verbfirst conjugation, deponent
cōnspicor
cōnspicor (present infinitive cōnspicārī, perfect active cōnspicātus sum)
Classical[ˈkõː.spɪ.kɔr]Ecclesiastical[ˈkɔn.spi.kor]
Meaning
- deponentto see
- deponentto observe, notice, catch sight of, spot
- deponentto perceive
- deponentto be conspicuous
- deponentto be regarded
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
catch sight of
cōnspicor -ārī — in De Bello Gallico III
Conjugation conjugation 1 deponent
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | cōnspicor | cōnspicābar | cōnspicābor | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | cōnspicāris cōnspicāre | cōnspicābāris cōnspicābāre | cōnspicāberis cōnspicābere | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | cōnspicātur | cōnspicābātur | cōnspicābitur | — | — | — |
| 1st pl. | cōnspicāmur | cōnspicābāmur | cōnspicābimur | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | cōnspicāminī | cōnspicābāminī | cōnspicābiminī | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | cōnspicantur | cōnspicābantur | cōnspicābuntur | — | — | — |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | cōnspicer | cōnspicārer | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | cōnspicēris cōnspicēre | cōnspicārēris cōnspicārēre | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | cōnspicētur | cōnspicārētur | — | — |
| 1st pl. | cōnspicēmur | cōnspicārēmur | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | cōnspicēminī | cōnspicārēminī | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | cōnspicentur | cōnspicārentur | — | — |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | cōnspicāre | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | cōnspicāminī | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | cōnspicātor | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | cōnspicātor | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | cōnspicantor | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | cōnspicārī | — |
| perfect infinitive | cōnspicātum esse | — |
| future infinitive | cōnspicātūrum esse | — |
| present participle | cōnspicāns | — |
| perfect participle | cōnspicātus cōnspicāta, cōnspicātā, cōnspicātae, cōnspicātam, cōnspicātārum, cōnspicātās, cōnspicāte, cōnspicātī, cōnspicātīs, cōnspicātō, cōnspicātōrum, cōnspicātōs | — |
| future participle | cōnspicātūrus cōnspicātūra, cōnspicātūrā, cōnspicātūrae, cōnspicātūram, cōnspicātūrārum, cōnspicātūrās, cōnspicātūre, cōnspicātūrī, cōnspicātūrīs, cōnspicātūrō, cōnspicātūrōrum, cōnspicātūrōs, cōnspicātūrum | cōnspicandus cōnspicanda, cōnspicandā, cōnspicandae, cōnspicandam, cōnspicandārum, cōnspicandās, cōnspicande, cōnspicandīs, cōnspicandōrum, cōnspicandōs |
gerundcōnspicandī, cōnspicandō, cōnspicandumsupinecōnspicātum, cōnspicātū
conspĭcor, ātus, 1,
I. v. dep. a. [id.], to get sight of, to descry, see, perceive (very freq. in Plaut. and Caes.; several times in Ter.; elsewh. rare; never in Lucr., Cic., Virg., or Hor.).
(a). With acc.:
nec quemquam conspicor alium in viā, Plaut. Cist. 4, 1, 4: Epidicumne ego conspicor? id. Ep. 1, 1, 3; 1, 1, 70: ante aedis erum meum, id. ib. 2, 2, 3; 3, 2, 9: in tenebris conspicatus si sis me, id. Ps. 4, 2, 24; Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 32: (Ajacem) occisum, Auct. Her. 1, 11, 18; Caes. B. G. 1, 25; 5, 9; 7, 45 al.; * Nep. Eum. 9, 5; Phaedr. 2, 8, 25 al.: hunc conspicatae naves, Caes. B. C. 2, 22.—(b). With acc. and part.:
hic quis est, quem huc advenientem conspicor, Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 50: perterritos hostes conspicati, Caes. B. G. 2, 27; Liv. 2, 20, 1 and 8; Quint. 4, 2, 13.—(g). With acc. and inf. as object:
illam geminos filios pueros peperisse conspicor, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 18; id. Curc. 5, 1, 5; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 18; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 16.—(d). With rel.-clause:
quae res in nostris castris gererentur conspicati, Caes. B. G. 2, 26.—(ε) Absol.: contempla et conspicare idem esse apparet, Varr. L. L. 7, § 9 Müll.: cum interim Metellus ... conspicatur, primo dubius quidnam insolita facies ostenderet, Sall. J. 49, 5 Dietsch; Jacobs ad loc. (where MSS. have conspicitur, v. conspicio, I. A. β; but cf. Don. ad Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 102).!*? Pass., to be seen: ut nunc paupertas conspicatur (θεωρεῖται), Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 792 P.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
cōnspicor ātus, ārī, dep.
com- + SPEC-, to get sight of, descry, see, perceive: his te regionibus, T.: id conspicati sese receperant, Cs.: ignīs, N.: hunc conspicatae naves, Cs.: perterritos hostīs, Cs.: Tarquinium ostentantem se, L.: te in fundo Fodere, T.: quae res gererentur, Cs.: cum Metellus conspicatur, i. e. obtains a view, S.
Origins
Perhaps from an intermediate cōnspex + -or or modelled on auspicor; compare dēspicor and suspicor.