glance (subs.) Copy link • glance (subs.): Phr.: to cast g.s this way and that, huc, illuc volvere oculos, Virg. Aen. 4, 363: to fix a steady g. upon the ground, solo fixos oculos tenere, ib. 1, 482: at the first g. (opp. to a more careful view), primo aspectu, Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 98: to cast furtive g.s at each other, furtim [nonnunquam] inter se aspicere, Cic. Cat. 3, 5, extr.: to take a sidelong g., limis (sc. oculis) aspicere, Pl. Mil. 4, 6, 2; transversa tueri, Virg. E. 3, 8: to cast fierce g.s at any one, torva tueri, Virg. Aen. 6, 467.
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.
GLANCE Copy link • GLANCE 1. s. Sudden shoot of splendor, fulgur. To emit glances, coruscare (Vid: Döderlein, Syn. 2, 81). Darting of sight, aspectus: (oculorum) obtutus: to exchange stolen glances, furtim inter se aspicere: to throw a rapid glance on any subject, aliquid leviter transire, ac tantummodo perstringere; celeriter perstringere aliquid; breviter perstringere aliquid atque attingere (Cic.): aliquid quasi per transennam praeteriens strictim aspicio (Cic., De Or. 1, 35, 162). A single glance, unus conspectus or aspectus: to place anything so that it may be taken in at a single glance, aliquid in uno conspectu ponere; aliquid sub unura aspectum subjicere: at the first glance, primo aspectu; prima specie (according to its first appearance); uno aspectu et quasi praeteriens (IMPROP.; e.g., to pass judgement on any object of art, etc., at the first glance); ex prima statim fronte (e.g., dijudicare aliquid, Quint., with reference to the mere outside, as it were). 2. v. Shoot rays of light, etc., coruscare: micare (to glance rapidly). Dart the eyes at. To glance at anybody or anything, oculos in aliquid conjicere: oculos or os in aliquem conjicere: aspectum or oculos aliquo convertere: oculis videre, lustrare, perlustrare, or obire aliquid. To touch superficially, stringere: praestringere. The bullet struck his side and glanced off, *glans latus ejus strinxit: the lightning struck his couch and glanced off, lecticam ejus fulgur praestrinxit. To take a hasty view (of a book, etc.) [Vid: “to take a hasty GLANCE,” “to go through anything CURSORILY”]. To glance at anybody (= to allude to him indirectly, in the way of reproach), perstringere aliquem: oblique perstringere aliquem (indirectly): designare aliquem (oratione sua): spectare or respicere aliquid.