contemplor

• contemplō

From con- (“with”) +‎ templum (“temple, shrine, area for auspices”) +‎ -or.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔnˈtɛm.pɫɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [konˈtɛm.plor]

contemplor (present infinitive contemplārī or contemplārier, perfect active contemplātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. to observe, note or notice
   • 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, De Natura Deorum II:

     Licet enim iam remōtā subtīlitāte disputandī oculīs quōdam modō contemplārī pulchritūdinem rērum eārum, quās dīvīnā prōvidentiā dīcimus cōnstituās.

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2. to gaze at or regard
3. to contemplate
   • 59 BCE, Cicero, Pro Flacco 26:

     Quod quidem ego nōn modo nōn postulō, sed contrā, iūdicēs, vōs ōrō et obtestor ut tōtam causam quam maximē intentīs oculīs, ut aiunt, acerrimē contemplēminī.

     But I not only do not ask that, gentlemen, but on the contrary, I beg and beseech you to the best of your ability to examine the whole case most closely and with steady eyes, as the saying goes.

¹The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

• “contemplor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “contemplor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “contemplor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.