abl. | aspectūrō | aspectūrīs |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| Nom. | aspectus | aspectī |
| Gen. | aspectī | aspectōrum |
| Dat. | aspectō | aspectīs |
| Acc. | aspectum | aspectōs |
| Abl. | aspectō | aspectīs |
| Gerundive | ||
| Nom. | aspiciendus | aspiciendī |
| Gen. | aspiciendī | aspiciendōrum |
| Dat. | aspiciendō | aspiciendīs |
| Acc. | aspiciendum | aspiciendōs |
| Abl. | aspiciendō | aspiciendīs |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| Nom. | aspicere | aspectum |
| Gen. | aspiciendī | aspectū |
| Dat. | aspiciendō | |
| Acc. | aspiciendum | |
| Abl. | aspiciendō | |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 471.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 184.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 123.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
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Wheelock's Latin
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