(verb) : inspĭcĭo, spexi, spectum, 3, inspecio
* To look into; to look at, inspect; to consider, contemplate, examine (class.).
* Lit.
* In gen.: intro inspice,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 72: inspicere tanquam in speculum, in vitas omnium,Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 61: cum Romam inspexerit Eos,Ov. F. 4, 389: inspice quid portem,id. Tr. 3, 1, 9: faciem,Juv. 1, 97: ranarum viscera,id. 3, 45: ea est procul inspicientibus natura loci, ut,Just. 4, 1: libros,Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 1: leges,Cic. Balb. 14, 32: aurum inspicere, ne subruptum siet,to examine whether,Plaut. Aul. prol. 39.
* Trop., to consider, examine, become acquainted with, comprehend, perceive: res sociorum,to inspect their affairs, examine into their conduct,Liv. 21, 6, 3: aliquem a puero,Cic. Phil. 2, 18, 44: quem diliges ut ego, si ut ego propius inspexeris,Plin. Ep. 4, 15, 3: est aliquis, qui se inspici, aestimari fastidiat,Liv. 6, 41, 2: sententiam mulieris,Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 51: querelam,Petr. 15: rationes,Plin. Ep. 10, 57, 1: aes alienum,Liv. 6, 27, 8: fidem,Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 26: an possit fieri,Mart. 1, 55, 6: quid expediat, quid deceat,Quint. 11, 1, 8 al.
* To look at, inspect a thing with reference to its value, etc.: te hoc orare jussit, Ut sibi liceret inspicere has aedes. Si. Non sunt venales, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 65: candelabrum,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64; cf.: praedium suum,id. Fam. 9, 7, 2: venalem domum,Suet. Oth. 6: ludorum sumptus,Ov. Tr. 2, 509.
* To inspect, examine: morbum,Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 15: arma, viros, equos, cum cura,Liv. 44, 1, 6: arma militis,Cic. Caecin. 21, 61.
* To examine, spy out: domos,Verg. A. 2, 47.

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