reconnoitre Copy link Outline 1. explōro, 12. spĕcŭlor, atus, 13. prospĕcŭlor (to keep a look-out from a distance or beforehand)4. cognosco, nōvi, nĭtum, 35. pĕto, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 3 (poet. to scan with the eye, cast the eyes over the horizon)6. perspĭcio, exi, ectum, 37. circumspĭcio, 3 • reconnoitre: 1. explōro, 1: they r. the gates, portas explorant, Virg. Aen. 9, 170: the wolf r.s the ambuscades round about the sheepfolds, insidias explorat ovilia circum, id. Georg. 3, 537: see next art. 2. spĕcŭlor, atus, 1: they r. (everything) surrounded by the cloud, nube cava speculantur amicti, id. Aen. 1, 516 (speculor said to denote secret, exploro open enquiry, Paul. Diac. exc. Fest. 5, p. 59, vol. 2, ed. Lindemann): v. to spy. 3. prospĕcŭlor (to keep a look-out from a distance or beforehand): the rest of the multitude was r.ing the approach of the imperator, adventum imperatoris prospeculabatur, Liv. 33, 1. 4. cognosco, nōvi, nĭtum, 3: he was accustomed to r. those parts, eas regiones cognoscere solebat, Caes. B. G. 3, 7: he sent persons to r. the mountain, qui cognoscerent qualis esset natura montis, misit: ib. 1, 21. 5. pĕto, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 3 (poet. to scan with the eye, cast the eyes over the horizon): Aeneas r.s the prospect, prospectum pelago petit, Virg. Aen. 1, 181. 6. perspĭcio, exi, ectum, 3: I r.d the road, viam perspexi, Cic. ad Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2. 7. circumspĭcio, 3: the dictator, having r.d the situation of the city, situ urbis circumspecto, Liv. 9, 28: having r.d the defences, circumspectis munimentis, Tac. Ann. 13, 39.