respicio

Latin verb

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning to be in aspect
Literal translation to look back
Variants
respicio
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to be in aspect astrological concept

respicere enim horoscopum de exagono videtur.

‘it seems to be aspected in sextile to the ascendant’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 2.19.4

Genre: astrological compendium
Provenance: Sicily
Date: ca. 334 CE

Firmicus Maternus. 1897. Ivlii Firmici Materni Matheseos Libri VIII, ed. W. Kroll, F. Skutsch. Stuttgart: B. G. Teubner. 1.62

See also

〈coniungo〉 ‘to be in aspect with’

〈excipio〉 ‘to be approached by, have another planet come into aspect’

〈ἐπιβλέπω〉 epiblepō ‘to be in aspect with’

〈coniunctio〉 ‘aspect’

〈βλέπω〉 blepō ‘to be in aspect with’

〈𓍇𓏌𓅱𓁹〉 nw ‘to be in aspect with’

〈θεωρέω〉 theōreō ‘to observe’

〈radiatione pulsor〉 ‘to be in aspect’

〈testimonium perhibeo〉 ‘to be in aspect’

〈copulatio〉 ‘aspect’

〈intueor〉 ‘to be in aspect with’

〈aspicio〉 ‘to be in aspect’

〈radiatione percutio〉 ‘to be in aspect’

〈radiatione convenio〉 ‘to be in aspect’

〈testimonium commodo〉 ‘to be in favorable aspect’

〈radiis orno〉 ‘to be in favorable aspect’

〈radio〉 ‘to be in aspect’

〈attestor〉 ‘to be in aspect’

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). respicio (Lemma #1012). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1012/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). respicio (Lemma #1012). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1012/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). respicio (Lemma #1012). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1012/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) respicio (Lemma #1012), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1012/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1012,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {respicio ({Lemma} #1012)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1012/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1012/},
}