glance (v.) Copy link Outline I. To cast the eyes rapidlyII. To graze or touch lightlyIII. Fig.1. attingo, 32. expr. by strictim (cursorily) and a verb3. perstringo, nxi, ctum, 3 • glance (v.): I. To cast the eyes rapidly: nearest word prob., aspĭcio, exi, ctum, 3: just to g. at a thing through a grating, as you pass, (quasi) per transennam praeteriens strictim a., Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 162: v. preced. art. See also to look. II. To graze or touch lightly: esp. of light: stringo, nxi, ctum, 3: the morning star was just g.ing upon the top of Haemus, summum radiis stringebat Lucifer Haemum, Claud. Ruf. 2, 336: v. to graze. III. Fig.: to handle a matter cursorily: 1. attingo, 3: v. to touch upon. 2. expr. by strictim (cursorily) and a verb: e. g. breviter strictimque dicere, Cic. Clu. 10, 29; strictim atque cursim transgredi, Gell. 1, 3, med. 3. perstringo, nxi, ctum, 3: Join: [breviter] perstringere atque attingere, Cic. de Or. 2, 49, 201.