conspicis

Conspicis is the second-person singular present active indicative form of the Latin verb conspicio, meaning to observe, behold, or catch sight of. It belongs to the third conjugation of -io verbs, characterized by its extended stem conspic- combined with the present endings of the era. The full present active paradigm is conspico, conspicis, conspicit, conspicimus, conspicitis, conspiciunt. The corresponding perfect is conspexi, with the supine conspectum, and the perfect passive participle is conspectus.

In usage, conspicio is transitive and takes a direct object in the accusative. Conspicis therefore means “you observe” or “you catch sight of,” typically referring to something perceived visually. Classical Latin authors employed conspicio to describe the act of noticing or perceiving objects or events in the environment. Example: Conspicis stellas. (“You observe stars.”) Another common construction places emphasis on perception in a given moment, such as in phrases like Conspicis lucem aurorae, “You behold the light of dawn,” or more simply, Conspicis lunam in caelo claro, “You observe the moon in a clear sky.”

Geography and history notes, conspicio appears mainly in Latin texts from antiquity through late antiquity. Its semantic field overlaps with related verbs such as video (to see) and intueor (to gaze at), while its participial forms participate in the broader family of words derived from specio or conspicio that relate to sight.

See also: conspicio, Latin grammar, Latin verbs of the -io conjugation, conspectus, conspexisti.