Latin

Verb

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

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

Inflection

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “prospicio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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)