LOOK AT, LOOK ON Copy link • LOOK AT, LOOK ONPROPR., aspicere aliquem or aliquid (the proper word): oculos in aliquid conjicere or convertere (to cast the eyes upon, etc.): spectare, aspectare (to look at with attention): contemplari, intueri, contueri aliquem or aliquid; suspicere aliquid (at anything above one): despicere aliquid (at anything below): prospicere, prospectare (from a distance. ☞ These two verbs belong to the Silver Age): to look steadfastly at, oculos non movere or non dejicere a re (at any one), or vultu alicujus; oculi habitant in re: to look at intently, obtutum figere in re; defixis oculis intueri aliquid; defigere oculos in re or in aliquid: to look angrily at, iratos oculos defigere in aliquem (Ov., Am., 2, 8, 15): to look impudently at, impudentissimos oculos defigere in aliquem or aliquid (Cic., Phil., 11, 5, 10): to look at with longing eyes, ad aliquid cupiditatis oculos adjicere: to look at anything one’s self, ipse video aliquid: not to endure to look at, conjectum oculorum ferre non posse: not to venture to look at anyone, oculos alicui submittere. Figuratively, To consider, regard, rationem alicujus rei habere or ducere; respicere aliquid, or ad aliquid: not to look at, negligere: to look at men’s persons, discrimen personae or discrimina personarum servare. Vid: REGARD. LOOK AFTER, Vid: LOOK FOR. LOOK AWAY, removere oculos et se totum avertere (of the person): declinare (of the eyes): oculos dejicere ab or de aliqua re; oculos avertere ab aliqua re. LOOK BACK, respicere (PROP. and figuratively) aliquid, or ad aliquid, ad aliquem; respectare (PROP.) aliquid; oculos referre or retorquere ad aliquid (PROP.): the mind looks back to the past, mens spatium praeteriti temporis respicit. LOOK DOWN (UPON). PROP., despicere or despectar aliquid. Figuratively, To despise, aliquem ut multum infra de spectare; despicere or contemnere aliquem; (The words are found in this connection and order.) despicere et contemnere aliquem: to look down upon all men, hominen prae se neminem putare; prae se alios pro nihilo, ducere. LOOK FOR or AFTER, quaerere, perquirere (by asking): inquirere (by tracing out or investigating): anquirere (to look about diligently for): conquirere (to look after carefully): to look for a passage in a book, quaerere locum in aliquo libro: to look for a word in a dictionary, *vocabulum in lexico quaerere. LLLK IN, INTO, intro aspicere; inspicere: to look in the glass, in speculo se intueri (after Cic., Pison., 29, 71); speculum consulere (Ov., A.A., 3, 136): to look into anything, (PROP.) introspicere, or inspicere aliquid or in aliquid; figuratively, to inspect, examine, respicere aliquid, alicujus rei rationem habere: to look into the future, futura providere, prospicere. LOOK OUT, To turn to a place in a book, locum in aliquo libro quaerere. To look to a distance, prospicere; prospectare. LOOK OUT FOR, To LOOK FOR, Vid: To destine, designate, destinare aliquem (or aliquid) ad aliquid or alicui rei; notare et designare oculis aliquem ad aliquid. LOOK ROUND, circumspicere, circumspectare, aliquid; respicere, respectare (to look back): fugere sine respectu (Liv., without looking round). LOOK THROUGH, PROP., perspicere; ex loco in locum, prospicere. Figuratively, inspicere, perspicere; cognoscere (e.g., librum, rationem): excutere (e.g., bibliothecam, commentarios criticorum): percensere, recensere (for the purpose of forming a judgement): corrigere (for the purpose of correcting): to look through again, recognoscere, retractare (in order to remove faults; e.g., a writing, a speech): to look through an account, rationem cognoscere, excutere, dispuogere: to look through anyone, alicujus animum or ingenium perspicere; aliquem penitus nosse. LOOK TO, rei rationem habere or ducere; rei prospicere: to look to one’s own interests, sibi or suo commodo consulere; suo commodo inservire et quidquid sibi expediat facere; commodi sui rationem ducere; commoda sua respicere; prospicere commodis suis. LOOK UP, suspicere aliquid, oculos tollere ad aliquid.