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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [asˈpɪ.ki.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [asˈpiː.t͡ʃi.o]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''aspiciō''' (present infinitive aspicere, perfect active aspexī, supine aspectum); third (-iō variant) conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[ad-|t=at]] and [[speciō]] “to look”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) Plautus has the old perfect subjunctive ⟨aspexit⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's first citation is Naevius, of catching sight of something.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Naevius c. 235–200 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to catch sight of, notice, observe, as in Naevius, Plautus and Ennius, and to look at, gaze upon, inspect, as Cicero's “look at him, observe his face”.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) It meant to have sight, ''lūcem aspicere'' “to see the light, be alive”, to visit, to witness an event, and after a negative to have the least experience of something.^(OLD 2012) It meant to look someone in the face, of places to face or overlook, and mentally to see, consider, regard with favour or respect.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to look at, regard, behold.^(Stelten 1995) Italian ''aspettare'' “to wait” is a borrowing.^(Wiktionary) [[en|aspect]] comes from its noun [[aspectus]] in the late 14th century, first as an astrological term.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius uses it of catching sight.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it of looking at.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of looking someone in the face.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 14th century – English ''aspect'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To catch sight of, notice.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To look at, [[m|en|behold]]; to inspect.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''lūcem aspicere'', to be alive.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To witness; to experience.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To look in the face, ''(of places)'' to face.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To perceive; to consider; to regard (with favour).^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[aspectiō]]
+ * [[aspectus]]
+ * [[circumaspiciō]]
+ * [[inaspectus]]
+ * [[inaspicuus]]
+ * [[aspectō]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[aspectābilis]]
+ * [[aspectāmen]]
+ * [[circumspiciō]]
+ * [[cōnspiciō]]
+ * [[dēspiciō]]
+ * [[dīspiciō]]
+ * [[īnspiciō]]
+ * [[perspiciō]]
+ * [[praespiciō]]
+ * [[prōspiciō]]
+ * [[speciō]]
+ * [[en|aspect]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}