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  • 1 quaero

    quaero (old orthogr. QVAIRO, Epitaphs of the Scipios, 6; for the original form and etym. quaeso, ĕre, v. quaeso), sīvi or sĭi, sītum, 3, v. a., to seek.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.: aliquem, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 43 Vahl.); Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 3:

    te ipsum quaerebam,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 8, 3:

    escam in sterquilinio,

    Phaedr. 3, 12 init. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To seek to get or procure, to seek or search for a thing, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 38:

    rem mercaturis faciendis,

    Cic. Par. 6, 2, 46.— Absol.:

    contrivi in quaerendo vitam atque aetatem meam,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 15; 5, 3, 27; Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 57; id. A. P. 170.—
    b.
    Transf., to get, procure, obtain, acquire a thing:

    uxores liberorum quaerendorum causā ducere,

    Suet. Caes. 52:

    liberorum quaerundorum causā ei uxor data est,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 109; cf.:

    quaerunt litterae hae sibi liberos,

    id. Ps. 1, 1, 21.—
    2.
    To seek for something missing, to miss:

    Siciliam in uberrimā Siciliae parte,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 47:

    optatos Tyndaridas,

    Prop. 1, 17, 18:

    Phoebi comam,

    Tib. 2, 3, 20:

    amnes,

    Stat. Th. 4, 703.—
    3.
    To ask, desire, with ut and subj.:

    quaeris ut suscipiam cogitationem quidnam istis agendum putem,

    Cic. Att. 14, 20, 4.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to seek, i. e. to think over, meditate, aim at, plan a thing:

    dum id quaero, tibi qui filium restituerem,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 83:

    quonam modo maxime ulti sanguinem nostrum pereamus,

    Sall. C. 33,5:

    fugam,

    Cic. Att. 7, 17, 1; id. Mur. 37, 80:

    sibi remedium ad rem aliquam,

    id. Clu. 9, 27:

    de gratiā quid significares, mecum ipse quaerebam,

    id. Att. 9, 11, A, 1.—With inf.:

    tristitiae causam si quis cognoscere quaerit,

    seeks, strives, endeavors, Ov. Tr. 5, 4, 7; id. Am. 1, 8, 51; Hor. C. 3, 4, 39; id. Ep. 1, 1, 2 al.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To look for, seek to gain any thing; to get, acquire, obtain, procure:

    laudem sibi,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 74:

    salutem alicui malo,

    id. Ad. 3, 2, 2:

    negabant ullā aliā in re nisi in naturā quaerendum esse illud summum bonum,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 5, 19:

    pudentem exitum suae impudentiae,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 2:

    invidiam in aliquem,

    id. Rab. Post. 17, 46. —
    2.
    Of inanim. and abstr. subjects, to demand, need, require, = requirere:

    quod cujusquam oratoris eloquentiam quaereret,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 29:

    lites ex limitibus judicem quaerant,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 15, 1:

    bellum dictatoriam majestatem quaesivisset,

    Liv. 8, 30:

    quaerit Boeotia Dircen,

    Ov. M. 2, 239. —
    3.
    To seek to learn from any one; to ask, inquire, interrogate (cf.: interrogo, percontor).
    (α).
    With ab:

    cum ab iis saepius quaereret,

    made inquiries, Caes. B. G. 1, 32:

    quaero abs te nunc, Hortensi, cum, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 83, § 191:

    quaesivit a medicis, quemadmodum se haberet,

    Nep. Dion, 2, 4:

    a quo cum quaesisset, quo se deduci vellet,

    id. Epam. 4, 5; cf. Cic. N. D. 1, 22, 60. —
    (β).
    With de:

    quaerebat paulo ante de me, quid, etc.,

    Cic. Pis. 9, 18:

    de te ipso quaero, Vatini, utrum, etc.,

    id. Vatin. 4, 10:

    quaero de te, arbitrerisne, etc.,

    Liv. 4, 40:

    cura tibi de quo quaerere nulla fuit,

    Ov. P. 4, 3, 18.—
    (γ).
    With ex:

    quaesivi ex Phaniā, quam in partem provinciae putaret, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 6, 1:

    quaerit ex solo ea, quae, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 18.—
    (δ).
    With a rel.-clause:

    ille baro te putabat quaesiturum, unum caelum esset an innumerabilia,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 3:

    natura fieret laudabile carmen, an arte, Quaesitum est,

    Hor. A. P. 409:

    quaeritur inter medicos, cujus generis aquae sint utilissimae,

    Plin. 31, 3, 21, § 31.—
    4. a.
    With inf. (post-Aug.):

    e monte aliquo in alium transilire quaerens,

    Plin. 8, 53, 79, § 214:

    qui mutare sedes quaerebant,

    Tac. G. 2.—
    b.
    Transf., of animals, plants, etc., to desire, prefer, seek:

    salictum et harundinetum... umidum locum quaerunt,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 5:

    glires aridum locum quaerunt,

    id. ib. 3, 15, 2; Col. 1, praef. §

    26: lupinum quaerit maxime sabulosa,

    Plin. 18, 14, 36, § 134;

    so of the soil: ager aquosus plus stercoris quaerit,

    demands, Pall. 1, 6, 15.—
    5.
    To examine or inquire into judicially, to investigate, institute an investigation; with [p. 1502] acc. (rare):

    hunc abduce, vinci, rem quaere,

    Ter. Ad. 3 (4), 36:

    non dubitabat Minucius, quin iste (Verres) illo die rem illam quaesiturus non esset,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 29, § 72. —With de and abl. (class.; cf.

    Krebs, Autibarb. p. 962 sq.): de pecuniis repetundis,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 9, 27:

    de morte alicujus,

    id. Rosc. Am. 41, 119:

    de servo in dominum,

    to question by torture, put to the rack, id. Mil. 22, 59:

    aliquid per tormenta,

    Suet. Tib. 58:

    legibus,

    to investigate according to the laws, impartially, Plin. Ep. 5, 21, 3. —
    b.
    Transf.: si quaeris, si quaerimus (prop., if we, or you, look well into the matter; if we, or you, would know the truth), to say the truth, in fact, to speak honestly:

    omnino, si quaeris, ludi apparatissimi,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 2:

    at sunt morosi, et anxii, et difficiles senes: si quaerimus, etiam avari,

    id. Sen. 18, 65:

    si quaeritis,

    id. de Or. 2, 62, 254; so,

    too, si verum quaeris,

    id. Fam. 12, 8, 1:

    si verum quaeritis,

    id. de Or. 2, 34, 146:

    si verum quaerimus,

    id. Tusc. 2, 23, 55: noli quaerere or quid quaeris? in short, in one word:

    noli quaerere: ita mihi pulcher hic dies visus est,

    id. Fam. 4, 4, 3:

    quid quaeris? biduo factus est mihi familiaris,

    id. ib. 3, 1, 2.— Hence, quaesītus, a, um, P. a., sought out.
    A.
    In a good sense, select, special, extraordinary (mostly post-Aug.): epulae quaesitissumae, Sall. ap. Macr. S. 2, 9, 9 (Sall. H. 2, 23, 4 Dietsch); comp.:

    leges quaesitiores (opp. simplices),

    Tac. A. 3, 26:

    quaesitior adulatio,

    id. ib. 3, 57.— Sup.:

    quaesitissimi honores,

    Tac. A. 2, 53.—
    B.
    In a bad sense (opp. to what is natural), far-fetched, studied, affected, assumed (class.):

    vitabit etiam quaesita nec ex tempore ficta, sed domo allata, quae plerumque sunt frigida,

    Cic. Or. 26, 89:

    ut numerus non quaesitus, sed ipse secutus esse videatur,

    id. ib. 65, 219:

    comitas,

    Tac. A. 6, 50:

    asperitas,

    id. ib. 5, 3.—
    C.
    Subst.: quaesītum, i, n.
    1.
    A question ( poet.):

    accipe quaesiti causam,

    Ov. M. 4, 793; id. F. 1, 278; Hor. S. 2, 6, 82.—
    2.
    A question as a rhetorical figure, = pusma, Mart. Cap. 5, § 524.

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  • 2 conquīrō

        conquīrō quīsīvī (sierit, C.), quīsītus, ere    [com- + quaero], to seek for, hunt up, search out, procure, bring together, collect: toto flumine navīs, Cs.: iubet omnia conquiri: quam plurimum pecoris ex agris, S.: Diodorum totā provinciā: quos potuit (colonos), N.: his ut conquirerent (sc. homines) imperavit, Cs.: pecuniam, L.: quem quisque notum habebat, Cs.: triumviri sacris conquirendis, L. — Fig., to seek after, search for, go in quest of: suavitates undique: voluptates, Cs.: litterae cogitatione conquirendae: artīs ad alqm opprimendum, Ta.: omnia contra sensūs: aliquid sceleris, to seek to commit.
    * * *
    conquirere, conquisivi, conquisitus V TRANS
    seek out; hunt/rake up; investigate; collect; search out/down/for diligently

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  • 3 conquiro

    conquīro ( - quaero), quīsīvi (arch. form CONQVAESEIVEI in inscrr.:

    conquisierit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 1; id. Rab. Perd. 5, 15), quīsītum, 3, v. a. [quaero], to seelc or search for, to procure, bring together, collect (class.; esp. freq. in the histt.).
    I.
    In gen.
    A.
    Lit.:

    naves toto flumine Ibero,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 61:

    Lisso Parthinisque et omnibus castellis quod esset frumenti conquiri jussit,

    id. ib. 3, 42:

    haec (cornua) studiose conquisita,

    id. B. G. 6, 28:

    quam plurimum domiti pecoris ex agris,

    Sall. J. 75, 4:

    ea (sc. obsides, arma, servos),

    Caes. B. G. 1, 27 and 28:

    socios ad eum interficiendum,

    Nep. Dion, 8, 3:

    pecuniam,

    Liv. 29, 18, 6; cf.:

    dona ac pecunias acerbe per municipia,

    Tac. H. 3, 76 fin.:

    conquirere et comburere vaticinos libros,

    Liv. 39, 16, 8:

    desertores de exercitu volonum,

    id. 25, 22, 3:

    sacra,

    id. 25, 7, 5 Duker:

    virgines sibi undique,

    Suet. Aug. 71; 83:

    vulgo amantes,

    Prop. 1, 2, 23:

    duces,

    Curt. 9, 9, 1:

    fabros undique,

    Dig. 45, 1, 137, § 3.—
    B.
    Trop., to seek after, search for, go in quest of, to make search for (esp. freq. in Cic. and Tac.):

    conquisita diu dulcique reperta labore carmina,

    Lucr. 3, 419:

    suavitates undique,

    Cic. Off. 3, 33, 117:

    voluptates,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 96; cf.:

    conquirere et comparare voluptatem,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 13, 42; id. Ac. 2, 27, 87:

    vetera exempla,

    id. de Or. 3, 8, 29:

    piacula irae deum,

    Liv. 40, 37, 2:

    impedimenta,

    Tac. A. 1, 47:

    solacia,

    id. ib. 12, 68:

    argumenta,

    id. ib. 14, 44:

    causas,

    id. Or. 15:

    naturae primas causas,

    Cic. Univ. 14 med.:

    omnes artes ad opprimendum eum,

    Tac. A. 15, 56.—
    II.
    Esp. (con intens.), to seek for with earnestness, to search out eagerly or carefully (rare but class.).
    A.
    Lit.:

    Diodorum tota provincia,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 19, § 39:

    (Liberam) investigare et conquirere,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 48, § 106: terrā marique conquiri, Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 9, 2:

    conquirere consulem et sepelire,

    Liv. 22, 52, 6:

    eum ad necem,

    Vell. 2, 41, 2; Nep. Timol. 3, 1; Suet. Vit. 10.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    aliquid sceleris et flagitii,

    to seek to commit, Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 96.—Hence, conquīsītus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to II.), sought out, chosen, costly:

    conquisiti atque electi coloni,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 96: peregrina et conquisita medicamenta, Cels. 5, 26, 23: figurae (opp. obviae dicenti), * Quint. 9, 3, 5.— Sup.:

    mensae conquisitissimis epulis exstruebantur,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 21, 62.— Comp. prob. not in use.— Adv.: conquīsītē, carefully, with much pains (ante- and post-class., and only in posit.): conquisite commercata edulia, Afran. ap. Non. p. 28, 30:

    conquisite admodum scripsit Varro,

    Gell. 3, 10, 16; cf.:

    conquisite conscripsimus (corresp. with diligenter),

    Auct. Her. 2, 31, 50.

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  • 4 circumspiciō

        circumspiciō ēxī （perf. circumspēxtī, T.), ectus, ere    [circum + specio], to look about, cast a look around, observe, see: circumspicio; nusquam (sc. te video), T.: coniunx ubi sit, O.: nec suspicit nec circumspicit: nusquam circumspiciens aut respiciens, L.—Fig., to exercise foresight, be cautious, take heed: esse circumspiciendum diligenter, ut, etc.—To view on all sides, survey: sua circumspicere quid secum portare posset, Cs.: amictūs, to review, O.: turris circumspicit undas, commands, O.—To descry, get sight of, discern: saxum, V.— Fig., to view mentally, survey, ponder, weigh, consider: consilia animo, Cs.: circumspectis rebus omnibus: procellas quae impendent: circumspicere, quibus necesse sit, etc.: animo, qui sint exitūs rerum: quosnam consules facerent, L.: usque eone te diligis et magnifice circumspicis? are you so haughty? — To look about for, seek for: tecta ac recessum, L.: alium (arietem), V.
    * * *
    circumspicere, circumspexi, circumspectus V
    look around/over/for, survey; inspect; search for/seek; examine/review; ponder

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  • 5 pabulor

    pābŭlor, ātus, 1, v. dep. n. and a. [pabulum].
    I.
    Neutr.
    A.
    To eat fodder, to feed, graze (syn. pascor):

    capella placide et lente pabulatur,

    Col. 7, 6, 9; 8, 15, 6:

    pabulantia jumenta,

    Front. p. 2203 P.—
    B.
    To seek fodder, seek for food; hence, in gen., to seek a subsistence; of fishermen:

    ad mare huc prodimus pabulatum,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 6.—
    2.
    In partic., in milit. lang., to forage:

    angustius pabulantur,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 29; 1, 40; Liv. 6, 30:

    cum Caesar pabulandi causā tres legiones misisset,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 17:

    pabulantes nostros profligant,

    Tac. A. 12, 38 fin. —
    * II.
    Act., to nourish, manure:

    fimo pabulandae sunt oleae,

    Col. 5, 9, 13.

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  • 6 quaeso

    to seek for, ask for.

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  • 7 queso

    to seek for, ask for.

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  • 8 abeo

    ăb-ĕo, ĭvi or ii, ītum, īre, v. n. (abin= abisne, Plaut. and Ter.; abiit, dissyl., v. Herm. Doctr. Metr. p. 153), to go from a place, to go away, depart.
    I.
    Lit..
    A.
    In gen., constr. with ab, ex, the simple abl., the acc. with in, the local adv. hinc, and absol.:

    abeo ab illo,

    Plaut. Cure. 2, 3, 70:

    abi in malam rem maxumam a me,

    id. Ep. 1, 1, 72 (v. infra); so id. Bacch. 4, 9, 107:

    abin e conspectu meo?

    id. Am. 1, 3, 20 (but also abin ab oculis? id. Trin. 4, 2, 140: id. Truc. 2, 5, 24):

    ablturos agro Argivos,

    id. Am. 1, 1, 53:

    abire in aliquas terras,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 20:

    insanus, qui hinc abiit modo,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 61:

    abi prae, jam ego sequar,

    go on, I will soon follow, id. Am. 1, 3, 45. —With supine:

    abiit exsulatum,

    into exile, Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 6; Liv. 2, 15 fin.; cf.:

    abi deambulatum,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 26. — Absol.:

    (Catilina) abiit, excessit, evasit, erupit,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 1, 1:

    praetor de sellā surrexit atque abiit,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 65 fin.:

    quae dederat abeuntibus,

    Verg. A. 1, 196 al.:

    sub jugum abire,

    Liv. 3, 2, 8 fin. — With inf.:

    abi quaerere,

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 26. —Of things:

    cornus sub altum pectus abit,

    penetrates deeply, Verg. A. 9, 700.
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To pass away, so that no trace remains; to disappear, vanish, cease.
    a.
    Of man, to die:

    qui nune abierunt hinc in communem locum (i.e. in Orcum),

    Plaut. Cas. prol. 19; cf.:

    ea mortem obiit, e medio abiit,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 9, 30; so also Cic.: abiit e vitā, Tusc. 1, 30, 74 al. —
    b.
    Of time, to pass away, elapse:

    dum haec abiit hora,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 50:

    menses,

    id. Ad. 4, 5, 57:

    annus,

    Cic. Sest. 33, 72:

    abit dies,

    Cat. 61, 195:

    tota abit hora,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 14. —
    c.
    Of other things:

    per inane profundum,

    Lucr. 1, 1108:

    nausea jam plane abiit?

    Cic. Att. 14, 10, 2; so id. Fam. 9, 20; Ov. M. 7, 290 al.
    2.
    To be changed from one's own ways or nature into something else, to be transformed, metamorphosed; always constr. with in (chiefly poet., esp. in Ov. M., as a constant expression for metamorphosis): terra abit in nimbos imbremque, Lucil. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 24 Mūll.:

    in corpus corpore toto,

    to pass with their whole body into another, Lucr. 4, 1111:

    aut abit in somnum,

    is, as it were, wholly dissolved in sleep, is all sleep, id. 3, 1066: E in V abiit. Varr. L. L. 5, § 91 Mūll.:

    in villos abeunt vestes, in crura lacerti,

    Ov. M. 1, 236; id. ib. 2, 674:

    jam barba comaeque in silvas abeunt,

    id. ib. 4, 657; 4, 396; so id. ib. 3, 398; 8,555; 14, 499;

    14, 551 al.: in vanum abibunt monentium verba,

    will dissolce into nothing, Sen. Ep. 94 med.;

    hence, in avi mores regem abiturum,

    would adopt the ways of, Liv. 1, 32.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to depart from, to leave off, to turn aside:

    ut ab jure non abeat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 44, § 114; so,

    ab emptione,

    Dig. 2, 14, 7, § 6; 18, 2, 14, § 2 sq.:

    a venditione,

    ib. 18, 5, 1: sed abeo a sensibus, leave, i. e. speak no more of, Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 9; so often with longe: non longe abieris, you need not go far to seek for examples, id. Fam. 7, 19; cf.:

    ne longius abeam,

    id. Rosc. Am. 16, 47; id. Caec. 33, 95 al.:

    quid ad istas ineptias abis?

    why do you have recourse to —? id. Rosc. Am. 16, 47:

    abit causa in laudes Cn. Pompeii,

    Quint. 9, 2, 55:

    illuc, unde abii, redeo,

    I set out, Hor. S. 1, 1, 108:

    pretium retro abiit,

    has fallen, Plin. Ep. 3, 19, 7.
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    With abl., to retire from an office or occupation:

    abiens magistratu,

    Cic. Pis. 3, 6; id. Fam. 5, 2, 7: Liv. 2, 27 fin.; 3, 38 fin. al.; so,

    abire consulatu,

    Cic. Att. 1, 16, 5; cf.

    flaminio,

    Liv. 26, 23 fin.:

    sacerdotio,

    Gell. 6, 7, 4:

    honore,

    Suet. Aug. 26:

    tutelā,

    Dig. 26, 4, 3, § 8; cf.:

    tutelā vel curā,

    ib. 26, 10, 3, § 18 al.
    2.
    Of the consequence or result of an action, to turn out, end, terminate:

    mirabar hoc si sic abiret,

    Ter. And. 1, 2, 4: cf.:

    non posse ista sic abire,

    Cic. Att. 14, 1; so id. Fin. 5, 3, 7; Cat. 14, 16 al.
    3.
    In auctions, t. t., not to be knocked down to one:

    si res abiret ab eo mancipe,

    should not fall to him, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 54; cf.:

    ne res abiret ab eo,

    that he may purchase it, id. 2, 3, 64; so Dig. 18, 2, 1; 50, 17, 205.
    4.
    The imper. abi is often a simple exclamation or address, either with a friendly or reproachful signif.
    a.
    Abi, Indis me, credo, Begone, you are fooling me! Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 32; so Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 25; cf. Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 205. —
    b.
    Begone! be off! abi modo, Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 20:

    abi, nescis inescare homines,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 12;

    bence in the malediction, abi in malam rem!

    go be hanged! Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 17:

    abin hine in malam crucem?

    id. Most. 3, 2, 163 (ef. Cic.: quin tu abis in malam pestem malumque cruciatum? Phil. 13, 21); v. crux and cruciatus.

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  • 9 circumspicio

    circum-spĭcĭo, exi, ectum, 3 ( perf. sync. circumspexti, Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 55; inf. sync. circumspexe, Varr. ap. Non. p. 106, 16, or Sat. Men. 82), v. n. and a. (class.).
    I.
    Neutr., to look about one ' s self, to cast a look around; or, with an obj.-clause, to observe, see, look about:

    circumspicedum, numquis est, Sermonem nostrum quiaucupet,

    see whether there is any one, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 41; 2, 2, 43; Ter. And. 2, 2, 20;

    Varr. l. l.: suus conjux ubi sit circumspicit,

    Ov. M. 1, 605:

    circumspicere late,

    Quint. 10, 3, 29:

    num quid circumspexti?

    Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 55:

    diversi circumspiciunt,

    Verg. A. 9, 416:

    qui in auspicium adhibetur nec suspicit nec circumspicit,

    Cic. Div. 2, 34, 72:

    circumspicit, aestuat, of one in trouble or perplexity,

    id. Rosc. Com. 14, 43; cf. Liv. 21, 22, 7.—
    (β).
    Sometimes circumspicere se, to look about one ' s self:

    circumspicedum te, ne quis adsit arbiter,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 109; Varr. ap. Non. p. 106, 16;

    Auct. B. Afr. 47: numquamne te circumspicies?

    Cic. Par. 4, 2, 30.—In partic., to look about one ' s self with haughtiness; to think highly of one ' s self:

    usque eone te diligis et magnifice circumspicis?

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 2, 5;

    and trop. of language: Romanus sermo magis se circumspicit et aestimat praebetque aestimandum,

    Sen. Ep. 40, 11.—
    B.
    Trop., to exercise foresight, be cautious, take heed:

    esse circumspiciendum diligenter, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3, § 10: cui mandetis (rempublicam) circumspicite [p. 342] Sall. H. 2, 41, 10 Dietsch.—Esp. freq.,
    II.
    Act., to view on all sides, to survey:

    cum sua quisque miles circumspiceret,

    looked carefully to see, Caes. B. G. 5, 31; Liv. 9, 28, 5:

    tam latā acie ne ex medio quidem cornua sua circumspicere poterant,

    Liv. 37, 41, 4:

    lucos,

    Ov. M. 5, 265:

    amictus,

    to review, id. ib. 4, 318; so,

    habitum suum,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 3; cf. under circumspectus, adv.—
    2.
    To descry, get sight of by looking around:

    saxum circumspicit ingens,

    Verg. A. 12, 896:

    Athin,

    Ov. M. 5, 72.—
    B.
    Transf., of things:

    in latus omne patens turris circumspicit undas,

    Ov. H. 6, 69.—
    C.
    Trop.
    1.
    To view something mentally, to survey, ponder upon, weigh, consider (syn.:

    considero, perpendo): reliqua ejus consilia animo circumspiciebat,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 5:

    circumspicite paulisper mentibus vestris hosce ipsos homines,

    Cic. Sull. 25, 70; cf.

    se,

    id. Par. 4, 2, 30:

    neque temere consulem saltatorem vocare, sed circumspicere, quibus praeterea vitiis adfectum esse necesse sit eum, etc.,

    id. Mur. 6, 13.—So with rel. -clause, Sall. H. 2, 41 Dietsch; Sen. Ep. 70, 5; Calp. Ecl. 5, 95:

    circumspectis rebus omnibus rationibusque subductis summam feci,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 10:

    permulta sunt in causis circumspicienda, ne quid offendas,

    id. de Or. 2, 74, 301; id. Agr. 1, 8, 23; id. Fam. 5, 13, 3:

    circumspicite celeriter animo, qui sint rerum exitus consecuti,

    id. Leg. 2, 17, 42:

    vide, quaere, circumspice, si quis est forte ex eā provinciā qui te nolit perisse,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 77, § 180; id. Clu. 53, 147; id. Cat. 4, 2, 4; Liv. 23, 20, 6; cf. Tac. H. 2, 6; Suet. Aug. 63.—With ut and subj., Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3, § 10; Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 87:

    cum circumspicerent Patres quosnam consules facerent,

    Liv. 27, 34, 1.—
    2.
    To look about for something with desire, to seek for, etc. (so mostly since the Aug. per.):

    nec, sicut aestivas aves, statim auctumno tecta ac recessum circumspicere,

    Liv. 5, 6, 2; 7, 14, 6:

    externa auxilia,

    id. 1, 30, 6; cf. Just. 22, 5, 4:

    fugam,

    Tac. A. 14, 35; Just. 2, 12, 26:

    novas belli causas,

    id. 31, 1, 8; Verg. G. 3, 390; Plin. Ep. 3, 3, 3:

    peregrinos reges sibi,

    Just. 40, 1, 1; 22, 5, 4:

    viresque suas circumspectantes his validiores,

    Amm. 22, 8, 18.—Hence, circumspectus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Of things, weighed with care, well considered, guarded, circumspect (perh. not ante - Aug.):

    verba non circumspecta,

    Ov. F. 5, 539:

    judicium,

    Quint. 10, 1, 26:

    interrogatio,

    id. 5, 7, 31:

    moderatio animi,

    Val. Max. 4, 3, 4:

    circumspectissima sanctio decreti,

    id. 1, 1, 20.—
    2.
    Transf. to the person who carefully weighs a thing, circumspect, considerate, cautious, wary, provident, heedful:

    modo circumspectus et sagax, modo inconsultus et praeceps,

    Suet. Claud. 15:

    circumspectissimus et prudentissimus princeps,

    id. Tib. 21:

    tenues et circumspecti,

    Quint. 12, 10, 23; Cels. 3, 9 fin.:

    omnes,

    Col. 1, 8, 16; 1, 7, 12:

    sive aliquis circumspectior est,

    Sen. Q. N. 5, 1, 5.—Of dogs:

    assidui et circumspecti magis quam temeraril,

    Col. 7, 12, 5.—
    B.
    In late Lat., worthy of consideration, respected, distinguished:

    circumspectum et verecundum nomen populi Romani,

    Amm. 14, 6, 6:

    colores,

    id. 28, 4, 12:

    circumspectus genere, famā potentiāque,

    id. 18, 10, 1.—Hence, circumspectē, adv., with consideration, with mature deliberation, warily, cautiously, considerately, circumspectly, etc.:

    circumspecte compositeque indutus et amictus,

    Gell. 1, 5, 2 (cf. supra, II. D.):

    circumspecte vestiti,

    Amm. 27, 3, 14:

    circumspecte facti versus,

    Gell. 9, 10, 6:

    facere aliquid,

    Dig. 4, 4, 7, § 8: parcius et circumspectius faciendum est, * Quint. 9, 2, 69:

    circumspectius donare, eligere eos, in quos merita conferantur,

    Sen. Ben. 3, 14, 1.

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  • 10 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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  • 11 scrutor

    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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  • 12 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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  • 13 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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  • 14 petesso

    pĕtesso and pĕtisso, ĕre, v. intens. a. [peto], to strive after or seek for repeatedly or eagerly, to pursue; with acc. (rare but class.):

    petissere antiqui pro petere dicebant. Sed, ut mihi videtur, cum significabant saepius petere,

    Fest. p. 206 Müll.; cf.: petissere petere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 212 ib.:

    pugnam caedesque petessit,

    Lucr. 3, 648:

    auras petessens,

    id. 5, 810:

    laudem,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 62.

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  • 15 peto

    pĕto, īvi and ĭi, ītum, 3 ( perf. petīt, Verg. A. 9, 9;

    Ov F. 1, 109: petisti,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 11; Verg. A. 4, 100; 12, 359:

    petistis,

    Auct. Her. 4, 15, 22:

    petissem,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 55, 145; Ov. M. 5, 26; Liv. 30, 25, 2:

    petisse,

    Cic. Quint. 11, 37; id. Verr. 2, 4, 63, § 140; Ov. [p. 1365] M. 9, 623; cf. Neue, Formenl. 2, 516 sq.), v. a. [Sanscr. root pat-, to fall upon, fly, find; Gr. pet- in piptô (pi-petô), to fall; cf. Lat. impetus and in petomai, to fly; cf. Lat. penna, acci-pit-er, etc.; the root of piptô, and therefore orig. to fall, fall upon; hence, to endeavor to reach or attain any thing].
    I.
    To fall upon any thing.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In a hostile sense, to rush at, attack, assault, assail; to let fly at, aim a blow at, thrust at, etc. (class.; cf.:

    invado, aggredior): gladiatores et vitando caute, et petendo vehementer,

    Cic. Or. 68, 228:

    cujus latus mucro ille petebat,

    id. Lig. 3, 9:

    non latus aut ventrem, sed caput et collum petere,

    to thrust at, id. Mur. 26, 52:

    aliquem spiculo infeste,

    Liv. 2, 20:

    aliquem mālo,

    to throw an apple at any one, Verg. E. 3, 64:

    alicui ungue genas,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 452:

    aliquem saxis, id. de Nuce, 2: aprum jaculis,

    Suet. Tib. 72:

    aëra disco,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 13:

    bello Penatìs,

    Verg. A. 3, 603:

    armis patriam,

    Vell. 2, 68, 3.—
    2.
    Without the notion of hostility: petere collum alicujus amplexu, to fall upon one's neck, to embrace one, M. Cael. ap. Quint. 4, 2, 124.—Esp. freq., to seek, to direct one's course to, to go or repair to, to make for, travel to a place:

    grues loca calidiora petentes,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125:

    Cyzicum,

    id. Fam. 14, 4, 3:

    Dyrrhachium,

    id. Planc. 41, 97:

    naves,

    to seek, take refuge in their ships, Nep. Milt. 5, 5:

    caelum pennis,

    to fly, Ov. F. 3, 457:

    Graiis Phasi petite viris,

    visited by the Greeks, id. P. 4, 10, 52:

    Metellus Postumium ad bellum gerendum Africam petentem,... urbem egredi passus non est,

    attempting to go, starting, Val. Max. 1, 1, 2.— Transf., of things, to proceed or go towards:

    campum petit amnis,

    Verg. G. 3, 522:

    mons petit astra,

    towers toward the stars, Ov. M. 1, 316: aliquem, to seek, go to a person:

    reginam,

    Verg. A. 1, 717:

    ut te supplex peterem, et tua limina adirem,

    id. ib. 6, 115: aliquid in locum or ad aliquem, to go to a place or person for something, to go in quest of, go to fetch:

    visum est tanti in extremam Italiam petere Brundisium ostreas,

    to go to Brundisium for oysters, Plin. 9, 54, 79, § 169:

    myrrham ad Troglodytas,

    id. 12, 15, 33, § 66:

    harena ad Aethiopas usque petitur,

    id. 36, 6, 9, § 51:

    collis, in quem vimina petebantur,

    id. 16, 10, 15, § 37:

    quaeque trans maria petimus,

    fetch, id. 19, 4, 19, §§ 58, 52.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To attack, assail one with any thing (class.):

    aiiquem epistulā,

    Cic. Att. 2, 2, 2:

    aliquem fraude et insidiis,

    Liv. 40, 55:

    aliquem falsis criminibus,

    Tac. A. 4, 31.—
    B.
    To demand, seek, require (cf. posco).
    1.
    In gen.:

    ita petit asparagus,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 23:

    ex iis tantum, quantum res petet, hauriemus,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 123:

    aliquem in vincula,

    Quint. 7, 1, 55:

    aliquem ad supplicium,

    id. 7, 6, 6: poenas ab aliquo, to seek satisfaction from or revenge one's self on any one. ut poenas ab optimo quoque peteret sui doloris, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 7:

    ut merito ab eā poenas liberi sui petere debuerint,

    Quint. 3, 11, 12.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To demand or claim at law, to bring an action to recover, to sue for any thing (syn.:

    postulo): causam dicere Prius unde petitur... Quam ille qui petit,

    Ter. Eun. prol. 11:

    qui per se litem contestatur, sibi soli petit,

    Cic. Rosc Com. 18, 53: aliquando cum servis Habiti furti egit;

    nuper ab ipso Habito petere coepit,

    id. Clu. 59, 163:

    qui non calumniā litium alienos fundos, sed castris, exercitu, signis inferendis petebat,

    id. Mil. 27, 74.—
    b.
    To beg, beseech, ask, request, desire, entreat (syn.: rogo, flagito, obsecro); constr with ab and abl. of pers. (cf. infra); ante- and postclass., with acc. of pers.:

    vos volo, vos peto atque obsecro,

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 60; freq. with ut:

    a te etiam atque etiam peto atque contendo, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 5:

    peto quaesoque, ut, etc.,

    id. ib. 5, 4, 2:

    peto igitur a te, vel, si pateris, oro, ut,

    id. ib. 9, 13, 3:

    petere in beneficii loco et gratiae, ut,

    id. Verr 2, 3, 82, § 189:

    petere precibus per litteras ab aliquo, ut,

    id. Sull. 19, 55:

    pacem ab aliquo,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 13:

    opem ab aliquo,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 2, 5:

    vitam nocenti,

    Tac. A. 2, 31:

    petito, ut intrare urbem liceret,

    Just. 43, 5, 6.—Also, with id or illud, and ut, etc.: illud autem te peto, ut, etc., Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 2.—With obj.-clause (mostly poet.):

    arma umeris arcumque animosa petebat Ferre,

    Stat. Achill. 1, 352; cf.: cum peteret (solum) donari quasi proprio suo deo, Suet. Aug. 5: petit aes sibi dari eis artous, Gell. 9, 2, 1.—De aliquo (for ab aliquo), to beg or request of one (post-class.):

    si de me petisses, ut, etc.,

    Dig. 13, 6, 5.—Ab aliquo aliquid alicui, to beg a thing of one person for another (class.):

    M. Curtio tribunatum a Caesare petivi,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, 3: ab aliquo pro aliquo petere, to intercede for:

    in eorum studiis, qui a te pro Ligario petunt,

    Cic. Lig. 10, 31.—With ex and abl. pers. (v. infra d.):

    eum petit litteris, ut ad Britanniam proficisceretur,

    Capitol. Pertin. 3, 5; Eutr. 2, 24.—Hence, pĕtītum, i, n., a prayer, desire, request, entreaty, Cat. 68, 39.—
    (β).
    Polit. t. t., to apply or solicit for an office, to be a candidate for office (different from ambire, to go about among the people to collect their votes, to canvass, which took place after the petitio):

    nemo est ex iis, qui nunc petunt, qui, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 1, 1, 2:

    consulatum,

    id. Phil. 2, 30, 76:

    praeturam,

    id. Verr. 1, 8, 23; Liv. 1, 35.—
    c.
    To solicit a person, to seek to possess, to woo:

    libidine sic accensa (Sempronia) ut viros saepius peteret quam peteretur,

    Sall. C. 25, 3:

    cum te tam multi peterent, tu me una petisti,

    Prop. 3, 13, 27:

    formosam quisque petit,

    id. 3, 32, 4:

    multi illam petiere,

    Ov. M. 1, 478; cf.: quae tuus Vir petet, cave, ne neges;

    Ne petitum aliunde eat,

    Cat. 61, 151.—
    d.
    To endeavor to obtain or pursue, to seek, strive after any thing, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 40:

    fugā salutem petere,

    Nep. Hann. 11, 4:

    praedam pedibus,

    Ov. M. 1, 534:

    gloriam,

    Sall. C. 54, 5:

    eloquentiae principatum,

    Cic. Or. 17, 56:

    sanguinis profusio vel fortuita vel petita,

    intentional, designed, produced by artificial means, Cels. 2, 8.—With inf.:

    bene vivere,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 29:

    victricemque petunt dextrae conjungere dextram,

    Ov. M. 8, 421; 14, 571:

    conubiis natam sociare Latinis,

    Verg. A. 7, 96:

    aliquem transfigere ferro,

    Mart. 5, 51, 3.—With ex and abl., over, in the case of:

    ex hostibus victoriam petere,

    Liv. 8, 33, 13:

    supplicium ex se, non victoriam peti,

    id. 28, 19, 11:

    imperium ex victis hostibus populum Romanum petere,

    id. 30, 16, 7.—
    e.
    To fetch any thing:

    qui argentum petit,

    Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 53:

    cibum e flammā,

    Ter. Eun, 3, 2, 38:

    altius initium rei demonstrandae,

    Cic. Caecin. 4, 10:

    aliquid a Graecis,

    id. Ac. 1, 2, 8:

    a litteris exiguam doloris oblivionem,

    to obtain, id. Fam. 5, 15, 4:

    suspirium alte,

    to fetch a deep sigh, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 57; cf.:

    latere petitus imo spiritus,

    Hor. Epod. 11, 10; and:

    gemitus alto de corde petiti,

    Ov. M. 2, 622:

    haec ex veteri memoriā petita,

    Tac. H. 3, 5, 1.—
    f.
    To take, betake one's self to any thing:

    iter a Vibone Brundisium terrā petere contendi,

    Cic. Planc. 40, 96:

    diversas vias,

    Val. Fl. 1, 91:

    alium cursum,

    to take another route, Cic. Att. 3, 8, 2:

    aliam in partem petebant fugam,

    betook themselves to flight, fled, Caes. B. G. 2, 24.—
    g.
    To refer to, relate to ( poet.):

    Trojanos haec monstra petunt,

    Verg. A. 9, 128.

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  • 16 quaerō

        quaerō sīvī, sītus, ere    [QVAES-], to seek, look for: quaerenti (deae) defuit orbis, O.: te ipsum quaerebam, was looking for, T.: suos notos, Cs.: ab ostio quaerens Ennium, asking for: cum praetor quaereretur: quem quaeritis, adsum, V.: liberi ad necem quaerebantur: escam in sterquilinio, Ph.: per imas Quaerit iter vallīs (Ufens), V.: cauda colubrae... moriens dominae vestigia quaerit, O.— To seek to obtain, look for, strive for, seek: sibi alium imperatorem, S.: in regnum quaeritur heres, V.: milites ducem quaerentes: in eum invidia quaesita est, i. e. prejudice is excited: ad ornatum ludorum aurum: regia potestas hac lege quaeritur: ne quaeratur latebra periurio: voce pericula, provoke, O.: defensorem suae salutis eum.—With inf, to seek, strive, endeavor, ask: ne quaere doceri Quam poenam, etc., V.: Antequam... speciosa quaero Pascere tigrīs, i. e. let me rather, H.: classibus advehebantur, qui mutare sedes quaerebant, Ta.— To strive to gain, earn, win by effort, acquire: Conserva, quaere, parce, T.: Quaerit ac timet uti, H.: victum volgo, T.: confiteri sibi quaesito opus esse, that he must earn something.—To feel the want of, miss, lack: Siciliam in uberrimā Siciliae parte: ne ille saepe Persas et Indos quaesisset, L.: quaerit Boeotia Dircen, O.— To ask, desire, require, demand, need, call for: quid sibi hic vestitus quaerit? i. e. what do you mean by? T.: collis pauca munimenta quaerebat, S.: qui tumultus dictatoriam maiestatem quaesisset, made necessary, L.: nego esse quicquam, quod cuiusquam oratoris eloquentiam quaereret: quaeris ut suscipiam cogitationem, quidnam istis agendum putem.—Fig., to seek mentally, think over, meditate, aim at, plan, devise, find: consilium, T.: quonam modo maxime ulti sanguinem nostrum pereamus, S.: remedium: rationes eas, quae ex coniecturā pendent.— To seek to learn, make inquiry, ask, inquire, interrogate: item alio die Quaerebam, T.: quaerendo cognoveram: vide, quaere, circumspice!: quaesiturus, unum caelum esset an innumerabilia: Naturā fieret laudabile carmen, an arte, Quaesitum est, has been made a question, H.: cum ab iis saepius quaereret, made inquiries, Cs.: quaero abs te nunc, Hortensi, cum, etc.: quaesivit a medicis, quem a modum se haberet, N.: quaero de te, num, etc.: Cura tibi de quo quaerere nulla fuit, O.: in dominos quaeri de servis iniquom est, i. e. to examine under torture: quaerit ex solo ea, quae, etc., Cs.: habes, quod ex me quaesisti.— To examine, inquire into, make inquiry, investigate: coëgit consules circa fora proficisci ibique quaerere, L.: hunc abduce, vinci, quaere rem, T.: scrutatus sum quae potui et quaesivi omnia: rem illam: quorum de naturā Caesar cum quaereret, sic reperiebat, Cs.—Esp., of judicial investigation: de pecuniis repetundis: dum de patris morte quaereretur: ut veteribus legibus, tantum modo extra ordinem, quaereretur, the investigation should be made.—In parenthet. clauses, to inquire, consider: omnino, si quaeris, ludi apparatissimi: noli quaerere: ita mihi pulcher hic dies visus est, in short: si verum quaeritis, to speak the truth: si verum quaerimus.
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    quaerere, quaesivi, quaesitus V
    search for, seek, strive for; obtain; ask, inquire, demand

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  • 17 re-petō

        re-petō īvī, ītus, ēre,    to fall upon again, attack anew, strike again: regem repetitum ad terram adfixit, after repeated attacks, L.: repetita per ilia ferrum, O.: ad Nolam armis repetendam, L.—To seek again, return to, revisit: fratresque virumque, O.: Hispanā Penatīs ab orā, H.: viam, quā venisset, retrace, L.: domum, H.: Africam, L.: praesaepia, V.: quid enim repetiimus (sc. patriam)? L.—To seek again, demand anew: Gallum a Verticone, qui litteras deferat, Cs.: repetitumque, duobus uti mandaretur imperium, the demand was made again, L.—To seek again, demand back, retake, demand in compensation, claim: pro illā quidquam abs te preti, T.: abs te sestertium miliens ex lege: quae erepta sunt: obsides, Cs.: si forte suas repetitum venerit plumas, H.: Politorium rursus bello repetitum, was retaken, L.: eam, quam patri suo spoponderim, dignitatem: pro eo (beneficio) gratiam, L.: parentum poenas a filiis: ne mors quidem in repetendā libertate fugienda, in the effort to recover: per occasionem libertatem, L.: beneficia ab nullo, S.—In phrases, with res, in war or at law, to demand restitution, require satisfaction: fetialīs mittendi ad res repetendas, L.: bellum rebus repetitis indictum, i. e. for reprisals. —With pecuniam: pecuniam repetere, to sue for the recovery of money: lex de pecuniis repetundis, concerning extortion: pecuniarum repetundarum reus, of extortion, S.: alqm repetundis postulare (sc. pecuniis), sue for extortion, Ta.—To fetch back, bring again, retake, recall: Repudiatus repetor, I was rejected, and am recalled, T.: ad haec (impedimenta) repetenda, Cs.: alii (elephanti) deinde repetiti ac traiecti sunt, were brought and passed over, L.—To take hold of again, undertake anew, enter upon again, recommence, resume, renew, repeat: praetermissa repetimus, incohata persequimur: eadem vetera consilia: Hoc opus, H.: repetitum Mulciber aevum Poscit, O.: auspicia de integro, L.: repetita suis percussit pectora palmis, i. e. again and again, O.: longo Vellera mollibat tractu, by drawing out repeatedly, O.: haec decies repetita placebit, H.—In discourse, to draw, deduce, derive, go back to, seek, trace: populum a stirpe: repetere populi originem: usque a Corace nescio quo: narratio, si non ab ultimo repetetur: res remotas ex litterarum monumentis: tam alte repetita oratio: primā repetens ab origine, V.: longius: repetitis atque enumeratis diebus, reckoned backwards, Cs.—To think over, trace in thought, call to mind, recall, recollect: mearum praecepta litterarum: supra repetere ac paucis instituta maiorum disserere, S.: noctem, O.: te animo repetentem exempla tuorum, V.: memoriā vetera: memoriam ex annalibus, L.

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  • 18 requīrō

        requīrō sīvī, sītus, ere    [re-+quaero], to seek again, look after, search for: fratrem, T.: iuvenem oculis animoque, O.: terram oculis, Cu.: libros, V.: vinum generosum, H.— To seek to know, ask, inquire for, demand: Pande requirenti nomen tuum, O.: rationes rerum: mea facta, O.: ex quibus requiram, quem ad modum, etc.: ea, quae a me de Vatinio requiris: aliquid de antiquitate ab eo, N.: cur Romae non sim: Forsitan et, Priami fuerint quae fata, requiras, V.: ubinam esset, N.: dolus an virtus, quis in hoste requirat? V.— To need, want, lack, be in want of, require: desiderat, requirit, indiget: isto bono utare, dum adsit; cum absit, ne requiras: qui beatus est, non intellego, quid requirat, ut sit beatior: magnam res diligentiam requirebat, Cs.: in hoc bello virtutes animi requiruntur, are called for.—To perceive to be wanting, feel the lack of, look in vain for, miss: pristinum morem iudiciorum: pacis ornamenta: Caesaris indulgentiam in se, Cs.: quae (bona) nonnumquam requirimus, lament the absence of: Amissos longo socios sermone, i. e. lament, V.
    * * *
    requirere, requisivi, requisitus V
    require, seek, ask for; need; miss, pine for

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  • 19 capto

    capto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. act. [capio].
    I.
    Prop., to strive to seize, lay hold of a thing with zeal, longing, etc., to catch at, snatch, chase, etc.:

    (syn. aucupor, venor): Tantalus a labris sitiens fugientia captat Flumina,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 68; so id. ib. 1, 2, 108; Ov. M. 3, 432; 10, 42; cf.:

    aquam hianti ore,

    Curt. 4, 16, 12; and:

    imbrem ore hianti,

    id. 4, 7, 14:

    laqueo volucres, harundine pisces,

    Tib. 2, 6, 23; Verg. G. 1, 139; Hor. Epod. 2, 36; Ov. M. 8, 217; cf.:

    (meretrices) occurrebant amatoribus: Eos captabant,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 31:

    muscas,

    Suet. Dom. 3:

    modo cervicem, modo crura,

    Ov. M. 9, 37:

    collum,

    id. ib. 3, 428:

    patulis naribus auras,

    Verg. G. 1, 376; Ov. M. 7, 557; 4, 72:

    plumas ore,

    id. ib. 8, 198:

    umbras et frigora,

    Verg. E. 2, 8; cf. id. ib. 1, 53:

    auribus aëra,

    to catch the breeze, id. A. 3, 514:

    captata Hesperie,

    watched, sought for, Ov. M. 11, 768.—
    II.
    Figuratively.
    A.
    In gen., to strive after, long for, desire earnestly, try or seek to obtain (syn.: consector, appeto, aucupor;

    class.): sermonem,

    to watch, listen to, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 8; cf. Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 29:

    sonitum aure admota,

    Liv. 38, 7, 8;

    solitudines,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63:

    quid consili,

    to adopt, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 91; Ter. And. 1, 1, 143; 2, 4, 1:

    assensiones alicujus,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 51:

    plausus,

    to covet, id. Pis. 25, 60:

    misericordiam,

    id. Phil. 2, 34, 86; id. Inv. 1, 55, 106:

    voluptatem,

    id. Fin. 1, 7, 24 (opp. praeterire):

    risus,

    to provoke, strive to excite, id. Tusc. 2, 7, 17; Quint. 6, 3, 26; Phaedr. 1, 29, 1:

    favorem,

    Quint. 6, 1, 25; Suet. Tib. 57: nomen imperatorium, D. Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 4:

    incerta pro certis,

    Sall. C. 20, 2; cf.:

    nubes et inania,

    Hor. A. P. 230:

    libertatis auram,

    Liv. 3, 37, 1; cf.:

    auram incertae famae,

    Curt. 4, 5, 8:

    occasionem,

    to watch for, Liv. 38, 44, 3; Suet. Caes. 7:

    tempus rei,

    Quint. 4, 2, 70; Liv. 4, 36, 3:

    tempestates,

    id. 5, 6, 4:

    brevitatem,

    Quint. 10, 1, 32:

    elegantiam actoris,

    id. 11, 3, 184:

    leporem propositionum ac partitionum,

    id. 11, 1, 53:

    solas sententias multas,

    id. 8, 5, 30:

    auctoritatem contemptu ceterorum,

    id. 12, 3, 12; 9, 2, 98; cf. id. 11, 3, 142:

    vox non captata, sed velut oblata,

    id. 9, 3, 73. —With inf. as object:

    prendique et prendere captans,

    Ov. M. 10, 58:

    laedere aliquem,

    Phaedr. 4, 8, 6:

    opprimere,

    id. 5, 3, 2:

    acquirere voluptates,

    Col. 8, 11, 1.—

    With a clause as object: cum, an marem editura esset variis captaret (i. e. magno studio quaereret) ominibus,

    Suet. Tib. 14.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    (Acc. to capio, II. 2.) To seek to catch or take one in a crafty manner, to lie in wait for, seek to entrap, to entice, allure (constr. quem, quod, quem cujus rei, cum quo, inter se, or absol.):

    magnum hoc vitium vino'st: Pedes captat primum, luctator dolosu'st,

    Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 6; cf.

    captatio: quā viā te captent, eādem ipsos capi?

    Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 16:

    tu si me impudicitiae captas, capere non potes,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 189; 1, 1, 266; 2, 2, 163; id. Men. 4, 2, 83:

    astutemihi captandum'st cum illoc,

    id. Most. 5, 1, 21:

    quid ad illum qui te captare vult, utrum tacentem irretiat te an loquentem?

    Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 94:

    est quiddam quod suā vi nos adliciat ad sese, non emolumento captans aliquo, sed trahens suā dignitate,

    id. Inv. 2, 52, 157:

    hostem insidiis,

    Liv. 2, 50, 3:

    inter se,

    id. 44, 24, 8; 44, 25, 12: verba ( to interpret sophistically; cf. captio), Dig. 10, 4, 19.— Absol.: contra est eundum cautim et captandum mihi, Att. ap. Non. p. 512, 12; p. 512, 50: in colloquiis insidiari [p. 289] et captare, Liv. 32, 33, 11 ( = captionibus uti, studere fallere).—Hence,
    2.
    A standing expression, to practise legacy - hunting, to hunt for legacies (aliquem or aliquod):

    testamenta senum,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 23; cf.

    hereditatem,

    Dig. 29, 6, 1:

    homines,

    Petr. 116, 6; Mart. 6, 63; Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 7; 4, 2, 2; Juv. 16, 56 al.; cf. captator and captatorius.—
    3.
    To take up, begin, of discourse:

    ubi captato sermone diuque loquendo ad nomen venere Jovis,

    Ov. M. 3, 279.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > capto

  • 20 inquīrō

        inquīrō sīvī (-sīsse, -sīssent, L.), sītus, ere    [<*> in + quaero], to seek after, search for: corpus funeris causā inquisitum, L.—To search into, examine, investigate, scrutinize: honestas, quam natura maxime inquirit: omnia ordine, L.: vitia tua, H.: rem inquisitam ad consulem detulit, after investigating it, L.: inquire in ea quae, etc.: patrios in annos, how long the father will live, O.: obstitit oceanus in se simul et in Herculem inquiri, Ta.: quid sit furere, H.: Cui placeas, O.: in eum quid <*>gat inquiritur, etc.—In law, to make an investigation, seek grounds of accusation: diem inquirendi postulare: de rebus capitalibus, Cu.: inquisitum missi de iis, quorum, etc., L.
    * * *
    inquirere, inquisivi, inquisitus V
    examine, investigate, scrutinize; seek grounds for accusation; search, seek

    Latin-English dictionary > inquīrō

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