1. respectus — Lewis & Short
respectus, a, um,
Part. of respicio.The corpus record — Latin
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respectus2
Part. of respicio
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What it meant
2. respectus — Lewis & Short
respectus, ūs, m.respicio,
I a looking back or about (class.).
I Lit.:
fugientibus miserabilem respectum incendiorum fore,Cic. Div. 1, 32, 68:
sine respiratione ac respectu pugnabant,Liv. 8, 38:
effuse ac sine respectu fugit,id. 32, 12:
sine respectu mea fata relinquens,Verg. Cul. 226. —
B Meton., a refuge, retreat, asylum:
ad Romanos,Liv. 42, 46:
respectum pulcherrimum et praesidium firmissimum adimit rei publicae,Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 9; 11, 11, 26; Liv. 21, 44; cf.:
omnium rerum respectum praeterquam victoriam nobis abscindamus,id. 9, 23.:
in idolis nationum non erit respectus,Vulg. Sap. 14, 11. —
II Trop., respect, regard, consideration (cf. ratio; in this signif. rare before the Aug. per., and usu. in abl.;
a favorite word of Liv.): respectum ad senatum et ad bonos non habere,Cic. Phil. 5, 18, 49:
ad Romanos,Liv. 42, 46:
ni respectus equitum praepedisset animos,id. 9, 14:
Romanorum maxime respectus civitates movit,id. 35, 38; Sen. Ira, 2, 28, 8:
respectum amicitiae habere,Liv. 42, 37; 26, 1. — Abl.: respectu, by a regard, with regard; with gen.:
factione respectuque rerum privatarum Appius vicit,by a regard for private interests, Liv. 2, 30; so id. 8, 28; 9, 45; 31, 46; 42, 9; 45, 18; Quint. 12, 9, 11; Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 100:
respectu cupiunt hic tamen esse sui,id. P. 4, 9, 100; Phaedr. 5, 4, 7 al.:
in illius respectum iste populo praesideat,Sen. Ben. 4, 32, 2:
sine respectu non majestatis modo sed etiam humanitatis,Liv. 29, 9:
sine respectu pudoris,Quint. 6, 3, 25; Sen. Contr. 3 (7), 23, 2:
sine respectu veniae,Tac. H. 2, 30:
fabulae,Phaedr. 5, 4, 7:
paucitatis,Just. 11, 9, 2:
amicitiae,id. 12, 10, 8:
sine respectu sui,Sen. Ben. 6, 13, 1:
Graecum proverbium jactans: occultae musicae nullum esse respectum,is in no repute, Suet. Ner. 20 (cf.:
musicam quae sit abscondita, eam esse nullius rei,Gell. 13, 30, 3; Gr. th=s lanqanou/shs mousikh=s ou)dei\s lo/gos).
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- Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. respectus (scan p. 663; entry #11018).
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