Lewis Short
inspectĭo (noun F) : inspicio
* A looking into, inspection (post-Aug.).
* Lit.
* In gen.: ager prima inspectione neque vitia, neque virtutes abditas ostendit,Col. 1, 4, 1: speculi non tam possessio culpatur quam inspectio,App. Mag. 13, p. 282, 4.
* Trop., consideration, investigation, contemplation; hence theory, in opposition to practice, Quint. 2, 18, 3; 2, 17, 42; Dig. 41, 1, 63, § 3; 45, 1, 91, § 4.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary