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respecto

respecto, to look back, look round, gaze about

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

respectō, freq. 1, n. and a.: to look back or again; look behind, 11.630; regard, care for, 1.603. (respiciō)
respecto, āre, v. freq. n. and a. [respicio], to look back, look round or behind repeatedly or intently, to look or gaze about; to look at any thing (class.).
  • I Lit.
          • α Neutr. absol.: quid respectas? nihil pericli est, Ter. Ad. 157: ubi respectantes hostium antesignanos vidit, Liv. 8, 39; Quint. 12, 3, 2; Verg. A. 11, 630: respectans abit, Sil. 12, 729; Stat. Th. 3, 377: ad tribunal, Liv. 3, 48: respecto identidem, ne senex, etc., Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 13 (887); so, identidem, ne, id. Men. 1, 2, 51 (160). — Poet.: leti janua patet immani et vasto respectat hiatu, Lucr. 5, 375.—
          • β Act.: dictatore arcem Romanam respectante, Liv. 4, 18, 6: funera respectans, Lucr. 6, 1234: sine fine Caesarem, Vell. 2, 107, 2: alium (alius), Tac. Agr. 37 fin.: suos, Sil. 11, 594.—
  • II Trop., to cast a look behind, to wait; to wait for, look for, expect; to care for, regard, respect.
          • α Neutr.: verum haec ita praetereamus, ut tamen intuentes et respectantes relinquamus, Cic. Sest. 5, 13: animus non me deserens, sed respectans in ea loca discessit, id. Sen. 23, 84: taciti respectabant somnoque sepulti, Dum, etc., i.e. waited, Lucr. 5, 974. —
          • β Act.: si qua pios respectant numina, regard, Verg. A. 1, 603: neque hoc liberis nostris interdicendum est, ne observent tribules suos ... ne par ab iis munus in suā petitione respectent, look for, expect, Cic. Planc. 18, 45: meum amorem, Cat. 11, 21.

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