respecto Latin · revision 33048

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la respiciō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [rɛsˈpɛk.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [resˈpɛk.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''respectō''' (present infinitive respectāre, perfect active respectāvī, supine respectātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|respiciō|-tō|t1=to look back]], a frequentative.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Wiktionary analyses it as [[m|la|re-]] and [[m|la|spectō|t=to look at]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first citation is Plautus' ''Menaechmi'', where a man keeps looking back in case his wife is following him.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to keep looking round or back:^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Terence asks why someone keeps looking back when there is no danger, Virgil has soldiers who look back while covering their backs with their shields, and Quintilian an advocate who looks round at the benches.^(OLD 2012) Lucretius uses it of waiting in expectation, of those who lay silent, buried in sleep, until the sun brought light.^(OLD 2012) As a transitive verb it means to look back at, to look round for or await, and to have regard for: Cicero speaks of expecting a like favour in return, and Virgil speaks of divine powers that have regard for the pious.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of looking back.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of waiting for the sun.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of awaiting a return.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of gods who regard the pious.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To keep looking round or back.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|wait]] in expectation; to look round for, [[m|en|await]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To keep looking back at; to have [[m|en|regard]] for.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[respectus]]

+ * [[respiciō]]

+ * [[spectō]]

+ * [[en|respect]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}