respecto — Lewis & Short
respecto, āre,
I v. freq. n. and a. [id.], to look back, look round or behind repeatedly or intently, to look or gaze about; to look at any thing (class.).
I Lit.
(a) Neutr. absol.:
quid respectas? nihil pericli est,Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 3:
ubi respectantes hostium antesignanos vidit,Liv. 8, 39; Quint. 12, 3, 2; Verg. A. 11, 630:
respectans abit,Sil. 12, 729; Stat. Th. 3, 377:
ad tribunal,Liv. 3, 48:
respecto identidem, ne senex, etc.,Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 13; so,
identidem, ne,id. Men. 1, 2, 51. — Poet.:
leti janua patet immani et vasto respectat hiatu,Lucr. 5, 375.—
(b) Act.:
dictatore arcem Romanam respectante,Liv. 4, 18, 6:
funera respectans,Lucr. 6, 1234:
sine fine Caesarem,Vell. 2, 107, 2:
alium (alius),Tac. Agr. 37 fin.:
suos,Sil. 11, 594.—
II Trop., to cast a look behind, to wait; to wait for, look for, expect; to care for, regard, respect.
(a) Neutr.:
verum haec ita praetereamus, ut tamen intuentes et respectantes relinquamus,Cic. Sest. 5, 13: animus non me deserens, sed respectans in ea loca discessit, id. Sen. 23, 84:
taciti respectabant somnoque sepulti, Dum, etc.,i. e. waited, Lucr. 5, 974. —
(b) Act.:
si qua pios respectant numina,regard, Verg. A. 1, 603:
neque hoc liberis nostris interdicendum est, ne observent tribules suos ... ne par ab iis munus in suā petitione respectent,look for, expect, Cic. Planc. 18, 45:
meum amorem,Cat. 11, 21.