prospicio

Latin

Etymology

From prō- +‎ speciō (“observe, look at”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /proːsˈpi.ki.oː/, [proːs̠ˈpɪkioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /prosˈpi.t͡ʃi.o/, [prosˈpiːt͡ʃio]

Verb

prōspiciō (present infinitive prōspicere, perfect active prōspexī, supine prōspectum); third conjugation iō-variant

1. to look far off; to see into the distance
2. to watch or look out for
3. to discern, descry or espy
4. to foresee

Conjugation

Conjugation of prōspiciō (third conjugation iō-variant)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	prōspiciō	prōspicis	prōspicit	prōspicimus	prōspicitis	prōspiciunt
	imperfect	prōspiciēbam	prōspiciēbās	prōspiciēbat	prōspiciēbāmus	prōspiciēbātis	prōspiciēbant
	future	prōspiciam	prōspiciēs	prōspiciet	prōspiciēmus	prōspiciētis	prōspicient
	perfect	prōspexī	prōspexistī	prōspexit	prōspeximus	prōspexistis	prōspexērunt, prōspexēre
	pluperfect	prōspexeram	prōspexerās	prōspexerat	prōspexerāmus	prōspexerātis	prōspexerant
	future perfect	prōspexerō	prōspexeris	prōspexerit	prōspexerimus	prōspexeritis	prōspexerint
passive	present	prōspicior	prōspiceris, prōspicere	prōspicitur	prōspicimur	prōspiciminī	prōspiciuntur
	imperfect	prōspiciēbar	prōspiciēbāris, prōspiciēbāre	prōspiciēbātur	prōspiciēbāmur	prōspiciēbāminī	prōspiciēbantur
	future	prōspiciar	prōspiciēris, prōspiciēre	prōspiciētur	prōspiciēmur	prōspiciēminī	prōspicientur
	perfect	prōspectus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	prōspectus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	prōspectus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	prōspiciam	prōspiciās	prōspiciat	prōspiciāmus	prōspiciātis	prōspiciant
	imperfect	prōspicerem	prōspicerēs	prōspiceret	prōspicerēmus	prōspicerētis	prōspicerent
	perfect	prōspexerim	prōspexerīs	prōspexerit	prōspexerīmus	prōspexerītis	prōspexerint
	pluperfect	prōspexissem	prōspexissēs	prōspexisset	prōspexissēmus	prōspexissētis	prōspexissent
passive	present	prōspiciar	prōspiciāris, prōspiciāre	prōspiciātur	prōspiciāmur	prōspiciāminī	prōspiciantur
	imperfect	prōspicerer	prōspicerēris, prōspicerēre	prōspicerētur	prōspicerēmur	prōspicerēminī	prōspicerentur
	perfect	prōspectus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	prōspectus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	prōspice	—	—	prōspicite	—
	future	—	prōspicitō	prōspicitō	—	prōspicitōte	prōspiciuntō
passive	present	—	prōspicere	—	—	prōspiciminī	—
	future	—	prōspicitor	prōspicitor	—	—	prōspiciuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		prōspicere	prōspexisse	prōspectūrum esse	prōspicī	prōspectum esse	prōspectum īrī
participles		prōspiciēns	—	prōspectūrus	—	prōspectus	prōspiciendus, prōspiciundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		prōspiciendī	prōspiciendō	prōspiciendum	prōspiciendō	prōspectum	prōspectū

See also

• prōspectō

References

• “prospicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “prospicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• prospicio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to foresee the far distant future: futura or casus futuros (multo ante) prospicere
    
  • to take measures for one's safety; to look after one's own interests: saluti suae consulere, prospicere
    
  • to look after, guard a person's interests, welfare: rationibus alicuius prospicere or consulere (opp. officere, obstare, adversari)
    
  • to foresee political events long before: longe prospicere futuros casus rei publicae (De Amic. 12. 40)
    
  • to look after the commissariat: rei frumentariae prospicere (B. G. 1. 23)