Lewis & Short

circumspectĭo, ōnis, f. [circumspicio].

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