pro-spĕcŭlor

āri, v. n. and a.
I.
I. Neutr., to look into the distance, look out (very rare): de vallo, Auct. B. Afr. 31.—
B. Transf., to explore: L. Siccium prospeculatum ad locum castris capiendum mittunt, Liv. 3, 43, 2.—*
II. Act., to look out for, watch for: prospeculari e muris adventum imperatoris, Liv. 33, 1, 3.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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