suspĭcĭo, spexi, spectum, 3, v. a. and n. [sub-specio].
I To look up or upwards , to look up at a thing.
A Lit.: cum caelum suspeximus, Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 4; cf. id. ib. 2, 18, 49: caelum, Suet. Tit. 10: summum de gurgite caelum, Ov. M. 11, 506: astra, Cic. Tusc. 1, 25, 62: ramos, Ov. M. 14, 660: pisces qui neque videntur a nobis neque ipsi nos suspicere possunt, Cic. Ac. 2 ( Luc. ), 25, 81. —Poet.: nubes suspexit Olympus, looked up at , i. e. rose into the clouds , Luc. 6, 477: quae tuam matrem (i. e. Pleiadem) tellus a parte sinistrā Suspicit, which looks , i. e. is situated towards , Ov. M. 2, 840: suspexit in caelum, Cic. Rep. 6, 9, 9; 3, 2, 3.— Absol. : nec suspicit nec circumspicit, Cic. Div. 2, 34, 72: formare vultus, respicientes, suspicientesque et despicientes, Plin. 35, 8, 34, § 56.—
B Trop. *
1 In gen., to look up to a thing with the mind, to raise the thoughts up to : nihil altum, nihil magnificum ac divinum suspicere possunt, qui, etc., Cic. Lael. 9, 32.—
2 In partic., to look up to with admiration, to admire , respect , regard , esteem , honor , etc. (opp. despicere, Sen. Vit. Beat. 25; syn. stupeo): eos viros suspiciunt maximisque efferunt laudibus, in quibus, etc., Cic. Off. 2, 10, 36: suspicit potentem humilis, Vell. 2, 126, 2; Suet. Claud. 28: eloquentiam, Cic. Or. 28, 97: naturam (with admirari), id. Div. 2, 72, 148: honores praemiaque vestra, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 9, 2: argentum et marmor vetus aeraque et artes, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 18.—
II To look at secretly or askance; hence, by meton. (effectus pro causā), to mistrust , suspect (perh. only in participles; and most freq. in the part. perf. ): Bomilcar suspectus regi et ipse eum suspiciens, Sall. J. 70, 1.
VII —Hence, suspectus , a, um, P. a. (acc. to suspicio, II.), mistrusted , suspected; that excites suspicion.
a Of persons, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 81: habere aliquem falso suspectum, id. ib. 3, 6, 43: quo quis versutior et callidior est hoc invisior et suspectior detractā opinione probitatis, Cic. Off. 2, 9, 34: provincia de morbis, Pall. 1, 16: ne super tali scelere suspectum se haberet, Sall. J. 71, 5: in quādam causā suspectus, Quint. 6, 3, 96: in morte matris, Suet. Vit. 14: in eā (filiā), id. Gram. 16; Tac. H. 1, 13: suspectus societate consilii, Vell. 2, 35, 3: suspecti capitalium criminum, Tac. A. 3, 60: nimiae spei, id. ib. 3, 29 fin. : Licinius Proculus intimā familiaritate Othonis suspectus, id. H. 1, 46: aemulationis, id. A. 13, 9: proditionis, Just. 5, 9, 12: sceleris, Curt. 6, 8, 3.—With dat.: non clam me est, tibi me esse suspectam, Ter. Hec. 577: meis civibus suspectus, Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 17; id. Quint. 4, 14: cum filius jamjam patri suspectus esset de novercā, id. Off. 3, 25, 94: nomine neglegentiae suspectum esse alicui, id. Fam. 2, 1, 1: suspectissimum quemque sibi haud cunctanter oppressit. Suet. Tit. 6.—With inf.: suspectus consilia ejus fovisse, Tac. H. 1, 46.—
b Of things, concr. and abstr.: (in tyrannorum vitā) omnia semper suspecta atque sollicita, Cic. Lael, 15, 52: (voluptas) invidiosum nomen est, infame, suspectum, id. Fin. 2, 4, 12: res, Liv. 41, 24, 17: ut quae suspecta erant, certa videantur, Quint. 5, 9, 10: in suspecto loco, i. e. uncertain , critical , dangerous , Liv. 21, 7, 7: in eā parte consedit, quae suspecta maxime erat, Suet. Aug. 43: lacus Ambiguis suspectus aquis, Ov. M. 15, 333: metuit accipiter Suspectos laqueos, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 51: periculum, Suet. Dom. 14: suspectae horae (quartanae), Sen. Ben. 6, 8, 1: tumores, Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 55: aqua frigida, id. 31, 6, 37, § 71: promissum suspectius, Quint. 5, 7, 14.—With dat.: animi medicina pluribus suspecta et invisa, Cic. Tusc. 3, 1, 1: suspectam facit judici causam, Quint. 5, 13, 51.— Neutr. , with subject-clause : crudele, suos addicere amores: Non dare, suspectum, Ov. M. 1, 618.—
2 Act. , suspicious , distrustful : timidi et suspecti, Cato , Dist. 4, 44; Amm. 29, 4, 5.