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  • 1 reperiō

        reperiō repperī (reperī), repertus, īre    [2 PAR-], to find again, find, meet with, find out, discover: suos parentes, T.: multos: mortui sunt reperti: divitiis incubuere repertis, V.: tu non inventa repertā Luctus eras levior, i. e. grieved me less when lost than when found, O.—Fig., to find, find out, discern, get, procure, obtain: gloriam armis, T.: causas verissimas: verae amicitiae difficillime reperiuntur in iis, qui, etc.: exitum: lintribus inventis sibi salutem, save themselves, Cs.: aristolochia nomen ex inventore repperit.— To find, discover, perceive, learn, ascertain: quorum de moribus cum quaereret, sic reperiebat, Cs.: Neque declinatam ab aliarum ingenio ullam reperias, T.: nos paratiores: improbissimus reperiebare, were found to be, etc.: neque quanta esset insulae magnitudo, reperire poterat, Cs.: nec quo modo dicam reperire possum: re ipsā repperi, Facilitate nihil esse homini melius, T.: repperit esse vera, Cs.: alquem Tarentum venisse: in eas partīs Pythagoras venisse reperitur.— To find out, hit upon, invent, devise, discover: Aliquid reperiret, fingeret fallacias, T.: mihimet via reperiunda est, quā, etc.: ludusque (scaenicus) repertus, H.: serrae usum, O.: quae in quaestum reperta, devices for gain, Ta.
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    reperire, repperi, repertus V TRANS
    discover, learn; light on; find/obtain/get; find out/to be, get to know; invent

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  • 2 reperio

    rĕ-pĕrĭo, repperi (less correctly reperi), rĕpertum, 4 (old fut. reperibit, Caecil. ap. Non. 508, 16:

    reperibitur,

    Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 48; Pompon. ap. Non. 1. 1.; inf. reperirier, Plaut. Truc. 4, 1, 1; Lucr. 4, 480), v. a. [pario] (orig., perh., to procure or find again; hence), in gen., to find, meet with, find out, either by searching or by accident (cf.: invenio, offendo, nanciscor).
    I.
    Lit.:

    ego illam reperiam,

    will find her again, will find her out, Plaut. Ep. 4, 2, 32:

    Glycerium suos parentes repperit,

    Ter. And. 4, 5, 11; 5, 6, 5:

    perscrutabor fanum, si inveniam uspiam Aurum: sed si repperero, etc.,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 14:

    quid repperisti? Non quod pueri clamitant in fabā se repperisse,

    id. ib. 5, 10; cf. id. Bacch. 3, 6, 33:

    facile invenies pejorem... meliorem neque tu reperies, etc.,

    id. Stich. 1, 2, 53:

    curculiones in tritico,

    id. Curc. 4, 4, 31; cf. Ov. M. 1, 654:

    aliquem hominem,

    Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 8:

    multos,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 9, 28:

    mortui sunt reperti,

    id. Tusc. 1, 47, 114:

    puerum aut puellam sibi recens natum,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 16:

    ibi quoque equi caput repertum,

    Just. 18, 5, 16:

    ceterarum artium repertos antistites agriculturae neque discipulos neque praeceptores inventos,

    Col. 11, 1, 10:

    divitiis incubare repertis,

    Verg. A. 6, 610. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to find, find out, discern; to get, procure, obtain:

    occasionem,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 4, 9:

    propter paupertatem nomen,

    id. Stich. 11, 3, 22:

    gloriam armis,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 60:

    quamvis malam rem quaeris, illic reperias,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 153; cf.:

    si quaerimus, cur, etc.... causas reperiemus verissimas duas,

    Cic. Brut. 95, 325:

    rem repperi omnem ex tuo magistro, ne nega,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 37:

    verae amicitiae difficillime reperiuntur in iis, qui, etc.,

    Cic. Lael. 17, 64:

    nec quicquam difficilius quam reperire, quod sit omni ex parte in suo genere perfectum,

    id. ib. 21, 79:

    nec vos exitum reperitis,

    id. N. D. 1, 38, 107:

    perpauci lintribus inventis sibi salutem reppererunt,

    found, obtained, Caes. B. G. 1, 53 Oud. N. cr.:

    aristolochia nomen ex inventore reperit,

    Cic. Div. 1, 10, 16: sollicitudinis finem, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 15, 4:

    cujus praeclara apud Vergilium multa exempla reperio,

    Quint. 8, 3, 79; cf. in pass., id. 1, 5, 43:

    quibus (armis) quemadmodum salutariter uterentur, non reperiebant,

    Cic. Brut. 2, 8. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    With a double predicate, to find, discover, perceive, learn, ascertain a thing to be in any manner:

    qui invident, omnes inimicos mihi istoc facto repperi,

    Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 6:

    hoc si secus reperies, nullam causam dico,

    id. Capt. 3, 4, 92:

    quam paucos reperias meretricibus Fideles evenire amatores,

    Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 1; cf. id. ib. 2, 1, 3:

    re ipsā repperi, Facilitate nihil esse homini melius,

    id. Ad. 5, 4, 6; cf.:

    cum transgressos repperisset consules,

    Vell. 2, 50, 1:

    quorum de moribus Caesar cum quaereret, sic reperiebat,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 15:

    neque, quanta esset insulae magnitudo, reperire poterat,

    id. ib. 4, 20;

    1, 50: Caesar repperit ab Suevis auxilia missa,

    id. ib. 6, 9:

    repperit esse vera,

    id. ib. 1, 18:

    quem Tarentum venisse reperio,

    Cic. Sen. 4, 10.— So pass., with a double subject (i.e. with a predicate nom.), to be found, discovered, recognized to be any thing:

    quos cum censeas Esse amicos, reperiuntur falsi falsimoniis,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3. 6, 12:

    ingrato ingratus repertus est,

    id. Pers. 5, 2, 59:

    improbissimus reperiebare,

    Cic. Quint. 20, 56:

    ceteris rebus aut pares aut etiam inferiores reperiemur, religione multo superiores,

    id. N. D. 2, 3, 8; id. Fl. 38, 94.— With inf.:

    quoniam duplex natura duarum Dissimilis rerum longe constare reperta'st,

    Lucr. 1, 504:

    Sybarim et Crotonem et in eas Italiae partes Pythagoras venisse reperitur,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 15, 28:

    nec ulli periisse nisi in proelio reperiuntur,

    Suet. Caes. 75.—
    2.
    To find out, hit upon, invent, devise, discover (freq. after the Aug. period; cf. repertor;

    whereas invenire is used in this signif. in all periods): reperi, comminiscere, cedo calidum consilium cito,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 71; cf.:

    aliquid calidi consilii,

    id. Ep. 2, 2, 71:

    sibi aliquam astutiam,

    id. Capt. 3, 4, 7:

    repperisti tibi quod placeat,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 35; 3, 2, 22:

    consilium,

    id. Phorm. 1, 4, 1:

    causam,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 4:

    mihimet ineunda ratio et via reperiunda est, quā, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 46, § 110:

    nihil novi reperiens,

    id. Ac. 2, 6, 16:

    hoc reperire difficilius, quam, cum inveneris, argumentis adjuvare,

    Quint. 5, 10, 116:

    reperta verba (opp. nativa),

    id. 8, 3, 36:

    medicina ex observatione salubrium reperta est,

    id. 2, 17, 4; 9, 4, 114:

    ludusque (scaenicus) repertus,

    Hor. A. P. 405:

    serrae reperit usum,

    Ov. M. 8, 246; 1, 687:

    repertā nuper conjuratione,

    discovered, Tac. A. 16, 15; cf.:

    posterius res inventa est aurumque repertum,

    Lucr. 5, 1112; 1240:

    in quarum exercitationem reperta est (declamatio),

    Quint. 2, 10, 4; 4, 2, 21; 4, 3, 2; 8, 3, 72; 12, 10, 72; Tac. Agr. 19.— With dat., Quint. 8, 6, 19.— With object-clause:

    Indi gemmas crystallum tingendo adulterare repererunt,

    Plin. 35, 5, 20, § 79 (where, however, Jahn reads invenerunt).—Hence, rĕperta, ōrum, n., inventions (mostly in Lucr.):

    exponunt praeclara reperta,

    Lucr. 1, 732; 136; 5, 2; 13; 6, 7;

    and (perh. in imitation),

    Rhem. Fan. Pond. 15.

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  • 3 reperta

    rĕ-pĕrĭo, repperi (less correctly reperi), rĕpertum, 4 (old fut. reperibit, Caecil. ap. Non. 508, 16:

    reperibitur,

    Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 48; Pompon. ap. Non. 1. 1.; inf. reperirier, Plaut. Truc. 4, 1, 1; Lucr. 4, 480), v. a. [pario] (orig., perh., to procure or find again; hence), in gen., to find, meet with, find out, either by searching or by accident (cf.: invenio, offendo, nanciscor).
    I.
    Lit.:

    ego illam reperiam,

    will find her again, will find her out, Plaut. Ep. 4, 2, 32:

    Glycerium suos parentes repperit,

    Ter. And. 4, 5, 11; 5, 6, 5:

    perscrutabor fanum, si inveniam uspiam Aurum: sed si repperero, etc.,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 14:

    quid repperisti? Non quod pueri clamitant in fabā se repperisse,

    id. ib. 5, 10; cf. id. Bacch. 3, 6, 33:

    facile invenies pejorem... meliorem neque tu reperies, etc.,

    id. Stich. 1, 2, 53:

    curculiones in tritico,

    id. Curc. 4, 4, 31; cf. Ov. M. 1, 654:

    aliquem hominem,

    Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 8:

    multos,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 9, 28:

    mortui sunt reperti,

    id. Tusc. 1, 47, 114:

    puerum aut puellam sibi recens natum,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 16:

    ibi quoque equi caput repertum,

    Just. 18, 5, 16:

    ceterarum artium repertos antistites agriculturae neque discipulos neque praeceptores inventos,

    Col. 11, 1, 10:

    divitiis incubare repertis,

    Verg. A. 6, 610. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to find, find out, discern; to get, procure, obtain:

    occasionem,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 4, 9:

    propter paupertatem nomen,

    id. Stich. 11, 3, 22:

    gloriam armis,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 60:

    quamvis malam rem quaeris, illic reperias,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 153; cf.:

    si quaerimus, cur, etc.... causas reperiemus verissimas duas,

    Cic. Brut. 95, 325:

    rem repperi omnem ex tuo magistro, ne nega,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 37:

    verae amicitiae difficillime reperiuntur in iis, qui, etc.,

    Cic. Lael. 17, 64:

    nec quicquam difficilius quam reperire, quod sit omni ex parte in suo genere perfectum,

    id. ib. 21, 79:

    nec vos exitum reperitis,

    id. N. D. 1, 38, 107:

    perpauci lintribus inventis sibi salutem reppererunt,

    found, obtained, Caes. B. G. 1, 53 Oud. N. cr.:

    aristolochia nomen ex inventore reperit,

    Cic. Div. 1, 10, 16: sollicitudinis finem, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 15, 4:

    cujus praeclara apud Vergilium multa exempla reperio,

    Quint. 8, 3, 79; cf. in pass., id. 1, 5, 43:

    quibus (armis) quemadmodum salutariter uterentur, non reperiebant,

    Cic. Brut. 2, 8. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    With a double predicate, to find, discover, perceive, learn, ascertain a thing to be in any manner:

    qui invident, omnes inimicos mihi istoc facto repperi,

    Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 6:

    hoc si secus reperies, nullam causam dico,

    id. Capt. 3, 4, 92:

    quam paucos reperias meretricibus Fideles evenire amatores,

    Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 1; cf. id. ib. 2, 1, 3:

    re ipsā repperi, Facilitate nihil esse homini melius,

    id. Ad. 5, 4, 6; cf.:

    cum transgressos repperisset consules,

    Vell. 2, 50, 1:

    quorum de moribus Caesar cum quaereret, sic reperiebat,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 15:

    neque, quanta esset insulae magnitudo, reperire poterat,

    id. ib. 4, 20;

    1, 50: Caesar repperit ab Suevis auxilia missa,

    id. ib. 6, 9:

    repperit esse vera,

    id. ib. 1, 18:

    quem Tarentum venisse reperio,

    Cic. Sen. 4, 10.— So pass., with a double subject (i.e. with a predicate nom.), to be found, discovered, recognized to be any thing:

    quos cum censeas Esse amicos, reperiuntur falsi falsimoniis,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3. 6, 12:

    ingrato ingratus repertus est,

    id. Pers. 5, 2, 59:

    improbissimus reperiebare,

    Cic. Quint. 20, 56:

    ceteris rebus aut pares aut etiam inferiores reperiemur, religione multo superiores,

    id. N. D. 2, 3, 8; id. Fl. 38, 94.— With inf.:

    quoniam duplex natura duarum Dissimilis rerum longe constare reperta'st,

    Lucr. 1, 504:

    Sybarim et Crotonem et in eas Italiae partes Pythagoras venisse reperitur,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 15, 28:

    nec ulli periisse nisi in proelio reperiuntur,

    Suet. Caes. 75.—
    2.
    To find out, hit upon, invent, devise, discover (freq. after the Aug. period; cf. repertor;

    whereas invenire is used in this signif. in all periods): reperi, comminiscere, cedo calidum consilium cito,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 71; cf.:

    aliquid calidi consilii,

    id. Ep. 2, 2, 71:

    sibi aliquam astutiam,

    id. Capt. 3, 4, 7:

    repperisti tibi quod placeat,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 35; 3, 2, 22:

    consilium,

    id. Phorm. 1, 4, 1:

    causam,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 4:

    mihimet ineunda ratio et via reperiunda est, quā, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 46, § 110:

    nihil novi reperiens,

    id. Ac. 2, 6, 16:

    hoc reperire difficilius, quam, cum inveneris, argumentis adjuvare,

    Quint. 5, 10, 116:

    reperta verba (opp. nativa),

    id. 8, 3, 36:

    medicina ex observatione salubrium reperta est,

    id. 2, 17, 4; 9, 4, 114:

    ludusque (scaenicus) repertus,

    Hor. A. P. 405:

    serrae reperit usum,

    Ov. M. 8, 246; 1, 687:

    repertā nuper conjuratione,

    discovered, Tac. A. 16, 15; cf.:

    posterius res inventa est aurumque repertum,

    Lucr. 5, 1112; 1240:

    in quarum exercitationem reperta est (declamatio),

    Quint. 2, 10, 4; 4, 2, 21; 4, 3, 2; 8, 3, 72; 12, 10, 72; Tac. Agr. 19.— With dat., Quint. 8, 6, 19.— With object-clause:

    Indi gemmas crystallum tingendo adulterare repererunt,

    Plin. 35, 5, 20, § 79 (where, however, Jahn reads invenerunt).—Hence, rĕperta, ōrum, n., inventions (mostly in Lucr.):

    exponunt praeclara reperta,

    Lucr. 1, 732; 136; 5, 2; 13; 6, 7;

    and (perh. in imitation),

    Rhem. Fan. Pond. 15.

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  • 4 invenio

    in-vĕnĭo, vēni, ventum, 4, v. a. ( fut. invenibit for inveniet, Pompon. ap. Non. p. 479, 28), lit., to come or light upon a thing; to find, meet with (cf.: reperio, offendo).
    I.
    Lit.:

    neque domi, neque in urbe invenio quemquam, qui illum viderit,

    Plaut. Am. 4, 1, 2; id. Aul. 4, 2, 13; cf. id. Stich. 1, 2, 53:

    in agro populabundum hostem,

    Liv. 3, 4, 7:

    Scipio mortuus in cubiculo inventus est,

    id. Epit. 59 fin.:

    naves reliquas paratas ad navigandum invenit,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 5:

    tolerabiles oratores,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 2: scis, Pamphilam meam inventam civem? is found to be a citizen ' s daughter, Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 6. — Sup.:

    pleraque inventu rara ac difficilia,

    Plin. 28, 1, 1, § 1; so Gell. 17, 12, 2. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To find out, to invent, effect:

    quandam fallaciam,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 35:

    perniciem aliis, ac postremo sibi,

    Tac. A. 1, 74.—Of an orator's faculty of invention:

    tanta in eo inveniendi copia et eloquendi facultas,

    Quint. 10, 1, 69: multa divinitus a majoribus nostris inventa atque instituta sunt, Auct. Or. pro Dom. 1.—
    B.
    To find out, discover, ascertain, learn:

    inveniebat ex captivis, Sabim flumen ab suis castris non amplius milia passuum decem abesse,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 16:

    conjurationem,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 7:

    apud auctores invenio eodem anno descisse Antiates,

    Liv. 3, 23; 9, 45—
    C.
    To find out, invent, devise, contrive how to do a thing:

    ille quomodo crimen commenticium confirmaret, non inveniebat,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 15, 42:

    Venus inveniet puero succumbere furtim,

    i. e. will find out a way, Tib. 1 (8), 9, 35.—
    D.
    To acquire, get, earn:

    ut facillume Sine invidia laudem invenias,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 39:

    qui primus hoc cognomen invenit,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 23:

    ex quo illi gloria opesque inventae,

    Sall. J. 70, 2:

    laudem,

    Just. 3, 7, 10; cf.:

    gratiam apud aliquem,

    Vulg. Luc. 1, 30.—
    E.
    With se.
    1.
    To show itself, appear:

    postquam se dolor invenit,

    Ov. H. 15, 113.—
    2.
    To be at home in any thing:

    minus se inveniunt,

    i. e. are perplexed, Sen. Ben. 5, 12, 6:

    nec medici se inveniunt,

    Petr. 47.

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  • 5 in-veniō

        in-veniō vēnī, ventus, īre,    to come upon, find, meet with, light upon: in agro populabundum hostem, L. (navīs) paratas ad navigandum, Cs.: oratores.— Pass: rex Inventus focis, found, V.: Scis, Pamphilam meam inventam civem? turns out to be, T.: ipsis durior inventus est, proved to be, Cs.: Primus invenior circumposuisse, etc., H.: unus inventus qui id auderet.—Fig., to find out, invent, effect, discover, devise, contrive: quandam (fallaciam), T.: dolis casum victoriae, S.: Inventae artes, V.: neque quid ponis dicere invenie, make out: quo modo crimen confirmaret: quid agat, non invenit, is at a loss, O.: animis inventum poema iuvandis, H.—To find out, discover, ascertain, learn: ex captivis, flumen abesse, etc., Cs.: invenitur ea serrula pervenisse, etc., it is ascertained that.—To acquire, get, earn, reach: Sine invidiā laudem, T.: hoc cognomen: ex quo illi gloria opesque inventae, S.: manu mortem (i. e. pugnando), V.

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  • 6 vestigo

    ve-stīgo, no perf. and sup., āre, 1, v. a. [etym. dub.; perh. Sanscr. vahis (bahis), out, and stigh-, to climb; cf. Gr. stichos, a row, etc.; Angl. -Sax. stīgan; Germ. steigen, to climb].
    I.
    Prop., to follow in the track of; to track, trace out (cf.: rimor, indago, scrutor): germana soror, errare videbar, Tardaque vestigare et quaerere te, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 43 Vahl.):

    feras vestigat (sc. canis),

    Sen. Thyest. 496.—With abl.:

    fertur (sc. tigris) praeceps, odore vestigans (sc. raptorem),

    Plin. 8, 18, 25, § 66. —
    II.
    Transf.
    A. 1.
    With abl.:

    perfugas et fugitivos, quos inquirendo vestigare potuerint, reddidisse,

    Liv. 31, 19, 2:

    (cervi) vestigant cavernas (serpentium),

    Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 118:

    omnis enim jacens piscis magis naribus escam, quam oculis, vestigat,

    Col. 8, 17, 14.—
    2.
    Absol.:

    dimissis deinde per agros, qui vestigarent,

    Liv. 32, 26, 13 dub.; cf. Weissenb. ad loc.—
    B.
    To search after; to seek out:

    ceterum Alexander, quam regionem Dareus petisset, omni curā vestigans, tamen explorare non poterat,

    Curt. 4, 6, 5:

    adeo sicca lacuna, ut vestigantium sitim falleret,

    id. 4, 16, 14:

    equum vestigari jubet,

    id. 6, 5, 19:

    ergo alte vestiga (sc. ramum) oculis, riteque repertum Carpe manu,

    Verg. A. 6, 145.—
    III.
    Trop.
    A. 1.
    In simple constr.:

    causas rerum,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 39, 166.—
    2.
    With abl.:

    quā (sc. ratione) omnes illorum conatūs vestigare,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 16, 48.—
    3.
    With cum:

    quod cum desidiosā delectatione vestiges,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 23, 88.—
    B.
    To discover, find out:

    grave imperium regum nihil inexploratum, quod vestigari volunt, efficit,

    Liv. 39, 51, 6.

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  • 7 exigo

    ex-ĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3, v. a. [ago], to drive out or forth, to thrust out, to take or turn out.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    reges ex civitate,

    to expel, Cic. de Or. 2, 48, 199:

    hostem e campo,

    Liv. 3, 61, 8: exigor patria, Naev. ap. Non. 291, 4:

    aliquem domo,

    Liv. 39, 11, 2:

    aliquem campo,

    id. 37, 41, 12:

    omnes foras,

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 1, 7:

    adcolas ultra famam,

    Plin. 2, 68, 68, § 175:

    exacti reges,

    driven away, Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 37; cf.:

    Tarquinio exacto,

    id. Rep. 1, 40:

    anno post Tarquinios exactos,

    Tac. A. 11, 22:

    Orestes exactus furiis,

    driven, tormented, Ov. Tr. 4, 4, 70:

    virum a se,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 62:

    uxorem,

    to put away, divorce, Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 45; Suet. Caes. 50; id. Claud. 26; cf.: illam suam (uxorem) suas res sibi habere jussit ex duodecim tabulis; claves ademit;

    exegit,

    turned her out of the house, Cic. Phil. 2, 28, 69: aliquem vitā, i. e. to kill, Sen. de Ira, 1, 6: corpus e stratis, to raise up or out, Sil. 16, 234:

    maculam,

    to take out, Suet. Aug. 94: et sacer admissas exigit Hebrus aquas, pours out into the sea, Ov. H. 2, 114; of weapons, to thrust from one, thrust, drive:

    non circumspectis exactum viribus ensem Fregit,

    thrust, impelled, Ov. M. 5, 171; so,

    ensem,

    Luc. 8, 656; cf.:

    ensem per medium juvenem,

    plunges through the middle, Verg. A. 10, 815:

    gladium per viscera,

    Flor. 4, 2, 68:

    tela in aliquem,

    Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 16;

    hence: aliquem hastā,

    i. e. to thrust through, transfix, Val. Fl. 6, 572.—Mid.:

    quae (hasta) cervice exacta est,

    passed out, passed through, Ov. M. 5, 138: prope sub conatu adversarii manus exigenda, to be put forth, raised (for a blow), Quint. 6, 4, 8 Spald.:

    (capellas) a grege in campos, hircos in caprilia,

    to drive out, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 8:

    sues pastum,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 6:

    radices altius,

    to send out, Cels. 5, 28, 14; cf.:

    vitis uvas,

    Col. 3, 2, 10; 3, 6, 2; Cels. 8, 1 med. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    A scenic t. t., to drive off, i. e. hiss off a piece or a player from the stage (rare):

    spectandae (fabulae) an exigendae sint vobis prius,

    Ter. And. prol. 27 Ruhnk.; so, fabulas, id. Hec. prol. alt. 4; id. ib. 7.—
    2.
    To demand, require, enforce, exact payment of a debt, taxes, etc., or the performance of any other duty (very freq.;

    syn.: posco, postulo, flagito, contendo, etc.): ad eas pecunias exigendas legatos misimus,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 11, 1: pecunias a civitatibus, id. Div. ap. Caecil. 10, 33:

    acerbissime pecunias imperatas,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 32; cf. id. ib. 1, 6 fin.; Cic. Pis. 16, 38; id. N. D. 3, 34, 84:

    quaternos denarios,

    id. Font. 5, 9:

    tributa,

    id. Fam. 3, 7, 3:

    pensionem,

    id. ib. 6, 18, 5:

    nomina sua,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 28:

    mercedem,

    id. Lael. 21, 80 et saep.:

    equitum peditumque certum numerum a civitatibus Siciliae,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 30, 4:

    obsides ab Apolloniatibus,

    id. ib. 3, 12, 1:

    viam,

    to demand the construction of a road, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 59, § 154; Liv. 42, 3, 7:

    a quoquam ne pejeret,

    Juv. 13, 36.—Esp.: rationem, to exact an account:

    ut Athenienses rationibus exigendis non vacarent,

    Val. Max. 3, 1, ext. 1; Plin. Ep. 10, 81, 1:

    libertorum nomina a quibus ratio exigi posset,

    Suet. Aug. 101 fin. —
    (β).
    In pass.: exigor aliquid, to be solicited, dunned for money, etc. (post-class.): exigor portorium, id est, exigitur de me portorium, Caecil. ap. Gell. 15, 14, 5; id. ap. Non. 106, 24: (Rib. Com. Fragm. p. 51): sese pecunias maximas exactos esse, Q. Metell. Numid. ap. Gell. 15, 14, 2; Dig. 23, 4, 32.—
    3.
    To examine, inquire into (post-Aug.):

    nec illae (conjuges) numerare aut exigere plagas pavent,

    Tac. G. 7 fin. (so Ritter, Halm, with all MSS., cf. Holzmann ad loc.; al. exugere, said to have been the read. of a lost codex, the Arundelianus; cf. exsugo); cf.:

    exactum et a Titidio Labeone, cur omisisset, etc.,

    id. A. 2, 85.—
    4.
    Of places, to go or pass beyond, to pass by, leave behind ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    cum primus equis exegit anhelis Phoebus Athon,

    Val. Fl. 2, 75; cf. Prop. 3, 20, 11 (4, 20, 3 M.):

    Troglodytae hibernum mare exigunt circa brumam,

    Plin. 12, 19, 42, § 87.—
    5.
    In mercant. lang., to dispose of, sell:

    agrorum exigere fructus,

    Liv. 34, 9, 9 Drak.: mercibus exactis, Col. poët. 10, 317. —
    6.
    Mathemat. t. t., to apply to a standard or measure, i. e. to examine, try, measure, weigh by any thing:

    ad perpendiculum columnas,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 51, § 133:

    materiam ad regulam et libellam,

    Plin. 36, 25, 63, § 188:

    pondus margaritarum sua manu,

    Suet. Caes. 47; cf.:

    aliquid mensura,

    Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 159.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to drive out, expel (very rare):

    locus, Ubi labore lassitudo exigunda ex corpore,

    Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 4: frigus atque horrorem vestimentis, Lucil. ap. Non. 291, 8.—Far more freq. and class.,
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    (Acc. to I. B. 2.) To require, demand, claim any thing due:

    ego vero et exspectabo ea quae polliceris, neque exigam, nisi tuo commodo,

    Cic. Brut. 4, 17:

    aliquid exigere magis quam rogare,

    id. Fam. 2, 6, 1:

    longiores litteras exspectabo vel potius exigam,

    id. ib. 15, 16, 1:

    omnibus ex rebus voluptatem quasi mercedem,

    id. Fin. 2, 22, 73:

    ab hoc acerbius exegit natura quod dederat,

    demanded back, reclaimed, id. Tusc. 1, 39, 93 Klotz.:

    non ut a poëta, sed ut a teste veritatem exigunt,

    id. Leg. 1, 1, 4:

    has toties optata exegit gloria poenas,

    has cost, Juv. 10, 187:

    poenas,

    to take vengeance, id. 10, 84:

    de vulnere poenas,

    Ov. M. 14, 478: poenam (alicui), Sen. de Ira, 2, 22 fin.; Ov. F. 4, 230:

    gravia piacula ab aliquo,

    Liv. 29, 18, 18 et saep.—With ut:

    exigerem ex te cogeremque, ut responderes,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 119; 4, 28, 80; cf.:

    Calypso exigit fata ducis,

    questions, inquires into, Ov. A. A. 2, 130:

    exactum a marito, cur, etc.,

    Tac. A. 2, 85:

    exigite ut mores seu pollice ducat,

    Juv. 7, 237 sq. —With an object-clause:

    exigimus potuisse eum eo tempore testamentum facere,

    Dig. 29, 7, 8; 24, 3, 2.— Absol.:

    in exigendo non acerbum,

    Cic. Off. 2, 18, 64:

    cum res exiget,

    Quint. 5, 11, 5; 10, 3, 3; cf.:

    ut res exiget,

    id. 12, 10, 69:

    si communis utilitas exegerit,

    id. 12, 1, 37.— Esp.: rationem, to require an account:

    rerum gestarum,

    Just. 19, 2, 6:

    numquid rationem exiges, cum tibi aliquis hos dixerit versus?

    an explanation, Sen. Ep. 94, 28; Plin. Ep. 19, 9.—
    2.
    Of time, life, etc., to lead, spend, pass, complete, finish:

    non novisse quicum aetatem exegerim,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 111; id. Capt. 3, 5, 62:

    tecum aetatem,

    id. Mil. 4, 2, 48; 4, 6, 60; id. Cas. 2, 5, 12:

    ut te dignam mala malam aetatem exigas,

    id. Aul. 1, 1, 4: vitam taetre, Cat. Or. inc. 15; Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 39:

    cum maerore graviorem vitam,

    Sall. J. 14, 15; 85, 49; Plin. 7, 44, 45, § 139; Vitr. 2, 1, 4; Val. Max. 3, 5, 4 al.:

    vitae tempus,

    Sen. Ep. 2, 2; Val. Max. 3, 3, ext. 6:

    jam ad pariendum temporibus exactis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 18, § 48: qui exacta aetate moriuntur, at the close of the vigorous period of life, Cic. Tusc. 1, 39, 93; id. Verr. 2, 5, 8, § 21; Sall. J. 6, 2; Liv. 2, 40, 11 al.:

    mediam dies exegerat horam,

    Ov. Am. 1, 5, 1:

    aevum,

    Lucr. 4, 1235; Verg. A. 7, 777; Ov. M. 12, 209:

    tristissimam noctem,

    Petr. 115:

    diem supremum noctemque,

    Tac. A. 3, 16:

    ullum tempus jucundius,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 1, 1:

    jam aestatem exactam esse,

    Sall. J. 61, 1:

    per exactos annos,

    at the end of every year, Hor. C. 3, 22, 6:

    exacto per scelera die,

    Tac. H. 1, 47; id. A. 3, 16; so,

    exacto quadriennio,

    Plin. 2, 47, 48, § 130; Verg. G. 3, 190; Stat. S. 2, 2, 47.—
    3.
    To conduct, urge forward, superintend, drive:

    opus,

    Ov. M. 14, 218; Col. 3, 13, 11.—
    4.
    To bring to an end, to conclude, finish, complete a thing ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    exegi monumentum aere perennius,

    Hor. C. 3, 30, 1:

    opus,

    Ov. R. Am. 811; id. M. 15, 871:

    exactus tenui pumice versus eat,

    Prop. 3, 1, 8; Verg. A. 6, 637:

    commentarii ita sunt exacti, ut, etc.,

    Quint. 10, 7, 30:

    eandem gracilitatem stilo exigere condiscant,

    to reach, attain to, id. 1, 9, 2.—
    5.
    To determine, ascertain, find out:

    sociisque exacta referre,

    his discoveries, Verg. A. 1, 309:

    non prius exacta tenui ratione saporum,

    before he has ascertained, Hor. S. 2, 4, 36.— Pass. impers.:

    non tamen exactum, quid agat,

    Ov. F. 3, 637; cf. id. Am, 3, 7, 16. —
    6.
    (Acc. to I. B. 3.) To weigh, try, prove, measure, examine, adjust, estimate, consider, = examinare, ponderare (class. but perh. not in Cic.): si ad illam summam veritatem legitimum jus exegeris, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 1; cf.: nolite ad vestras leges atque instituta exigere ea, quae Lacedaemone fiunt, to estimate by the standard of, etc., Liv. 34, 31, 17; so,

    opus ad vires suas,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 502:

    si omnia argumenta ad obrussam coeperimus exigere,

    Sen. Q. N. 4, 5, 1; cf.:

    principatus tuus ad obrussam exigitur,

    id. de Clem. 1, 1, 6:

    se ad aliquem,

    id. Ep. 11 fin.:

    regulam emendate loquendi,

    Quint. 1, 5, 2:

    illa non nisi aure exiguntur, quae fiunt per sonos,

    are judged of, id. 1, 5, 19; cf. id. 1, 4, 7.—
    7.
    To treat, consult, deliberate respecting something, = considerare, deliberare (class. but not in Cic.): de his rebus ut exigeret cum eo, Furnio mandavi, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 24, 7:

    cum aliquo,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 12, 3; cf.:

    secum aliquid,

    Verg. A. 4, 476; Ov. M. 10, 587; Sen. Ep. 27:

    de aliqua re coram,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 26, 13:

    haec exigentes hostes oppressere,

    Liv. 22, 49, 12:

    quid dicendum, quid tacendum, quid differendum sit, exigere consilii est,

    Quint. 6, 5, 5.—
    8.
    To endure, undergo:

    aerumnam,

    Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 12. —Hence, exactus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B. 5., measured; hence), precise, accurate, exact (poet and in post-Aug. prose):

    difficile est, quot ceciderint, exacto affirmare numero,

    Liv. 3, 5, 12:

    acies falcis,

    Plin. 17, 27, 42, § 251:

    fides,

    Ov. Pont. 4, 9, 46.— Comp.:

    cura,

    Suet. Tib. 18; Mart. 4, 87, 4. — Sup.:

    diligentia,

    Front. Aquaed. 89:

    vir,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 5.—With gen.:

    Mamurius, morum fabraene exactior artis, Difficile est dicere,

    Ov. F. 3, 383.— Adv.: exacte, exactly, precisely, accurately:

    ut exacte perorantibus mos est,

    Sid. Ep. 7, 9.— Comp.: dicere, disserere, Mel. Prooem. § 2; Gell. 1, 3, 21.— Sup.:

    pascere,

    Sid. Ep. 5, 11.

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  • 8 comperio

    I.
    to learn, find out.
    II.
    to disclose fully, find out with certainty, lay open.

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  • 9 ineo

    ĭn-ĕo, īvi and ĭi, ĭtum, īre (iniri only ap. Vop. Procul. 12, 7; fut. iniet, Sen. Ben. 21, 2), v. a. and n.
    I.
    To go into, to enter a place (class.).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen., constr. with acc., or with in and acc.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    illius domum,

    Cic. Deiot. 3, 8:

    urbem,

    Liv. 3, 24, 8:

    Argolicas acies non ignarus ini (i. e. inii),

    Stat. Th. 8, 107:

    convivia,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 18, 52:

    viam, iter,

    to enter on a journey, id. Mur. 12, 26.— Pass.:

    nemus nullis illud initur equis,

    Ov. F. 3, 266:

    (Hispania) prima Romanis inita provinciarum,

    Liv. 28, 12, 12.—
    (β).
    With in and acc.:

    in urbem,

    Liv. 24, 9, 2.—
    2.
    In partic., to know, in mal. part., Liv. 41, 13, 2: reginam, Drusillam, Anton. ap. Suet. Aug. 69:

    feminae viros ineunt,

    Sen. Ep. 95, 21;

    so of animals,

    to pair, Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 9; Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 178.— Pass.:

    vacca ab agresti tauro inita,

    Liv. 41, 13, 2; cf.:

    sic velut inita arbor fecundo semine fertilior exstat,

    Col. 5, 9, 16.—
    B.
    Trop., to enter upon, begin a business, an enterprise, occupation, office, etc.:

    magistratum,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 2:

    consulatum,

    Liv. 24, 9, 7:

    imperium,

    Suet. Tib. 67.— Pass.:

    inito magistratu,

    Liv. 36, 1, 1:

    magnum et difficile certamen iniens,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 12, 31; Curt. 4, 3, 12:

    proelium,

    id. Off. 1, 11, 37; Vell. 2, 55, 3; Suet. Tib. 2; id. Vesp. 4:

    pugnas,

    Verg. A. 11, 912:

    bellum,

    Curt. 5, 9, 4.— Pass.:

    bellum cum rege Philippo initum est,

    Liv. 31, 5, 1; 36, 1, 5: numerum, to go into an enumeration, i. e. to enumerate, give the number:

    numerus interfectorum haud facile iniri potuit,

    Liv. 38, 23, 6:

    numerus inibatur,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 76: rationem, to make an estimate:

    rationem inire oportet operarum, dierum,

    Cato, R. R. 2, 2; cf.:

    initā subductāque ratione,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 71: inire rationem also freq. signifies, to calculate, consider, find out, devise, contrive:

    rogo, ut adjuves ineasque rationem, quemadmodum ea mulier Romam perducatur,

    id. Fam. 13, 28, 2:

    mihi ineunda ratio, et via reperiunda est, qua ad Apronii quaestum possim pervenire,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 46. § 110: ut multa tam gravis depelleretur, a me inita ratio est. id. Fam. 5, 20, 4:

    rationem de re,

    id. Phil. 5, 19, 53:

    ad hunc interficiendum talem iniit rationem,

    Nep. Hann. 10, 3:

    aestimationem,

    to make an estimate, to estimate, value, Sen. Ben. 3, 8 fin.:

    mensuram agrorum,

    to take the measure of, to measure, survey, Col. 5, 3, 1: societatem cum aliquo, to enter into or form an association with a person, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 3; so of an alliance, Suet. Tib. 2:

    bellum,

    to take part in, Cic. Off. 1, 11, 37; Curt. 5, 9, 4:

    pugnas,

    to begin, Verg. A. 11, 912:

    pugnam,

    Vell. 1, 9, 3; 2, 55, 3:

    indutias,

    to conclude, make, Plin. Pan. 11, 5: consilium, to form a plan, Ov. F. 3, 380:

    consilia inibat, quemadmodum a Gergovia discederet,

    formed plans, considered, deliberated, Caes. B. G. 7, 43:

    consilium facinoris contra vitam alicujus,

    Cic. Deiot. 2, 4: gratiam, to get into the good graces, obtaĭn the favor of:

    plures ineuntur gratiae, si, etc.,

    the favor of many is gained, id. Brut. 57, 209:

    gratiam ab aliquo,

    Nep. Alcib. 9 fin.:

    apud regem initam gratiam volebant,

    Liv. 36, 5, 3:

    summam gratiam a bonis omnibus,

    Cic. Att. 7, 9, 3: viam, to find out a way to do any thing:

    ineamus viam aliquam, qua utri utris imperent, decerni possit,

    Liv. 1, 23, 9:

    suffragia, i. q. dare,

    id. 3, 17, 4; 3, 25, 4:

    inită aestate,

    in the beginning of, Caes. B. G. 2, 2; 2, 35, 2; cf.:

    inită hieme,

    id. ib. 3, 7, 1.— Poet.:

    somnum,

    to fall asleep, Verg. E. 1, 56:

    ipse ego paulisper pro te tua munera inibo,

    to undertake, id. A. 5, 846:

    formam vitae,

    to enter upon a course of life, Tac. A. 1, 74:

    teque adeo decus hoc aevi, te consule (puer), inibit, Pollio,

    he will enter on this golden age during your consulship, Verg. E. 4, 11 Ladew.; cf. Forbig. ad loc.—
    II.
    v. n. (= incipere), to make a beginning, to begin:

    ex ineunte aevo,

    Lucr. 5, 859; so,

    ineunte vere,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 35 fin.:

    ineunte aestate,

    id. Att. 4, 2, 6:

    ab ineunte aetate,

    id. de Or. 1, 21, 97:

    ab ineunte adulescentia,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 2, 4; Nep. Alcib. 2, 2; cf. id. Them. 1, 1 al.

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  • 10 exigō

        exigō ēgī, āctus, ere    [ex + ago], to drive out, push forth, thrust out, take out, expel: reges ex civitate: hostem e campo, L.: post reges exactos: easdem (uxores), divorce, T.: suam (uxorem), turn out of the house: exigit Hebrus aquas, pours into the sea, O.: exactum ensem Fregit, by the thrust, O.: ensem per medium iuvenem, V.: (hasta) Cervice exacta est, passed through, O.— To drive away, hiss off (the stage): (fabulae) exigendae vobis, T. — To require, enforce, exact, demand, collect: ad pecunias exigendas legatos misimus: acerbissime pecuniae exigebantur: nomina sua: peditum numerum a civitatibus, Cs.: viam, demand the construction of: auspiciorum adhuc fides exigitur, further confirmation, Ta.— To export: agrorum fructūs, L.— To set right: ad perpendiculum columnas, set precisely upright.—Fig., to require, demand, claim, exact, insist: magis quam rogare: a teste veritatem: ius iurandum, L.: Has exegit gloria poenas, has cost, Iu.: de volnere poenas, O.: a violatoribus piacula, L.: ex te ut responderes: id ipsum, ut pereat, O.: a quoquam ne peieret, Iu.: in exigendo non acerbus.—Of time, to lead, spend, pass, complete, finish, close: cum maerore graviorem vitam, S.: exactā aetate mori, after a long life: hanc saepe exactā aetate usurpasse vocem, in old age, L.: per exactos annos, at the end of every year, H.: tribus exactis ubi quarta accesserit aestas, V.: spatiis exegit quattuor annum, O.— To conduct, superintend: aedīs privatas velut publicum opus, L.— To bring to an end, conclude, finish, complete: monumentum, H.: opus, O.: His demum exactis, V.— To determine, ascertain, find out: sociisque exacta referre, discoveries, V.: Non prius exactā ratione saporum, before he has ascertained, H.: non tamen exactum, quid agat, O.— To weigh, try, prove, measure, examine, adjust, estimate, consider: ad vestras leges, quae Lacedaemone fiunt, estimate by the standard of, etc., L.: cultu ad luxuriam exacto, directed, Cu.: ad caelestia ritūs humanos, O.— To consider, deliberate on, take counsel upon: tempus secum, V.: talia secum, O.: non satis exactum, quid agam.
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    exigere, exegi, exactus V
    drive out, expel; finish; examine, weigh

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  • 11 comperiō

        comperiō perī, pertus, īre    [1 PAR-], to obtain knowledge of, find out, ascertain, learn: certo, T.: nihil de hoc: de scelere filii, N.: aliquid ex multis: nihil testibus, nihil tabulis: ut postea ex captivis comperit, Cs.: nil ad Pamphilum attinere, T.: hanc gentem Clusium inde venisse, L.: certis auctoribus, copias abesse, etc., Cs.: id misericordiāne an casu evenerit, S.: unde causa (sit), Ta.: facinus manifesto compertum: oculis, L.: omnia falsa comperta sunt: compertus stupri, i. e. detected in, L.: flagitii, Ta.: nondum comperto quam regionem hostes petissent, L.: compertus publicam pecuniam avertisse, Ta.
    * * *
    comperire, comperi, compertus V TRANS
    learn/discover/find (by investigation); verify/know for certain; find guilty

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  • 12 experior

        experior pertus, īrī, dep.    [1 PAR-], to try, prove, test, experience, endure: hanc nunc experiamur, T: eos (amicos): vim eius (veneni) esse in servo: eandem belli fortunam, Cs.: laborem, V.: procos priores, seek to win back, V.: quidve ferat Fors, Virtute experiamur: quantum audeatis, L.: experiundo scies, T.: experiendo cognovi: In experiundo ut essem, i. e. might have a full trial, T.: exorabile numen Fortasse experiar, may find, Iu. —In perf, to have tried, have learned, have experienced, know by experience: expertus es istius perfidiam: quod genus nullo telo traici posse, Cs.: metum fecerant expertis Gallicā clade, L.: expertus (eum) fidelem in Ganymede, H.: experto credite, quantus adsurgat, V.: expertus bellis animus, Ta. — To measure strength with, contend with: ut interire quam Romanos non experiri mallet, N.: Turnum in armis, V.— To try, undertake, attempt, make trial, undergo, experience: Bis terque expertus frustra, H.: Omnia priusquam armis, resort to everything before using, T.: omnia de pace: extremum auxilium, the last resort, Cs.: extrema omnia, S.: (terram) colendo facilem, find, V.: iudicium populi R., submit to, L.: experiar certe, ut hinc avolem: ut sine armis reduceret, etc., N.: vi contra vim experiundum putavit.— To try by law, go to law: Caecinae placuit experiri: alquid summo iure, submit to trial.
    * * *
    experiri, expertus sum V DEP
    test, put to the test; find out; attempt, try; prove, experience

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  • 13 exquiro

    ex-quīro (in Plautus also exquaero, Bacch. 4, 4, 70 al.), sīvi, sītum, 3, v. a., to search out diligently, to seek for; to make inquiry, to inquire, to ask (syn.: requiro, inquiro, investigo, perscrutor;

    freq. and class.): cum ex te causas divinationis exquirerem,

    Cic. Div. 2, 20, 46:

    a te nihildum certi exquiro,

    id. Att. 7, 12, 4; cf.: sed haec non nimis exquiro a Graecis, to ask [p. 700] of, expect from, id. ib. 7, 18, 3:

    ancillas dedo, quolibet cruciatu exquire,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 7:

    exquisiturum se vel fidiculis de Caesonia sua, cur, etc.,

    that he would search out even by the rack, Suet. Calig. 33:

    idem ego dicam, si me exquiret miles,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 91:

    secum et cum aliis, quid in eo peccatum sit, exquirunt,

    Cic. Off. 1, 41, 147:

    omissis auctoritatibus ipsa re ac ratione exquirere veritatem,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 17, 51:

    sententias,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 3, 1:

    locum,

    Verg. G. 2, 266:

    sceleratum frigus,

    to find out, id. ib. 2, 256:

    verum,

    to search into, investigate, Cic. Div. 2, 12, 28; id. Off. 1, 36, 132:

    facta alicujus ad antiquae religionis rationem,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 5, § 10; cf.:

    verba exquisita ad sonum,

    id. Or. 49, 163:

    rationes agitare et exquirere,

    id. Tusc. 5, 23, 66:

    itinere exquisito per Divitiacum,

    having ascertained the route, Caes. B. G. 1, 41, 4 et saep.:

    exquire de Blesamio, numquid ad regem contra dignitatem tuam scripserit,

    inquire respecting Blesamius, Cic. Deiot. 15, 42; cf.:

    de Varrone tam diligenter,

    id. Att. 13, 22, 1:

    eis senatus arbitratur singularis exquirendos honores,

    to devise, invent, id. Phil. 4, 2, 5.— Pass. impers.:

    istuc mihi exquisitum est, fuisse hunc, etc.,

    I am accurately informed, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 105:

    mi istuc primum exquisito est opus,

    I must first inquire respecting this, id. Am. 2, 2, 159; cf. id. ib. 2, 1, 81;

    A. and S. Gr. § 243, R. 1: consilia exquirentes,

    Cic. Fat. 1.—Hence, ex-quīsītus, a, um, P. a., carefully sought out, ripely considered, choice, excellent, exquisite:

    ipsi omnia, quorum negotium est, consulta ad nos et exquisita deferunt,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 250:

    reconditae exquisitaeque sententiae,

    id. Brut. 79, 274:

    exquisitum judicium litterarum,

    id. Off. 1, 37, 133:

    exquisitis rationibus confirmare,

    id. Fin. 1, 9, 30:

    summis ingeniis exquisitaque doctrina philosophi,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 1:

    ars,

    id. de Or. 2, 41, 175:

    supplicia,

    id. Off. 3, 27, 100:

    magistri,

    id. Brut. 27, 104:

    munditia non odiosa neque exquisita nimis,

    too exquisite, id. Off. 1, 36, 130:

    nihil elegans, nihil exquisitum,

    id. Pis. 27, 67:

    epulae,

    Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 119. — Comp.:

    accuratius et exquisitius dicendi genus,

    id. Brut. 82, 283:

    verba,

    Quint. 11, 1, 33.— Sup.:

    laudantur exquisitissimis verbis legiones,

    Cic. Phil. 4, 3, 6:

    ad exquisitissimam consuetudinem Graecorum aliquem erudire,

    id. Rep. 2, 21:

    scientia exquisitissimae subtilitatis,

    Plin. 6, 33, 39, § 211.—
    B.
    Sought out, ascertained, made certain:

    satin istuc mihi exquisitumst?

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 105.—Hence, adv.: exquīsīte, carefully, accurately, particularly, excellently, exquisitely:

    cum de eo crimine accurate et exquisite disputavisset,

    Cic. Brut. 80, 277:

    eleganter atque exquisite dicere aliquid,

    Quint. 8, 2, 21.— Comp., Cic. Brut. 93, 322; id. Tusc. 1, 48, 116; Quint. 12, 10, 75.— Sup., Tiro Tull. ap. Gell. 10, 1, 7; Gell. 13, 7, 6.

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  • 14 exquisite

    ex-quīro (in Plautus also exquaero, Bacch. 4, 4, 70 al.), sīvi, sītum, 3, v. a., to search out diligently, to seek for; to make inquiry, to inquire, to ask (syn.: requiro, inquiro, investigo, perscrutor;

    freq. and class.): cum ex te causas divinationis exquirerem,

    Cic. Div. 2, 20, 46:

    a te nihildum certi exquiro,

    id. Att. 7, 12, 4; cf.: sed haec non nimis exquiro a Graecis, to ask [p. 700] of, expect from, id. ib. 7, 18, 3:

    ancillas dedo, quolibet cruciatu exquire,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 7:

    exquisiturum se vel fidiculis de Caesonia sua, cur, etc.,

    that he would search out even by the rack, Suet. Calig. 33:

    idem ego dicam, si me exquiret miles,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 91:

    secum et cum aliis, quid in eo peccatum sit, exquirunt,

    Cic. Off. 1, 41, 147:

    omissis auctoritatibus ipsa re ac ratione exquirere veritatem,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 17, 51:

    sententias,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 3, 1:

    locum,

    Verg. G. 2, 266:

    sceleratum frigus,

    to find out, id. ib. 2, 256:

    verum,

    to search into, investigate, Cic. Div. 2, 12, 28; id. Off. 1, 36, 132:

    facta alicujus ad antiquae religionis rationem,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 5, § 10; cf.:

    verba exquisita ad sonum,

    id. Or. 49, 163:

    rationes agitare et exquirere,

    id. Tusc. 5, 23, 66:

    itinere exquisito per Divitiacum,

    having ascertained the route, Caes. B. G. 1, 41, 4 et saep.:

    exquire de Blesamio, numquid ad regem contra dignitatem tuam scripserit,

    inquire respecting Blesamius, Cic. Deiot. 15, 42; cf.:

    de Varrone tam diligenter,

    id. Att. 13, 22, 1:

    eis senatus arbitratur singularis exquirendos honores,

    to devise, invent, id. Phil. 4, 2, 5.— Pass. impers.:

    istuc mihi exquisitum est, fuisse hunc, etc.,

    I am accurately informed, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 105:

    mi istuc primum exquisito est opus,

    I must first inquire respecting this, id. Am. 2, 2, 159; cf. id. ib. 2, 1, 81;

    A. and S. Gr. § 243, R. 1: consilia exquirentes,

    Cic. Fat. 1.—Hence, ex-quīsītus, a, um, P. a., carefully sought out, ripely considered, choice, excellent, exquisite:

    ipsi omnia, quorum negotium est, consulta ad nos et exquisita deferunt,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 250:

    reconditae exquisitaeque sententiae,

    id. Brut. 79, 274:

    exquisitum judicium litterarum,

    id. Off. 1, 37, 133:

    exquisitis rationibus confirmare,

    id. Fin. 1, 9, 30:

    summis ingeniis exquisitaque doctrina philosophi,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 1:

    ars,

    id. de Or. 2, 41, 175:

    supplicia,

    id. Off. 3, 27, 100:

    magistri,

    id. Brut. 27, 104:

    munditia non odiosa neque exquisita nimis,

    too exquisite, id. Off. 1, 36, 130:

    nihil elegans, nihil exquisitum,

    id. Pis. 27, 67:

    epulae,

    Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 119. — Comp.:

    accuratius et exquisitius dicendi genus,

    id. Brut. 82, 283:

    verba,

    Quint. 11, 1, 33.— Sup.:

    laudantur exquisitissimis verbis legiones,

    Cic. Phil. 4, 3, 6:

    ad exquisitissimam consuetudinem Graecorum aliquem erudire,

    id. Rep. 2, 21:

    scientia exquisitissimae subtilitatis,

    Plin. 6, 33, 39, § 211.—
    B.
    Sought out, ascertained, made certain:

    satin istuc mihi exquisitumst?

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 105.—Hence, adv.: exquīsīte, carefully, accurately, particularly, excellently, exquisitely:

    cum de eo crimine accurate et exquisite disputavisset,

    Cic. Brut. 80, 277:

    eleganter atque exquisite dicere aliquid,

    Quint. 8, 2, 21.— Comp., Cic. Brut. 93, 322; id. Tusc. 1, 48, 116; Quint. 12, 10, 75.— Sup., Tiro Tull. ap. Gell. 10, 1, 7; Gell. 13, 7, 6.

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  • 15 vestīgō

        vestīgō āre, —, —    [cf. στίχοσ], to follow in the track of, track, trace out, track up, hunt, search, scour: vestigare et quaerere te, Enn. ap. C.: perfugas et fugitivos, L.: adeo sicca lacuna, ut vestigantium sitim falleret, Cu.: vestiga (sc. ramum) oculis, V.—Fig., to inquire into, investigate, trace, search out: causas rerum: nihil inexploratum, quod vestigari volunt, efficere, L.: voluptates omnīs: regionem omni curā, Cu.
    * * *
    vestigare, vestigavi, vestigatus V
    track down, search for; search out; try to find out by searching; investigate

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  • 16 ex-piscor

        ex-piscor ātus, ārī, dep.,    to fish out, search out, find out: proinde expiscare, quasi non nosses, T.: nihil, to inquire no further.

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  • 17 in-vestīgō

        in-vestīgō āvī, ātus, āre,    to track, trace out, search after: ad investigandum sagacitas narium. —Fig., to trace out, find out, discover, investigate, search into: neque ille investigatur, Qui est eius pater, T.: canes investigabant omnia: de Lentulo diligentius: ubi Lentulus sit: illorum conatūs.

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  • 18 expiscor

    ex-piscor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. (lit., to fish out; hence, trop.), to search out, find out (perh. only vulg.;

    syn.: rimor, perscrutor, scrutor, indago, investigo, quaero): proinde expiscare, quasi non nosses,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 35:

    nescis me ab illo omnia expiscatum?

    Cic. Fam. 9, 19, 1:

    simul atque audivit, a philosopho voluptatem tantopere laudari, nihil expiscatus est,

    he asked, inquired no further, id. Pis. 28, 69.

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  • 19 investigo

    in-vestīgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (investigandum for investigandorum, Pac. ap. Non. 495, 26), to track or trace out, as a dog; to search after (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    canum tam incredibilis ad investigandum sagacitas narium,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158:

    illam,

    Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 79:

    latentes conscios,

    Suet. Dom. 10:

    David et Viros ejus,

    Vulg. 1 Reg. 24, 3.—
    II.
    Trop., to trace out, find out, discover, investigate, search into:

    nihil investigo quicquam de illa,

    Plaut. Merc. 4, 6, 13:

    quid dare velis, qui istaec tibi investiget indicetque,

    id. Rud. 5, 2, 35:

    nil tam difficile est, quin quaerendo investigari possiet,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 8:

    qui sim, nequeo certum investigare,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 9, 4:

    Cibyratici canes investigabant et perscrutabantur omnia,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 21, § 47:

    conjurationem,

    id. Sull. 1, 3; 30, 85:

    veri investigandi cupidus,

    id. Fin. 4, 8, 20:

    de Lentulo,

    id. Att. 9, 7, 6:

    diligentia inimici investigatum est, quod latebat,

    id. Lig. 1, 1:

    ubi Lentulus sit, investigare non possum,

    id. Att. 9, 1, 2:

    conatus,

    id. Verr. 1, 16, 48:

    perquirere et investigare homines,

    Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 8:

    quae per notas scripta,

    to decipher, Suet. Caes. 56.

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  • 20 scrutans

    scrūtor, āri, ātus, v. dep. a. [scruta; cf.: gruteuei, scrutatur, Gloss. Philox.], qs. to search even to the rags, i. e. to search carefully, examine thoroughly, explore a thing; to search, examine a person (syn.: indago, rimo).
    I.
    Lit., of things:

    domos, naves,

    Cic. Vatin. 5, 12:

    loca abdita,

    Sall. J. 12, 5:

    omnia foramina parietum scrutatur,

    Petr. 98, 1:

    paleam,

    id. 33, 4:

    terraï abdita ferro,

    Lucr. 6, 809:

    ignem gladio,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 276:

    lumina manibus,

    Sen. Oedip. 965:

    scrutatus sum quae potui et quae vidi omnia: inveni duos solos libellos, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 74, § 182; cf. Tac. H. 4, 1:

    L. Crassus spiculis prope scrutatus est Alpes,

    Cic. Pis. 26, 62:

    occulta saltuum,

    Tac. A. 1, 61:

    mare,

    id. Agr. 30; id. G. 45; cf.:

    scrutandi orbis gratiā,

    Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 9:

    canis scrutatur vestigia (ferarum),

    id. 8, 40, 61, § 147:

    venantium latibula scrutatus,

    Curt. 6, 5, 17:

    vias presso ore (canis),

    Sen. Thyest. 499:

    equorum delicta scrutantes,

    Amm. 14, 6, 25.—Of personal objects: Eu. Ostende huc manum dexteram... Nunc laevam ostende... Jam scrutari mitto, to search you, Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 24:

    non excutio te, non scrutor,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97; so of searching, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 1:

    consuetudinem salutantes scrutandi,

    Suet. Vesp. 12 fin.;

    and of a searching for spoil,

    Tac. H. 3, 25.—
    B.
    Transf., to seek for, search out a thing (post-Aug. and very rare):

    venas melini inter saxa,

    Plin. 35, 6, 19, § 37:

    iter,

    Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 172; cf. infra, II. B.—
    II.
    Trop., to examine thoroughly; to explore, investigate: quod est ante pedes nemo spectat: caeli scrutantur plagas, Enn. ap. Cic. Rep. 1, 18, 30; Cic. Div. 2, 13, 30 (Trag. v. 277 Vahl.):

    omnes sordes,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3, § 11;

    cf: nomina ac vultus, alacritatem tristitiamque coëuntium,

    Tac. A. 16, 5:

    animos ceterorum secretis sermonibus,

    id. H. 4, 55:

    voluntatem,

    Quint. 2, 4, 26:

    locos, ex quibus argumenta eruamus,

    Cic. de Or 2, 34, 146; cf. id. Part. 3, 8:

    desinamus aliquando ea scrutari, quae sunt inania,

    id. Rosc. Am. 30, 83; cf.:

    quod non ratione scrutabimur, non poterimus invenire nisi casu,

    Quint. 5, 10, 22:

    interiores et reconditas litteras,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42:

    origines nominum,

    Quint. 1, 4, 25:

    omnia minutius et scrupulosius,

    id. 5, 14, 28:

    inferiora quoque,

    id. 7, 1, 27:

    exoletos auctores,

    id. 8, 2, 12:

    scripturas,

    Vulg. Johan. 5, 39.— Absol.:

    totum diem mecum scrutor, facta ac dicta mea remetior,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 36, 3.—
    B.
    Transf. (cf. supra, I. B.), to search into; to search out, find out a thing (so not till after the Aug. per.):

    fibras Inspiciunt, mentes deum scrutantur in illis,

    Ov. M. 15, 137:

    finem principis per Chaldaeos,

    Tac. A. 12, 52:

    sua Caesarisque fata,

    id. ib. 16, 14:

    arcanum ullius,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 37:

    ut causas hujus infinitae differentiae scrutetur,

    Tac. Or. 15; cf. Plin. Ep. 4, 30, 11:

    harenarum numerum et montium pondera scrutari,

    Amm. 14, 11, 34.— P. a.: scrūtans, antis (late Lat.), perh. only in sup., that most closely examines:

    militaris rei ordinum scrutantissimus,

    Amm. 30, 9, 4.— Hence, adv.: scrūtanter, searchingly, Ambros. Ep. 80. Act. collat. form scrūto, āre, acc. to Prisc. p. 799 P; cf. gruteuô, scruto, Gloss. Philox.—Hence,
    b.
    scrūtor, ātus, pass., Amm. 28, 1, 10; 15, 8, 16; Aur. Vict. Orig. 6, 3.

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