I.to look up at; to look up, to watch, observe, etc. (ante-class. and postAug.).
I. In gen.: “tabulam pictam,” Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 36.—Absol.: “leo suspectans,” Plin. 8, 16, 21, § 57: “sollicitis suspectantibus populis, ne, etc.,” id. 11, 29, 35, § 104.—
II. In partic., to mistrust, suspect, apprehend: “Agrippinam magis magisque suspectans,” Tac. A. 12, 65: “omnem prolationem, ut inimicam victoriae, suspectabant,” id. H. 3, 82: “perfidiam,” id. ib. 2, 27 fin.; id. A. 11, 16; 13, 39: “magiam,” App. Mag. p. 292 fin.: “dolum ab aliquo,” Sulp. Sev. Chron. 1, 9, 4: “suspectante Nerone, haud falsa esse, quae vera non probabantur,” Tac. A. 15, 51 fin.—Pass.: “ne pellici suspectaretur,” Tac. A. 4, 3: “(vidua) jam ob unum divortium suspectanda,” App. Mag. p. 332, 29: “cum externi motus suspectarentur,” Aur. Vict. Caes. 4, 2, 9.?*! Dep. collat. form (in analogy with suspicor): “hi, quos suspectati sunt,” Amm. 28, 1, 8.