spectari

spectari is a Latin form of specto, meaning “look at, watch, observe; face toward; consider, aim at”. It is the present passive infinitive.

Found 41 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 1.45.3: Quod si antiquissimum quodque tempus spectari oporteret, populi Romani iustissimum esse in Gallia imperium; si iudicium senatus observari oporteret, liberam debere esse Galliam, quam bello victam suis legibus uti voluisset.

Lucan, Civil War 7.204: Spectari e toto potuit Pharsalia mundo.

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.