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contemplābĭlis, e, adj. [contemplor], aiming, taking aim (only in Amm.): dextera, Amm. 30, 5, 16: artifex, id. 23, 4, 2.
* Adv.: contemplābĭlĭter: ferire aliquid, taking aim, Amm. 20, 7, 9.

* contemplābundus, a, um, adj. [contemplor], considering or contemplating attentively, Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 40.

contemplātĭo, ōnis, f. [contemplor], an attentive considering, a viewing, surveying, contemplation (in good prose).

  1. I. Physical.
    1. A. In gen.: caeli, Cic. Div. 1, 42, 93: injecit contemplationem super umeros, cast a look over, Petr. 12, 4.
    2. B. In partic., an aiming with a weapon, a taking aim: sagittis praecipuā contemplatione utantur, Plin. 6, 30, 35, § 194; cf. contemplabilis.
  2. II. Mental.
    1. A. In gen., a contemplation, survey: est animorum ingeniorumque naturale quoddam quasi pabulum consideratio contemplatioque naturae, Cic. Ac. 2, 41, 127: rerum naturae, Cels. 1 praef.: ipsius naturae, Quint. 3, 6, 86; in plur.: naturae, Gell. 20, 5, 3: recti pravique, Quint. 2, 4, 20: veri, id. 6, 2, 5: iniqui, id. 12, 1, 35: rerum, scripti, id. 3, 6, 89: sui, id. 2, 18, 4: virtutum, Tac. Agr. 46: publicae felicitatis, Curt. 10, 9, 7: summa vis infinitatis et magnā ac diligenti contemplatione dignissima est, Cic. N. D. 1, 19, 50; so absol., id. ib. 1, 12, 18; Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 12.
      Hence,
    2. B. In partic., a consideration, regard (mostly late Lat.; freq. in the jurists): liberorum, Just. 7, 5, 7: justitiae ejus, id. 8, 3, 14: personarum, Dig. 2, 15, 8; 3, 5, 5; 18, 1, 58; Inscr. Orell. 3161 et saep.: contemplatione mortis donatio facta, = mortis causā, Paul. Sent. 2, 23, 6.

contemplātīvus, a, um, adj. [contemplor], contemplative, speculative: philosophia (opp. activa), theoretical (formed after the Gr. θεωρητικός), Sen. Ep. 95, 10: sapientiae pars, Aug. Civ. Dei, 8, 4: vita, Fulg. Myth. 2, 1.

contemplātor, ōris, m. [contemplor].

  1. * I. An observer, surveyor: peritissimus, a marksman, Amm. 19, 1, 7.
  2. II. A contemplator, an observer (very rare): caeli ac deorum, * Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 69: mundi animus, Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 8, 4: astrorum, App. Flor. 4, n. 18, p. 361, 4.

‡ contemplātōrĭus, στοχαστικός, Gloss. Cyrill.

contemplātrix, īcis, f. [contemplator], she who observes or contemplates (very rare): medicina, Cels. praef. 1, prooem. § 91; App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 16, 25.

1. contemplātus, a, um, Part., from contemplor and contemplo.

2. contemplātus, ūs, m. [contemplor].

  1. I. A consideration, contemplation, observance (very rare, and only in abl. sing.): mali, Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 66.
  2. * II. Regard, respect, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 1, 5.

contemplo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (anteand post-class.; collat. form of contemplor), to survey, behold, observe, consider, contemplate, etc.; freq. in imper.: adspecta et contempla, Epidice, Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 16: contempla et templum Cereris ad laevam aspice, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 9 Müll.; id. ap. Non. p. 470, 5; Att. and Titin. ib. p. 469, 31, and 470, 2; Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 38 al.: contemplo placide formam et faciem virginis, Naev. ap. Non. p. 469, 33; Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 285; id. As. 3, 1, 35; id. Trin. 4, 2, 21 al.
With inf., Nemes. Fragm. de Aucup. 3, p. 49 Stern.

  1. B. contemplātus, a, um, in a pass. signif.: ipse ab contemplato situ Carthaginis rediit, Liv. 30, 36, 6 dub.; so, scripta, Amm. 31, 15, 6; 16, 8, 6: hoc, id. 31, 5, 9.