respectō -, -, āre, freq. respicio, to look back, look round, gaze about: Quid respectas? nihil pericli est, T.: respectantes hostium antesignanos vidit, L.: reiecti respectant terga tegentes, i. e. fall back, V.

—To fix the look, gaze at, look upon: ad tribunal, L.: arcem, L.: alius alium, Ta.

—Fig., to look back for, await, expect: par ab iis munus.

—To look back, have an eye to, regard, care for: haec ita praetereamus, ut tamen intuentes et respectantes relinquamus: meum amorem, Ct.: pios, V.