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circumspectio

circumspectio, foresight, circumspection, caution

circumspectĭo, ōnis, f. [circumspicio]. *
  • Prop., a looking on all sides, a looking about: singulorum, sibi horizontem facit, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 15, 17.—
  • II Trop., foresight, circumspection, caution (v. circumspicio, I. B.): circumspectio et accurata consideratio, Cic. Ac. 2 (Luc.), 11, 35; Fragm. Val. § 35: prudentiae insunt ratio, intellectus, circumspectio, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 8, 7.

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