inspectĭo, ōnis, f. [inspicio], a looking into, inspection (post-Aug.).
I Lit.
A In gen.: ager prima inspectione neque vitia, neque virtutes abditas ostendit, Col. 1, 4, 1: speculi non tam possessio culpatur quam inspectio, Ap. Mag. 13, p. 282, 4.—
B In partic., a looking through , examination : tabularum, Quint. 5, 5, 2; Dig. 29, 3, 2, § 5: rationum, Trajan. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 57, 1.—
II Trop., consideration , investigation , contemplation; hence theory , in opposition to practice, Quint. 2, 18, 3; 2, 17, 42; Dig. 41, 1, 63, § 3; 45, 1, 91, § 4.