spectabat

spectabat is a Latin form of specto, meaning “look at, watch, observe; face toward; consider, aim at”. It is the 3rd person singular imperfect active indicative.

Found 50 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 7.69.5: Sub muro, quae pars collis ad orientem solem spectabat, hunc omnem locum copiae Gallorum compleverant fossamque et maceriam sex in altitudinem pedum praeduxerant.

Ovid, Amores 2.5.43: Spectabat terram — terram spectare decebat;

All forms of specto (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.