inspecto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [inspicio], to look at, observe, view (class. only in part. pres.): aliquid, Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 69: nescio quis inspectavit per impluvium, id. Mil. 2, 2, 18: me inspectante, before my eyes, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 19; cf.: inspectante exercitu, id. ib. 6, 18, 2: inspectantibus nobis, Caes. B. G. 7, 25; and: astante et inspectante ipso, in his presence and before his eyes, id. B. C. 2, 20.