respecting the choice

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.—

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.

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.—

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.

κρίσις [ῐς], εως, ἡ, ([etym.] κρίνω)

A separating, distinguishing,

τοῦ πλέω καὶ τοῦ μὴ πλέω Meliss.7

; τῶν ὁμοιογενῶν, τῶν διαφερόντων, dub. l. in Arist.EN 1165a34.

2 decision, judgement,

περὶ τούτων Parm.8.15

;

τὴν Κροίσου κ. Hdt.3.34

;

ἐν θεῶν κρίσει A.Ag. 1289

;

κατὰ δύναμιν καὶ κ. ἐμήν Hp.Jusj.1

; κ. οὐκ ἀληθής no certain means of judging, S.OT 501 (lyr.);

πολίτης ὁρίζεται τῷ μετέχειν κρίσεως καὶ ἀρχῆς Arist. Pol. 1275a23

;

κρίσεως προσδεόμενα Epicur.Nat.32

G., cf. Herc.1420.3;

αἱ τῶν πολλῶν κ. Phld.Mus.p.75

K.; Κρίσις, title of a play by Sophocles on the Judgemént of Paris; κ. τινός judgement on or respecting,

τῶν μνηστήρων Hdt.6.131

;

ἀέθλων Pi.O.3.21

, N.10.23;

μορφῆς E.Hel.26

: ἡ τῶν ὅπλων κ., referring to the story of Ajax, Pl.R. 620b, cf. Arist.Po. 1459b5;

κρίσιν.. τοῦ βίου πέρι ὧν λέγομεν Pl.R. 360e

;

κ. ἀμφ' ἀέθλοις Pi.O.7.80

;

κ. διημαρτημένη Stoic.1.50

; κ. συνετή Cleanth.ib.128; power of judgement,

κρίσει πραγμάτων διαφέρεσθαι Plb.18.14.10

; κατὰ κρίσιν with judgement, advisedly, Id.6.11.8.

3 choice, election,

κ. ποιεῖσθαι τῶν ἀξίων Arist.Pol. 1321a30

, cf. 1271a10.

4 interpretation of dreams or portents, LXX Da.2.36, D.S. 17.116, J.AJ2.5.7.

II judgement of a court,

οὐδὲν ἂν τῆς ὑμετέρας κ. ἔδει Antipho 4.4.2

; trial, suit,

προκληθέντας ἐς κρίσιν περί τινος Th.1.34

; καθιστάναι ἑαυτὸν ἐς κ. ib. 131;

κρίσιν ποιεῖν τινι Lys. 13.35

; κρίσεως τυχεῖν to be put on one's trial, Pl.Phdr. 249a;

εἰς κ. ἄγειν Id.Lg. 856c

; ἡ κ. γίγνεταί τινι ibid.; κρίσιν ὑποσχεῖν ib. 871d, D.21.125;

τὰς κρίσεις ποιεῖσθαι περί τινος Isoc.4.40

, cf. Th.1.77;

τὰς κ. διαδικάζειν Pl.Lg. 876b

; κρίσιν λελογχότα Μειδίᾳ ἐξούλης Test. ap. D.21.82;

αἱ κ. τῶν συμβολαίων Plu.2.447e

.

b result of a trial, condemnation, X.An.1.6.5.

c ἡμέρα κρίσεως Day of Judgement, Ev.Matt.10.15.

2 trial of skill or strength, πρὸς τόξου κρίσιν in archery, S.Tr. 266;

δρόμον.., οὗ πρώτη κ. Id.El. 684

;

κ. ποιεῖν ὁπότερος εἴη τὴν τέχνην σοφώτερος Ar.Ra. 779

;

θεῶν ἔριν τε καὶ κ. Pl. R. 379e

.

3 dispute,

περί τινος Hdt.5.5

, 7.26.

III event, issue, κρίσιν σχεῖν to be decided, of a war, Th.1.23, Plb.31.29.5;

κρίσεως τυχεῖν Id.1.59.11

;

ἐν τοῖς πεπολιτευμένοις τὴν κ. εἶναι νομίζω 1

suppose the issue depends upon my public measures, D.18.57.

2 turning point of a disease, sudden change for better or worse, Hp. VM19 (pl.), Gal.9.550, etc.;

κ. ξύντομος ἐπὶ τὸ κάκιον Hp.Judic.34

, cf. Gal.18(2).231.

IV middle of the spinal column, Poll.2.177.