English → Latin
“inspect” in Latin
cognōscōto learn, to get to know; to be acquainted (with someone), recognize, apprehend; to know, perceive, understandrecēnseōto count, enumerate, reckon or survey; to review, examine, survey or muster; to go over, revise or reviewarmaarms, weapons of war, weaponry, instruments (implements of warfare); military action, war (arms as instruments of policyvirman (adult male human); brave or courageous man, hero, warrior; husbandequushorse; steed, chargerlitteraletter (of the alphabet); handwriting; letter, epistle
The English word inspect itself goes back to Latin speciō, through inspectum.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
inspect
inspicere aliquid (also to inspect anything in order to acquire a knowledge of it; e.g., rationes suas, Sen., ad Helv., 10, 3, arma, viros, equos): cognoscere (ὺναγιγνώσκειν, to acquire an insight into anything, to read anything, in order to make one’s self accurately acquainted with its contents; e.g., litteras; Vid: Bremi, Nep., Lys., 4, 3): recensere: recensum alicujus agere (to go through one by one, to inform one’s self of the number, state, etc; an army, the cavalry, senate, etc.); also, recensere et numerum inire (Caes.). To inspect the Sibylline books, libros Sibyllinos adire (to approach, in order to consult them).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for inspect?
- The usual Latin words for “inspect” are cognōscō, recēnseō, arma; also vir, equus, littera. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.