look at Copy link Outline 1. aspĭcio, 32. specto, 1 (to gaze at, fix the eyes upon)3. tueor, 2 (to gaze at, more or less intently; to eye4. contemplor, 1 (to l. attentively at) • look at: 1. aspĭcio, 3: you l. angrily at me, aspicis me iratus, Cic. to l. at each other, inter se a., Cic. Cat. 3, 5, fin. Frequent. aspecto, 1 (to keep looking at): Cic. Pl. 42, 101. 2. specto, 1 (to gaze at, fix the eyes upon): they come to be l.'d at themselves, veniunt spectentur ut ipsae, Ov. A. A. 1, 99 of the action of the mind, s. aliquid et visere, Cic. Tusc. 1, 19, 44. esp. of looking at games, etc.: cf. Ov. l. c. 3. tueor, 2 (to gaze at, more or less intently; to eye: chiefly poet. in this sense): v. to gaze. Esp. comps. (1). intueor, 1: to l. right at the sun, int. solem adversum, Cic. Rep. 6, 18, fin. Join: intueri et contemplari aliquem, id. Pl. 1, 2. (2). contueor, 2 (strengthened from tueor) to l. at a person with two eyes, duobus oculis aliquem c., Cic. N. D. 3, 8: oftener of the mind: v. to contemplate. 4. contemplor, 1 (to l. attentively at): Pl.: Cic. (v. supr. 3, 1): more freq. of the mind.
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.