introspicio Latin · revision 33966

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *speḱ-ie/o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɪn.troːsˈpɪ.ki.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [in.trosˈpiː.t͡ʃi.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''intrōspiciō''' (present infinitive intrōspicere, perfect active intrōspexī, supine intrōspectum); third (-iō variant) conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|intrō|speciō|t1=inwards|t2=to look]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|speciō]] to [[itc-pro|*spekje/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*speḱ-ie/o-|t=to look]], with cognates such as [[sa|पश्यति|tr=páśyati|t=to look at]] and [[grc|σκέπτομαι|tr=sképtomai|t=to look around]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL reads it from Cicero on, more often in Tacitus.^(TLL) In ''De haruspicum responso'' Cicero worries that one of his people might unwittingly look into someone's house.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to look into or peer in, as into houses or huts in Cicero;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) in the passive it means to be seen within.^(OLD 2012) It also means to look upon: Tacitus speaks of eyeing the good fortune of others with jealous eyes.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Figuratively it is to examine mentally: Cicero tells the jurors to look deep into the minds of Catiline and his associates.^(OLD 2012) Manuscripts sometimes have ''intrō aspicere'' or ''intrō īnspicere'' instead.^(TLL) Stelten gives "look into" for Church Latin.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of looking into a house and into Catiline's mind.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus of eyeing others' good fortune.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 1680s – [[m|en|introspect]] appears in English, "to look into".^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To look into, peer in;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) ''(passive)'' to be seen within.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To look upon, regard.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To [[m|en|examine]] mentally, inspect, look into.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[speciō]]

+ * [[īnspiciō]]

+ * [[cōnspiciō]]

+ * [[en|introspection]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}