inspicio

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ speciō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈspi.ki.oː/, [ĩːˈs̠pɪkioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈspi.t͡ʃi.o/, [inˈspiːt͡ʃio]

Verb

īnspiciō (present infinitive īnspicere, perfect active īnspexī, supine īnspectum); third conjugation iō-variant

1. to examine or inspect

   Synonyms: aspiciō, lūstrō, perlūstrō, recēnseō, circumspiciō, cōnspiciō, obeō, arbitror, cōnsīderō, reputō, exsequor

2. to look into, look upon, consider or contemplate

   Synonyms: videō, intueor, tueor, vīsō, spectō, īnspectō, suspiciō, speciō, invīsō

3. to observe

   Synonyms: perlustrō, conspicio, cū̆stōdiō, curo, intueor, animadverto, servo

Conjugation

Conjugation of īnspiciō (third conjugation iō-variant)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	īnspiciō	īnspicis	īnspicit	īnspicimus	īnspicitis	īnspiciunt
	imperfect	īnspiciēbam	īnspiciēbās	īnspiciēbat	īnspiciēbāmus	īnspiciēbātis	īnspiciēbant
	future	īnspiciam	īnspiciēs	īnspiciet	īnspiciēmus	īnspiciētis	īnspicient
	perfect	īnspexī	īnspexistī	īnspexit	īnspeximus	īnspexistis	īnspexērunt, īnspexēre
	pluperfect	īnspexeram	īnspexerās	īnspexerat	īnspexerāmus	īnspexerātis	īnspexerant
	future perfect	īnspexerō	īnspexeris	īnspexerit	īnspexerimus	īnspexeritis	īnspexerint
passive	present	īnspicior	īnspiceris, īnspicere	īnspicitur	īnspicimur	īnspiciminī	īnspiciuntur
	imperfect	īnspiciēbar	īnspiciēbāris, īnspiciēbāre	īnspiciēbātur	īnspiciēbāmur	īnspiciēbāminī	īnspiciēbantur
	future	īnspiciar	īnspiciēris, īnspiciēre	īnspiciētur	īnspiciēmur	īnspiciēminī	īnspicientur
	perfect	īnspectus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	īnspectus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	īnspectus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	īnspiciam	īnspiciās	īnspiciat	īnspiciāmus	īnspiciātis	īnspiciant
	imperfect	īnspicerem	īnspicerēs	īnspiceret	īnspicerēmus	īnspicerētis	īnspicerent
	perfect	īnspexerim	īnspexerīs	īnspexerit	īnspexerīmus	īnspexerītis	īnspexerint
	pluperfect	īnspexissem	īnspexissēs	īnspexisset	īnspexissēmus	īnspexissētis	īnspexissent
passive	present	īnspiciar	īnspiciāris, īnspiciāre	īnspiciātur	īnspiciāmur	īnspiciāminī	īnspiciantur
	imperfect	īnspicerer	īnspicerēris, īnspicerēre	īnspicerētur	īnspicerēmur	īnspicerēminī	īnspicerentur
	perfect	īnspectus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	īnspectus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	īnspice	—	—	īnspicite	—
	future	—	īnspicitō	īnspicitō	—	īnspicitōte	īnspiciuntō
passive	present	—	īnspicere	—	—	īnspiciminī	—
	future	—	īnspicitor	īnspicitor	—	—	īnspiciuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		īnspicere	īnspexisse	īnspectūrum esse	īnspicī	īnspectum esse	īnspectum īrī
participles		īnspiciēns	—	īnspectūrus	—	īnspectus	īnspiciendus, īnspiciundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		īnspiciendī	īnspiciendō	īnspiciendum	īnspiciendō	īnspectum	īnspectū

Derived terms

• īnspector

References

• “inspicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “inspicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• inspicio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• inspicio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to consult the Sibylline books: libros Sibyllinos adire, consulere, inspicere