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  • 1 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.
    * * *
    quaerere, quaesivi, quaesitus V
    search for, seek, strive for; obtain; ask, inquire, demand

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  • 2 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.

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  • 3 impetrio

    impĕtrĭo, no perf., ītum, 4, v. n. desid. [id.], relig. t. t., to seek to obtain through omens, to seek by consulting auspices:

    ut nunc extis, sic tunc avibus magnae res impetriri solebant,

    Cic. Div. 1, 16, 28:

    in impetriendis consulendisque rebus,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 3:

    qui impetrire velit,

    id. ib. 2, 15, 35:

    impetritum, inauguratum est: quovis admittunt aves,

    Plaut. As. 2, 1, 11.— Part. as subst.: impetrītum, i, n., a favorable auspice or omen, Val. Max. 1, 1, 1; Plin. 28, 2, 3, § 11.

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  • 4 impetritum

    impĕtrĭo, no perf., ītum, 4, v. n. desid. [id.], relig. t. t., to seek to obtain through omens, to seek by consulting auspices:

    ut nunc extis, sic tunc avibus magnae res impetriri solebant,

    Cic. Div. 1, 16, 28:

    in impetriendis consulendisque rebus,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 3:

    qui impetrire velit,

    id. ib. 2, 15, 35:

    impetritum, inauguratum est: quovis admittunt aves,

    Plaut. As. 2, 1, 11.— Part. as subst.: impetrītum, i, n., a favorable auspice or omen, Val. Max. 1, 1, 1; Plin. 28, 2, 3, § 11.

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  • 5 persequor

    per-sĕquor, cūtus and quūtus, 3, v. dep. a. and n. ( act. collat. form of the imperat. persece for perseque, Poët. ap. Cic. Att. 13, 23 fin.).
    I. A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.:

    ille servolum Jubet illum persequi,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 35; 4, 2, 30:

    si vis persequi vestigiis,

    id. Men. 4, 1, 9:

    certum est persequi,

    Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 18:

    me in Asiam persequens,

    id. And. 5, 4, 32:

    (persequens dicit perseverationem sequentis ostendens. Persequitur enim qui non desinit sequi, Don. ad h. l.): aliquem,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 35, § 91:

    exercitum,

    id. Phil. 3, 3, 7:

    cursim,

    Petr. 6:

    Hortensium ipsius vestigiis,

    Cic. Brut. 90, 307:

    quā, aut terrā aut mari, persequar eum, qui, etc.,

    id. Att. 7, 22, 2:

    vestigia alicujus,

    id. de Or. 1, 23, 105; Verg. A. 9, 218:

    hanc persecuta mater orare incipit,

    Phaedr. 1, 28, 5.—With inf. ( poet.):

    atqui non ego te tigris ut aspera... frangere persequor,

    Hor. C. 1, 23, 10.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To follow after, press upon, chase, pursue:

    fugientes usque ad flumen persequuntur,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 67:

    bello,

    id. ib. 1, 14:

    deterrere hostes a persequendo,

    Sall. J. 50, 6:

    feras,

    Ov. H. 9, 34:

    beluas,

    Curt. 8, 14, 26.—
    b.
    To go through a place in pursuit of any thing, to search through:

    omnes solitudines,

    Cic. Pis. 22, 53. —
    B.
    Transf., to follow up, come up with, overtake:

    quo ego te ne persequi quidem possem triginta diebus,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 6, 3; id. Div. 2, 72, 149:

    mors et fugacem persequitur virum,

    Hor. C. 3, 2, 14.—
    C.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., to follow perseveringly, to pursue any thing:

    omnes vias persequar,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 6:

    viam,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 4:

    eas artes,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 72.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    With the accessory notion of striving after, to pursue, hunt after, seek to obtain, strive after, = appetere, affectare:

    quis est, qui utilia non studiosissime persequatur?

    Cic. Off. 3, 28, 101:

    ego mihi alios deos penates persequar,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 7: Pl. Tene priusquam hinc abeo savium. Ph. Si quidem mi hercle regnum detur, numquam id potius persequar, id. Curc. 1, 3, 55:

    hereditates,

    Ter. And. 4, 5, 20:

    hereditates aut syngraphas,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 8, 18:

    cujusquemodi voluptates,

    id. Fin. 2, 7, 22: ego meum jus persequar, I will pursue or assert my right, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 9; Cic. Caecin. 3, 8:

    persequendi juris sui potestas,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 6, 21:

    bona tua repetere ac persequi lite atque judicio,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 13, § 32:

    possumus rem nostram persequi,

    id. Quint. 13, 45 fin.:

    cum tribunus plebis poenas a seditioso cive per bonos viros judicio persequi vellet,

    sought to obtain, id. Fam. 1, 9, 15.—
    (β).
    With inf., to hasten, be eager (rare):

    nec scimus quam in partem ingredi persequamur,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 4.—
    b.
    To follow, be a follower of; to imitate, copy after a person or thing as a guide or pattern:

    si vero Academiam veterem persequamur,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 7:

    sectam et instituta alicujus,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 71, § 183:

    ego neglectā barbarorum inscitiā te persequar,

    id. Fam. 9, 3, 2; id. Ac. 2, 23, 74:

    ut, quae maxime excellant in eo, quem imitabitur, ea diligentissime persequatur,

    id. de Or. 2, 22, 90.—
    c.
    To pursue, proceed against, prosecute; to revenge, avenge, take vengeance upon a person or thing:

    aliquem bello,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 1:

    aliquem judicio,

    Cic. Fl. 20, 47:

    alicujus injurias ulcisci ac persequi,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 9; so,

    injuriam,

    id. Mur. 21, 44; Sall. J. 14, 23; cf. Kritz ad Sall. C. 9, 5:

    mortem alicujus,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 3, 2:

    de persequendis inimicitiis,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 83 fin.:

    Trebonii mortem,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 18, 39; Caes. B. G. 7, 38; Liv. 40, 11 fin.:

    adulterium,

    Sen. Contr. 3, 20.—
    d.
    To persecute for religious belief or practice (eccl. Lat.), Tert. ad Scap. 5; Vulg. Johan. 15, 20; id. Act. 7, 52; id. Rom. 12, 14 et saep.—
    e.
    To follow in writing, to take down, minute down:

    celeritate scribendi, quae dicerentur persequi,

    Cic. Sull. 14, 42:

    multa diserte dixit, quae notarius persequi non potuit,

    Sen. Apoc. 9, 2.—
    f.
    To follow up with action, to follow out, perform, execute, bring about, do, accomplish, etc.:

    hoc, ut dico, factis persequar,

    Plaut. Merc. 3, 2, 11:

    erus quod imperavit persequi,

    id. Am. 2, 1, 40:

    imperium patris,

    id. Stich. 1, 2, 84 sq.:

    ex usu quod est, id persequar,

    Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 10:

    mandata,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 14, 3:

    si idem extrema persequitur qui inchoavit,

    id. Prov. Cons. 8, 19:

    vitam inopem et vagam,

    to lead, id. Phil. 12, 7, 15.— Absol.:

    sed tamen ibo et persequar,

    will go and obey, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 64. —
    (β).
    In partic., to follow out in speech or writing, to set forth, treat of, relate, recount, describe, explain, etc.:

    aliquid voce,

    Cic. Planc. 23, 56:

    dum rationes Persequor,

    set forth, treat of, discuss the reasons, Lucr. 5, 56:

    quae versibus persecutus est Ennius,

    Cic. Sen. 6, 16:

    philosophiam Latinis litteris,

    id. Ac. 1, 3, 12:

    aliquid scripturā,

    id. Fam. 15, 21, 4:

    obscenas voluptates,

    id. N. D. 1, 40, 111:

    res Hannibalis,

    id. Div. 1, 24, 49:

    has res in eo libro,

    id. Off. 2, 24, 87:

    quae persequerer, si commemorare possem sine dolore,

    id. Fam. 5, 13, 3: da te in sermonem et persece Et confice, etc., Poët. ap. Cic. Att. 13, 23, 3.—
    * II.
    Neutr., to follow or come after:

    exacta vindemia gramine persecuto,

    when the grass has grown again, Pall. 3, 26, 5.
    ► In a pass.
    signif. (post-class.):

    illa se in mare praecipitavit, ne persequeretur,

    Hyg. Fab. 198 dub.—Hence, persĕquens, entis, P. a., used as subst. *
    A.
    A pursuer, practiser:

    flagitii,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 1, 13.—
    * B.
    A revenger, avenger:

    inimicitiarum persequentissimus,

    Auct. Her. 2, 19, 29.

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  • 6 quaeso

    quaeso, īvi or ĭi, 3, v. a. [old form of quaero; root kis-; Sanscr. cish-, to hunt out].
    I.
    To seek, to seek to obtain any thing (ante-class.):

    quaeso, ut significat idem, quod rogo, ita quaesere ponitur ab antiquis pro quaerere,

    Fest. p. 258 Müll.: nautisque mari quaesentibus vitam, Enn. ap. Fest. l. l: quaese adveniente morbo nunc medicum tibi, Plaut. ap. Non. 44, 30. —
    II.
    To beg, pray, beseech, entreat (class.; mostly in first pers. sing.; syn.: rogo, oro, obsecro, peto, precor).
    (α).
    With ut: Mars pater, te precor quaesoque, uti sies volens propitius mihi, etc., an ancient formula of prayer in Cato, R. R. 141, 2:

    aliquem ut redeat,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 1:

    te, Juppiter, quaeso, Amphitruoni ut semper iratus sies,

    id. Am. 3, 2, 52; id. Rud. 4, 7, 30; id. Trin. 1, 2, 52:

    deos, ut,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 11; Naev. ap. Donat. ad Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 5:

    peto quaesoque, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 4, 2:

    quaeso, ut eum diem memoriae mandetis,

    id. Quint. 6, 24:

    a te quaeso et peto, ut, etc.,

    id. Fam. 3, 2, 1:

    quaeso a vobis, ut, in hac causā, etc.,

    id. Arch. 2, 3:

    quaeso, hercle, ut liceat,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 13; Caecil. ap. Non. 154, 13; 515, 1:

    quaeso obtestorque, ne,

    Cic. Red. in Sen. 1, 1; Liv. 10, 13:

    id uti permittatis, quaesumus,

    id. 28, 39:

    precor quaesoque, ne, etc.,

    id. 23, 9, 2. —
    (β).
    With simple subj.:

    P. Decium quaeso mecum consulem faciatis,

    Liv. 10, 13.—
    (γ).
    Absol. (thrown parenthetically into the sentence): quaeso, quaesumus, I (or we) pray, beg, beseech; freq. as a mere intensive expression, prithee:

    quaeso, quotiens dicendumst tibi?

    Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 33:

    ubinam est, quaeso?

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 21:

    bona verba, quaeso,

    id. And. 1, 2, 33:

    tu, quaeso, crebro ad me scribe,

    Cic. Att. 7, 10, 10:

    nunc eadem illa, quaeso, audite,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 46, § 102:

    ipsum decretum, quaeso, cognoscite,

    id. Rosc. Am. 9, 25; id. Att. 7, 1, 2; 12, 29, 1; 12, 30, 2; 12, 35, 2;

    12, 44, 3: hoc, quaeso, judices, diligenter attendite,

    id. Quint. 9, 2, 56; id. Mil. 9, 23; id. Att. 15, 8, 2:

    quid, quaeso, interest inter unum et plures, si, etc.,

    id. Rep. 1, 39, 61:

    quamobrem aggredere, quaesumus, etc.,

    id. Leg. 1, 2, 6: quaeso, etiamne tu has ineptias, I beseech you, for Heaven ' s sake, id. Fam. 3, 7, 5. —
    (δ).
    With acc. of object sought:

    non divom pacem votis adit ac prece quaesit,

    Lucr. 5, 1229.

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  • 7 repeto

    rĕ-pĕto, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 3, v. a., to fall upon or attack again or anew, to strike again (syn. repercutio).
    I.
    Lit. (in gen. not till after the Aug. per.):

    regem repetitum saepius cuspide ad terram affixit,

    after he had repeatedly attacked him, Liv. 4, 19; cf.:

    mulam calcibus et canem morsu,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 27, 1:

    repetita per ilia ferrum,

    Ov. M. 4, 733; 6, 562.— Absol.:

    bis cavere, bis repetere,

    to attack twice, Quint. 5, 13, 54:

    signum erat omnium, Repete!

    strike again, Suet. Calig. 58:

    ad Nolam armis repetendam,

    Liv. 9, 28:

    repetitus toxico,

    id. Claud. 44. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To prosecute again:

    condicione propositā, ut, si quem quis repetere vellet, par periculum poenae subiret,

    Suet. Aug. 32; id. Dom. 8 and 9; Dig. 48, 2, 3; 48, 16, 10; 15.—
    2.
    To seek again; to go back to, return to, revisit a person or thing.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    fratresque virumque,

    Ov. H. 3, 143:

    Nearchum,

    Hor. C. 3, 20, 6:

    Penates, ab orā Hispanā,

    id. ib. 3, 14, 3:

    viam, quā venisset,

    to retrace, Liv. 35, 28; cf. id. 9, 2, 8:

    castra,

    id. 31, 21; Suet. Tib. 12:

    domum,

    Hor. C. 1, 15, 6; Ov. P. 4, 4, 41; id. M. 3, 204:

    patriam,

    id. H. 18, 123; Just. 32, 3, 7:

    Africam,

    Liv. 25. 27:

    locum,

    id. 3, 63:

    retro Apuliam,

    id. 22, 18; cf. id. 31, 45 fin.; 40, 58 fin.:

    rursus Bithyniam,

    Suet. Caes. 2:

    urbem atque ordinem senatorium,

    id. Vit. 1:

    paludes,

    Hor. C. 3, 27, 9:

    cavum,

    id. Ep. 1, 7, 33:

    praesepia,

    Verg. E. 7, 39:

    urbem,

    id. A. 2, 749:

    Macedoniam,

    Nep. Eum. 6, 1:

    pugnam (shortly before, redire in pugnam),

    Liv. 37, 43:

    expeditionem,

    Suet. Claud. 1.—
    (β).
    With prep.:

    onerarias retro in Africam repetere,

    Liv. 25, 25 fin. Drak.:

    ad vada,

    Verg. Cul. 104:

    ad prima vestigia,

    Grat. Cyn. 245.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    quid enim repetiimus (sc. patriam)?

    Liv. 5, 51.—Freq. in medic. lang., to return, recur:

    morbi repetunt,

    Cels. 2, 1; 3, 22; 4, 4; 14 al. —
    II.
    Transf. (class.).
    A.
    To fetch, bring, or take back (cf. revoco).
    1.
    Lit.:

    filium istinc repetere,

    Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 72:

    repudiatus repetor,

    Ter. And. 1, 5, 14:

    Lysias est Atticus, quamquam Timaeus eum quasi Liciniā et Muciā lege repetit Syracusas,

    Cic. Brut. 16, 63:

    qui maxime me repetistis atque revocastis,

    id. Dom. 57, 144:

    navigo in Ephesum, ut aurum repetam ab Theotimo domum,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 6, 7:

    ad haec (impedimenta) repetenda,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 76:

    aliquid ab Urbe,

    Suet. Calig. 39; cf.:

    thoracem Magni Alexandri e conditorio ejus,

    id. ib. 52 fin.:

    partem reliquam copiarum continenti,

    id. Aug. 16:

    alii (elephanti) deinde repetiti ac trajecti sunt,

    others were then brought and passed over, Liv. 21, 28:

    ut alium repetat in eundem rogum,

    Sen. Oedip. 61. —
    2.
    Trop., in partic.
    a.
    To take hold of or undertake again; to enter upon again; to recommence, resume, renew, repeat an action, a speech, etc. (cf.:

    renovo, restauro): praetermissa repetimus, incohata persequimur,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 19, 51:

    longo intervallo haec studia repetentem,

    id. Fat. 2, 4; id. Att. 15, 11, 1:

    oratio carens hac virtute (sc. ordine) necesse est multa repetat, multa transeat,

    Quint. 7, prooem. §

    3: ad verbum repetita reddantur,

    id. 11, 2, 39 et saep.:

    eadem vetera consilia,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 6, 17:

    hoc primus repetas opus, hoc postremus omittas,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 48:

    susurri Compositā repetantur horā,

    id. C. 1, 9, 20:

    relicta,

    id. Ep. 1, 7, 97:

    verba,

    Ov. H. 20, 9:

    audita,

    id. ib. 20, 193:

    repetitum Mulciber aevum Poscit,

    id. M. 9, 422:

    auspicia de integro,

    Liv. 5, 17:

    pugnam,

    id. 10, 36 acrius bellum, Just. 12, 2, 13:

    iter,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 747:

    sollemnia,

    Tac. A. 3, 6 fin.:

    spectacula ex antiquitate,

    to restore, Suet. Claud. 21; cf.:

    genera ignominiarum ex antiquitate,

    id. Tib. 19:

    legatum,

    Dig. 30, 1, 32:

    usum fructum,

    ib. 7, 4, 3.— With de:

    de mutatione litterarum nihil repetere hic necesse est,

    Quint. 1, 7, 13.— With object-clause:

    repetam necesse est, infinitas esse species,

    Quint. 6, 3, 101; 46: ut repetam coeptum pertexere dictis, Lucr. 1, 418; cf.:

    commemorare res,

    id. 6, 936.— Poet.: rĕpĕtītus, a, um, as an adv., repeatedly, anew, again:

    repetita suis percussit pectora palmis,

    Ov. M. 5, 473; 12, 287:

    robora caedit,

    id. ib. 8, 769:

    vellera mollibat longo tractu,

    by drawing out repeatedly, id. ib. 6, 20; cf.:

    haec decies repetita placebit,

    Hor. A. P. 365. —
    b.
    In discourse, to draw, deduce, derive from anywhere; to go back to, begin from anywhere (cf. deduco):

    populum a stirpe,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 12, 21:

    repetere populi originem,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 3:

    ipsius juris ortum a fonte... stirpem juris a naturā,

    id. Leg. 1, 6, 20:

    usque a Corace nescio quo et Tisiā,

    id. de Or. 1, 20, 91; 2, 2, 6:

    ab ultimā antiquitate,

    id. Fin. 1, 20, 65:

    brevis erit narratio, si non ab ultimo repetetur,

    id. Inv. 1, 20, 28; Quint. 5, 10, 83:

    aliquid a Platonis auctoritate,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 12, 34:

    ingressio non ex oratoriis disputationibus ducta sed e mediā philosophiā repetita,

    id. Or. 3, 11:

    res remotas ex litterarum monumentis,

    id. Inv. 1, 1, 1: initia amicitiae ex parentibus nostris, Bithyn. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 16 init.:

    verba ex ultimis tenebris, ex vetustate,

    Quint. 8, 3, 25; 11, 1, 49; 1, 4, 4:

    alte vero et, ut oportet, a capite repetis, quod quaerimus,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 6, 18:

    tam longa et tam alte repetita oratio,

    id. de Or. 3, 24, 91; id. Rep. 4, 4, 4:

    repetam paulo altius, etc.,

    id. Clu. 24, 66:

    altius omnem Expediam primā repetens ab origine famam,

    Verg. G. 4, 286; so,

    altius,

    Quint. 5, 7, 27; 6, 2, 2; 11, 1, 62; Suet. Ner. 2:

    transilire ante pedes posita et alia longe repetita sumere,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 160; so,

    longe,

    id. Fam. 13, 29, 2; id. Div. 2, 58, 119:

    longius,

    id. Inv. 1, 49, 91; Quint. 5, 7, 17; 5, 11, 23:

    repetitis atque enumeratis diebus,

    reckoned backwards, Caes. B. C. 3, 105; so,

    repetitis diebus ex die vulneris,

    Dig. 9, 2, 51, § 2:

    repetitā die,

    ib. 10, 4, 9, § 6; 39, 2, 15, § 31; 43, 19, 1, § 10; 22, 4, 3.—
    c.
    Repetere aliquid memoriā, memoriam rei, or (rarely without memoriā) aliquid, to call up again in the mind; to call to mind, recall, recollect (cf.:

    revoco, recordor): cogitanti mihi saepenumero et memoriā vetera repetenti,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 1, 1; id. Fam. 11, 27, 2; id. Rep. 1, 8, 13; Verg. A. 1, 372:

    repete memoriā tecum, quando, etc.,

    Sen. Brev. Vit. 3, 3; cf. with object-clause: memoriā repeto, diem esse hodiernum, quo, etc., Scipio Afric. ap. Gell. 4, 18, 3; Quint. 1, 6, 10:

    repete temporis illius memoriam,

    Cic. Deiot. 7, 20; id. Verr. 2, 4, 47, § 105:

    memoriam ex annalibus,

    Liv. 8, 18:

    veteris cujusdam memoriae recordationem,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 2, 4.—Without memoriā:

    reminisci quom ea, quae tenuit mens ac memoria, cogitando repetuntur,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 44 Müll.:

    si omnium mearum praecepta litterarum repetes, intelleges, etc.,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 7:

    supra repetere et paucis instituta majorum disserere,

    Sall. C. 5, 9:

    unde tuos primum repetam, mea Cynthia, fastus,

    Prop. 1, 18, 5:

    cum repeto noctem, quā, etc.,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 3:

    te animo repetentem exempla tuorum,

    Verg. A. 12, 439.— With object-clause:

    repeto, me correptum ab eo, cur ambularem,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 16; 7, 6, 7; 13; Suet. Gram. 4:

    multum ante repetito, concordem sibi conjugem, etc.,

    Tac. A. 3, 33.— Absol.:

    inde usque repetens, hoc video,

    Cic. Arch. 1, 1:

    genitor mihi talia (namque Nunc repeto) Anchises fatorum arcana reliquit,

    Verg. A. 7, 123; 3, 184.—
    B.
    To ask, demand, or take again or back; to demand or claim what is due (syn. reposco).
    1.
    In gen.
    a.
    Lit.:

    si quis mutuom quid dederit, fit pro proprio perditum, quom repetas,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 45; cf. id. ib. 5, 2, 7:

    suom,

    id. Ps. 1, 3, 63:

    neque repeto pro illā quidquam abs te pretii,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 6, 11:

    bona sua,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 13, § 32:

    abs te sestertium miliens ex lege,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 5, 19:

    ereptas pecunias,

    id. ib. 5, 18; cf.:

    quae erepta sunt,

    id. Sull. 32, 89:

    mea promissa,

    id. Planc. 42, 101:

    obsides,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 31:

    urbes bello superatas in antiquum jus,

    Liv. 35, 16, 6:

    Homerum Colophonii civem esse dicunt suum, Chii suum vindicant, Salaminii repetunt,

    Cic. Arch. 8, 19:

    Cicero Gallum a Verticone repetit, qui litteras ad Caesarem referat,

    applied again for, Caes. B. G. 5, 49:

    si forte suas repetitum venerit plumas,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 18:

    nec repetita sequi curet Proserpina matrem,

    Verg. G. 1, 39:

    Politorium rursus bello,

    to retake, Liv. 1, 33, 3.—
    b.
    Trop.: qui repetit eam, quam ego patri suo quondam spoponderim, dignitatem, Cic. Fl. 42, 106; cf.:

    pro eo (beneficio) gratiam repetere,

    Liv. 1, 47:

    civitatem in libertatem,

    id. 34, 22, 11:

    parentum poenas a consceleratissimis filiis,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 24, 67:

    ab isto eas poenas vi repetisse, aliquo,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 63, § 163:

    ut ne mors quidem sit in repetendā libertate fugiendā,

    in the effort to recover, id. Phil. 10, 10, 20:

    libertatem per occasionem,

    Liv. 3, 49; cf.:

    dies ille libertatis improspere repetitae,

    Tac. A. 1, 8:

    beneficia ab aliquo,

    Sall. J. 96, 2:

    honores quasi debitos ab aliquo,

    id. ib. 85, 37:

    repete a me rempublicam,

    take back from me, Suet. Caes. 78: repetitumque, duobus uti mandaretur consulum nomen imperiumque, it was demanded again, that, etc., Liv. 3, 33: se repetere, to recover one ' s self, Sen. Ep. 104, 6.—
    2.
    In partic., publicists' and jurid. t. t.
    a.
    Of the fetiales: repetere res, to demand back from the enemy things which they had taken as booty; hence, in gen., to demand satisfaction:

    (fetiales) mittebantur antequam conciperetur (bellum), qui res repeterent,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 86 Müll.; Liv. 1, 32; 4, 30; 7, 6; 32; Cic. Off. 1, 11, 36:

    jure gentium res repeto,

    Sall. H. 3, 61, 17 Dietsch:

    amissa bello repetere,

    Just. 6, 6, 7; cf. clarigatio and clarigo. —
    b.
    In jurid. lang.: res repetere, to demand back or reclaim one ' s property before a court:

    in iis rebus repetendis, quae mancipi sunt,

    Cic. Mur. 2, 3.— Hence, transf., in gen., to seek to obtain, to reclaim: non ex jure manum consertum, sed magi' ferro Rem repetunt, Enn. ap. Gell. 20, 10 (Ann. v. 277 Vahl.).—
    c.
    Pecuniae repetundae, or simply repetundae, money or other things extorted by a provincial governor, and that are to be restored (at a later period, referring to any bribed officer):

    L. Piso legem de pecuniis repetundis primus tulit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 84, § 195; 2, 4, 25, § 56; id. Brut. 27, 106; id. Off. 2, 21, 75:

    quorum causā judicium de pecuniis repetundis est constitutum,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 4, 11:

    clames te lege pecuniarum repetundarum non teneri,

    id. Clu. 53, 148:

    pecuniarum repetundarum reus,

    Sall. C. 18, 3:

    oppugnatus in judicio pecuniarum repetundarum,

    id. ib. 49, 2:

    quā lege a senatore ratio repeti solet de pecuniis repetundis,

    Cic. Clu. 37, 104:

    accusare de pecuniis repetundis,

    id. Rab. Post. 4, 9; id. Clu. 41, 114:

    cum de pecuniis repetundis nomen cujuspiam deferatur,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 3, 10:

    de pecuniis repetundis ad recuperatores itum est,

    Tac. A. 1, 74 fin. —With ellipsis of pecuniis:

    repetundarum causae, crimen, lex,

    Quint. 4, 2, 85; 5, 7, 5; 4, 2, 15; Tac. A. 4, 19; 13, 43; 12, 22; 13, 33; id. H. 1, 77; 4, 45; Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 3:

    repetundarum reus,

    Val. Max. 9, 12, 7:

    repetundarum argui,

    Tac. A. 3, 33:

    accusare,

    Suet. Dom. 8:

    postulari,

    Tac. A. 3, 66; Suet. Caes. 4:

    absolvi,

    Tac. A. 13, 30:

    convinci,

    Suet. Caes. 43:

    damnari,

    Tac. A. 3, 70; 14, 28:

    teneri,

    id. ib. 11, 7: Pilius de repetundis eum postulavit, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 2 (for which, §

    3, de pecuniis repetundis): neque absolutus neque damnatus Servilius de repetundis,

    id. ib. §

    3: damnatum repetundis consularem virum,

    Suet. Oth. 2 fin.

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  • 8 per-sequor

        per-sequor cūtus or quūtus, ī, dep.,    to follow perseveringly, follow after, follow up, pursue: certum est persequi, T.: me in Asiam, T.: exercitum: Hortensium ipsius vestigiis: alcuius vestigia: te, V.: Hanc persecuta mater, Ph.—With infin: non ego te frangere persequor, H.—To press upon, hunt down, chase, pursue: fugientes usque ad flumen, Cs.: deterrere hostīs a persequendo, S.: feras, O.: beluas, Cu.—To follow up, come up with, overtake: te triginta diebus: Mors fugacem persequitur virum, H.—To search over, to search through: solitudines.—Fig., to follow perseveringly, pursue, follow up: viam, T.: eas artīs.—To pursue, hunt after, seek to obtain, strive after: utilia studiosissime: hereditates, T.: voluptates: meum ius, assert, T.: bona tua lite atque iudicio. —To follow, be a follower of, imitate, copy after: Academiam veterem: te.—To pursue, proceed against, prosecute, revenge, avenge, take vengeance upon: bello civitatem, Cs.: iniurias suas: de persequendis inimicitiis, Cs.—To follow up, follow out, perform, execute, prosecute, bring about, accomplish: ex usu quod est, id persequar, T.: si idem extrema persequitur qui incohavit: vitam inopem et vagam, lead: scelus, O.—To take down, note down, record: quae dicerentur.—To set forth, relate, recount, describe, explain: quae versibus persecutus est Ennius: has res in libro.

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  • 9 porrigō

        porrigō ( plur 2d pers. porgite, V.: p. praes. porgens, C.), rēxī, rēctus, ere    [por (i. e. pro)+rego], to stretch out, spread out, put forth, reach out, extend: aciem latius, S.: animal membra porrigit: crus, L.: caelo bracchia, O.: expressa psephismata porrigendā manu, by raising hands: per tota novem cui iugera corpus Porrigitur, extends, V.: brumalīs horas, lengthen, O.— To lay at length, stretch out: in spatium ingens ruentem porrexit hostem, L.— To hold forth, reach out, extend, offer, present, hand: mihi dextram: gladium nobis ad hominem occidendum: mihi forsan, tibi quod negarit, Porriget hora, H.—Prov.: maritali porrigere ora capistro, present his head to the marriage halter, Iu.—With manūs, to reach after, strive for, seek to obtain: ad pecora nostra avaras manūs, Cu.: pecunia deesse coepit, neque quo manūs porrigeret suppetebat, N.—With se, to extend, reach, grow: Quis gradus ulterior, tua quo se porrigat ira, Restat? O.— To prolong, extend: syllabam, O.
    * * *
    porrigere, porrexi, porrectus V
    stretch out, extend

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  • 10 porrectum

    1.
    porrĭgo, rexi, rectum, 3 (contr. form porgo, porgite, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 26, and Verg. A. 8, 274:

    porge,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 18; Aus. Idyll. 4, 37:

    porgebat, Sil 9, 458: porgens,

    Val. Fl. 2, 656:

    porgi,

    Stat. Th. 8, 755:

    porxit,

    id. S. 2, 1, 204; cf.:

    antiqui etiam porgam dixerunt pro porrigam,

    Fest. p. 218 Müll.—Acc. to Lachmann, Hor. S. 2, 6, 59, instead of perditur, we should read porgitur; v. perdo init.), v. a. [por, = pro, and rego], to stretch or spread out before one's self, to put forth, reach out, extend (class.; syn. extendo).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    jam dudum, si des, porrexi manum,

    Plaut. Ps. 4. 7, 49:

    animal membra porrigit, contrahit,

    Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120:

    manum ad tradendam pyxidem,

    id. Cael. 26, 63:

    crus,

    Liv. 8, 8:

    caelo bracchia,

    Ov. M. 1, 767:

    aciem latius,

    Sall. J. 52, 6.— Pass., to stretch or spread one's self out, to be stretched out, extended:

    (Tityos) per tota novem cui jugera corpus Porrigitur,

    extends, Verg. A. 6. 596:

    porrectus somno,

    Stat. Achill. 2, 75:

    serpens in longam porrigi alvum,

    Ov. M. 4, 574; cf.:

    serpens centum porrectus in ulnas,

    Sil. 6, 153; Trogus ap. Plin. 11, 52, 114, § 275.—So freq. of localities, to stretch out, extend, to lie (mostly post-Aug.):

    cubiculum porrigitur in solem,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 23:

    cujus (loci) pars colles erant, pars in planitiem porrigebatur,

    Tac. A. 13, 38:

    Creta inter ortum occasumque porrigitur,

    Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 58; Just. 42, 2. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To lay at full length, to stretch on the ground (rare):

    in plenos resolutum carmine somnos, Exanimi similem, stratis porrexit in herbis,

    Ov. M. 7, 254:

    utrumque ab equis ingenti porrigit arvo,

    Val. Fl. 6, 553:

    in spatium ingens ruentem porrexit hostem,

    Liv. 7, 10 fin.; Mart. Spect. 15.—
    2.
    To hold forth, reach out, to offer, present:

    dexteram alicui,

    Cic. Deiot. 3, 8:

    dextram,

    Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 250:

    bona alicui,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 84; cf.:

    munera,

    Ov. M. 8, 95:

    pocula,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 92:

    gladium alicui ad occidendum hominem,

    Cic. Mil. 3, 9; Ov. P. 3, 1, 13: manum sani medicis porrigunt, Sen. Tranq. 2, 1.—Prov.:

    maritali porrigere ora capistro,

    to present his head to the marriage halter, Juv. 6, 43.—
    3.
    Porrigere manum, in voting, to put forth or hold up the hand, Cic. Fl. 6, 15.—Hence, transf., i. q. to express one's assent or approval:

    quare si tu quoque huic sententiae manum porrigis,

    Symm. Ep. 7, 15.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To protract, prolong (syn. prolato):

    iter,

    App. M. 2, 14; 6, 3;

    so of the quantity of a syllable: syllabam,

    Quint. 1, 6, 32; cf.:

    ut aliquis impetum morbi trahendo effugiat, porrigaturque in id tempus, etc.,

    i. e. be kept alive, supported, Cels. 2, 5.—
    B.
    (Acc. to I. B. 2.) To offer, to grant a thing:

    praesidium clientibus porrigere atque tendere,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 184:

    et mihi forsan, tibi quod negarit, Porriget hora,

    Hor. C. 2, 16, 32.—
    C.
    Manus ad (in) aliquid porrigere, to reach after, strive for, seek to obtain (mostly post-Aug.):

    Lydiam cepisti... jam etiam ad pecora nostra avaras et insatiabiles manus porrigis,

    Curt. 7, 8, 19:

    fames me appellat, ad proxima quaeque porrigatur manus,

    Sen. Ep. 119, 4; id. Ben. 5, 14, 2; id. Cons. Polyb. 17, 1; Val. Max. 9, 1, 2; Lact. 7, 15, 5:

    manus suas in orientem occidentemque porrexit,

    id. Mort. Pers. 3 fin.; cf.:

    pecunia deesse coepit, neque quo manus porrigeret suppetebat, nisi, etc.,

    Nep. Dion, 7, 2.—
    D.
    Se porrigere, to extend, reach, spread itself:

    jam fortuna Romana se ad orientalia regna porrigere coeperat,

    Just. 39, 5, 3:

    quis gradus ulterior, quo se tua porrigat ira, restat?

    Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 5.— porrectus, a, um, P. a., stretched out, extended, long.
    A.
    Lit.:

    porrecta ac aperta loca,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 19:

    locus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 41:

    syllaba,

    long, Quint. 1, 7, 14; cf.

    mora,

    long, protracted, Ov. P. 4, 12, 14: senex, stretched out, i. e. dead, Cat. 67, 6; cf. in double sense: tuam amicam video. Ca. Ubi ea'st? Ps. Eccam in tabellis porrectam, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 34.— Comp.:

    porrectior acies,

    Tac. Agr. 35 fin.: porrectior frons, i. e. more cheerful (opp. contractior), Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 3.—
    2.
    Subst.: porrectum, i, n.
    a.
    Extent:

    Thessaliae in porrectum longitudo,

    Plin. 4, 9, 16, § 32. —
    b.
    A straight line, Vitr. 10, 8.—
    c.
    A plain, Dig. 8, 3, 8.— Plur., Min. Fel. 17, 10. —
    B.
    Trop., widespread, extended:

    famaque et imperī Porrecta majestas ad ortum Solis ab Hesperio cubili,

    Hor. C. 4, 15, 15.— Hence, adv.: porrectē, widely, extensively, far (post-class.).— Comp.:

    porrectius ire,

    farther, Amm. 21, 9, 1; 29, 5, 48.
    2.
    porrīgo, ĭnis, f., the scurf, dandruff on the head, Cels. 6, 2; Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 53; 20, 6, 27, § 69; 28, 11, 46, § 163; 32, 4, 14, § 35; Hor. S. 2, 3, 126.—Also of other hairy parts of the body, Scrib. Larg. 243.—Of animals, perhaps the mange:

    porci,

    Juv. 2, 80.

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  • 11 porrigo

    1.
    porrĭgo, rexi, rectum, 3 (contr. form porgo, porgite, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 26, and Verg. A. 8, 274:

    porge,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 18; Aus. Idyll. 4, 37:

    porgebat, Sil 9, 458: porgens,

    Val. Fl. 2, 656:

    porgi,

    Stat. Th. 8, 755:

    porxit,

    id. S. 2, 1, 204; cf.:

    antiqui etiam porgam dixerunt pro porrigam,

    Fest. p. 218 Müll.—Acc. to Lachmann, Hor. S. 2, 6, 59, instead of perditur, we should read porgitur; v. perdo init.), v. a. [por, = pro, and rego], to stretch or spread out before one's self, to put forth, reach out, extend (class.; syn. extendo).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    jam dudum, si des, porrexi manum,

    Plaut. Ps. 4. 7, 49:

    animal membra porrigit, contrahit,

    Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120:

    manum ad tradendam pyxidem,

    id. Cael. 26, 63:

    crus,

    Liv. 8, 8:

    caelo bracchia,

    Ov. M. 1, 767:

    aciem latius,

    Sall. J. 52, 6.— Pass., to stretch or spread one's self out, to be stretched out, extended:

    (Tityos) per tota novem cui jugera corpus Porrigitur,

    extends, Verg. A. 6. 596:

    porrectus somno,

    Stat. Achill. 2, 75:

    serpens in longam porrigi alvum,

    Ov. M. 4, 574; cf.:

    serpens centum porrectus in ulnas,

    Sil. 6, 153; Trogus ap. Plin. 11, 52, 114, § 275.—So freq. of localities, to stretch out, extend, to lie (mostly post-Aug.):

    cubiculum porrigitur in solem,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 23:

    cujus (loci) pars colles erant, pars in planitiem porrigebatur,

    Tac. A. 13, 38:

    Creta inter ortum occasumque porrigitur,

    Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 58; Just. 42, 2. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To lay at full length, to stretch on the ground (rare):

    in plenos resolutum carmine somnos, Exanimi similem, stratis porrexit in herbis,

    Ov. M. 7, 254:

    utrumque ab equis ingenti porrigit arvo,

    Val. Fl. 6, 553:

    in spatium ingens ruentem porrexit hostem,

    Liv. 7, 10 fin.; Mart. Spect. 15.—
    2.
    To hold forth, reach out, to offer, present:

    dexteram alicui,

    Cic. Deiot. 3, 8:

    dextram,

    Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 250:

    bona alicui,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 84; cf.:

    munera,

    Ov. M. 8, 95:

    pocula,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 92:

    gladium alicui ad occidendum hominem,

    Cic. Mil. 3, 9; Ov. P. 3, 1, 13: manum sani medicis porrigunt, Sen. Tranq. 2, 1.—Prov.:

    maritali porrigere ora capistro,

    to present his head to the marriage halter, Juv. 6, 43.—
    3.
    Porrigere manum, in voting, to put forth or hold up the hand, Cic. Fl. 6, 15.—Hence, transf., i. q. to express one's assent or approval:

    quare si tu quoque huic sententiae manum porrigis,

    Symm. Ep. 7, 15.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To protract, prolong (syn. prolato):

    iter,

    App. M. 2, 14; 6, 3;

    so of the quantity of a syllable: syllabam,

    Quint. 1, 6, 32; cf.:

    ut aliquis impetum morbi trahendo effugiat, porrigaturque in id tempus, etc.,

    i. e. be kept alive, supported, Cels. 2, 5.—
    B.
    (Acc. to I. B. 2.) To offer, to grant a thing:

    praesidium clientibus porrigere atque tendere,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 184:

    et mihi forsan, tibi quod negarit, Porriget hora,

    Hor. C. 2, 16, 32.—
    C.
    Manus ad (in) aliquid porrigere, to reach after, strive for, seek to obtain (mostly post-Aug.):

    Lydiam cepisti... jam etiam ad pecora nostra avaras et insatiabiles manus porrigis,

    Curt. 7, 8, 19:

    fames me appellat, ad proxima quaeque porrigatur manus,

    Sen. Ep. 119, 4; id. Ben. 5, 14, 2; id. Cons. Polyb. 17, 1; Val. Max. 9, 1, 2; Lact. 7, 15, 5:

    manus suas in orientem occidentemque porrexit,

    id. Mort. Pers. 3 fin.; cf.:

    pecunia deesse coepit, neque quo manus porrigeret suppetebat, nisi, etc.,

    Nep. Dion, 7, 2.—
    D.
    Se porrigere, to extend, reach, spread itself:

    jam fortuna Romana se ad orientalia regna porrigere coeperat,

    Just. 39, 5, 3:

    quis gradus ulterior, quo se tua porrigat ira, restat?

    Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 5.— porrectus, a, um, P. a., stretched out, extended, long.
    A.
    Lit.:

    porrecta ac aperta loca,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 19:

    locus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 41:

    syllaba,

    long, Quint. 1, 7, 14; cf.

    mora,

    long, protracted, Ov. P. 4, 12, 14: senex, stretched out, i. e. dead, Cat. 67, 6; cf. in double sense: tuam amicam video. Ca. Ubi ea'st? Ps. Eccam in tabellis porrectam, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 34.— Comp.:

    porrectior acies,

    Tac. Agr. 35 fin.: porrectior frons, i. e. more cheerful (opp. contractior), Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 3.—
    2.
    Subst.: porrectum, i, n.
    a.
    Extent:

    Thessaliae in porrectum longitudo,

    Plin. 4, 9, 16, § 32. —
    b.
    A straight line, Vitr. 10, 8.—
    c.
    A plain, Dig. 8, 3, 8.— Plur., Min. Fel. 17, 10. —
    B.
    Trop., widespread, extended:

    famaque et imperī Porrecta majestas ad ortum Solis ab Hesperio cubili,

    Hor. C. 4, 15, 15.— Hence, adv.: porrectē, widely, extensively, far (post-class.).— Comp.:

    porrectius ire,

    farther, Amm. 21, 9, 1; 29, 5, 48.
    2.
    porrīgo, ĭnis, f., the scurf, dandruff on the head, Cels. 6, 2; Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 53; 20, 6, 27, § 69; 28, 11, 46, § 163; 32, 4, 14, § 35; Hor. S. 2, 3, 126.—Also of other hairy parts of the body, Scrib. Larg. 243.—Of animals, perhaps the mange:

    porci,

    Juv. 2, 80.

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  • 12 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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  • 13 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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > peto

  • 14 quaero

    I.
    to miss, want / seek to know / obtain, get.
    II.
    to seek, search for / ask, enquire, search for
    to seek, search for, get, obtain

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  • 15 quero

    I.
    to miss, want / seek to know / obtain, get.
    II.
    to seek, search for / ask, enquire, search for
    to seek, search for, get, obtain

    Latin-English dictionary of medieval > quero

  • 16 petō

        petō īvī and iī （perf. petīt, V., O; petīstī, C., V.; petīsse, C., O.; petīssem, C., L, O.), petītus, ere    [PET-], to strive for, seek, aim at, repair to, make for, travel to: summum locum, Cs.: maris oras: navīs, take refuge in, N.: Troia peteretur classibus, V.: caelum pennis, fly to, O.: Grais Phasi petite viris, visited by the Greeks, O.: ille Reginam petit, turns to, V.: campum petit amnis, V.: mons petit astra, rises to, O.— To fall upon, rush at, attack, assault, assail, fly at, aim at, thrust at: Indutiomarum, aim at, Cs.: cuius latus mucro ille petebat: non latus, sed caput, aim at: Tarquinium spiculo infeste, L.: Mālo me, throw an apple at, V.: cui petit ungue genas, O.: Vos turba saxis petens, stoning, H.—Fig., to attack, assail: me epistulā: uter ab utro petitus insidiis esset, L.— To demand, exact, require: ex iis tantum, quantum res petet, hauriemus: poenas ab optimo quoque sui doloris, i. e. exact satisfaction.—To demand at law, sue for, claim: unde petitur... qui petit, the defendant... the plaintiff, T.: qui per se litem contestatur, sibi soli petit: alienos fundos.— To beg, beseech, ask, request, desire, entreat: flentes pacem petere, Cs.: Curtio tribunatum a Caesare, ask for Curtius: a te pro Ligario, intercede with you for: reus ut absolvatur: a te, ut, etc.—Of office, to solicit, be a candidate: nemo est ex iis, qui nunc petunt, qui, etc.: ambitiose regnum, L.— To woo, court, solicit: ut viros saepius peteret quam peteretur, S.: illam, O.: virgo ad libidinem petita, L.— To pursue, seek, strive after, aim at: fugā salutem, Cs.: praedam pedibus, O.: gloriam, S.: eloquentiae principatum: bene vivere, H.: conubiis natam sociare Latinis, V.: ex hostium ducibus victoriam, over, L.: imperium ex victis hostibus, L.— To fetch, bring, elicit, obtain, wrest, draw: E flammā cibum, T.: custodem in vincula, V.: a litteris doloris oblivionem: latere petitus imo spiritus, H.: gemitūs alto de corde petiti, O.— To take, betake oneself to, repair to: alium cursum, take another route: aliam in partem fugam, betake themselves to flight, Cs.— To refer to, relate to: Troianos haec monstra petunt, V.
    * * *
    petere, petivi, petitus V
    attack; aim at; desire; beg, entreat, ask (for); reach towards, make for

    Latin-English dictionary > petō

  • 17 consequor

    consequi, consecutus sum V DEP
    follow, go/come after; attend on; pursue; catch up with, overtake; follow up; happen subsequently, ensue/follow in order/time; act accordingly, follow plan; seek after, aim at; achieve, reach; obtain; acquire, gain; grasp/comprehend

    Latin-English dictionary > consequor

  • 18 adfectato

    affecto (better adf-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. [adficio]; constr. aliquid.
    I.
    To strive after a thing, to exert one's self to obtain, to pursue, to aim to do: adfectare est pronum animum ad faciendum habere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 2 Müll.—So, adfectare viam or iter, trop., to enter on or take a way, in order to arrive at a destined point (very freq. in Plaut. and Ter.):

    ut me defraudes, ad eam rem adfectas viam,

    you are on your way to this, Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 12; id. Aul. 3, 6, 39:

    hi gladiatorio animo ad me adfectant viam,

    set upon me, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 71; so id. Heaut. 2, 3, 60:

    quam viam munitet, quod iter adfectet, videtis,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 48.—So in other cases:

    cur opus adfectas novum?

    Ov. Am. 1, 1, 14: adfectare spem, to cling to or cherish, Liv. 28, 18; cf. Ov. M. 5, 377: navem, to seize or lay hold of:

    verum ubi nulla datur dextrā adfectare potestas (of the giant Polyphemus),

    Verg. A. 3, 670.—
    II.
    To endeavor to make one's own, to pursue, strive after, aspire to, aim at, desire:

    munditiem, non adfluentiam adfectabat,

    Nep. Att. 13, 5; Cic. Her. 4, 22:

    diligentiam,

    Plin. 17, 1, 1:

    magnificentiam verborum,

    Quint. 3, 8, 61:

    elegantiam Graecae orationis verbis Latinis,

    Gell. 17, 20:

    artem,

    Val. Max. 8, 7, n. 1 extr. — Pass.: morbo adfectari, to be seized or attacked by disease, Liv. 29, 10 init. —
    B.
    In a bad sense, to strive after a thing passionately, to aim at or aspire to:

    dominationes, Sall. Fragm. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 17: caelum,

    Ov. Am. 3, 8, 51:

    uniones,

    Plin. 9, 35, 56:

    regnum,

    Liv. 1, 46, 2; 2, 7, 6:

    imperium in Latinos,

    id. 1, 50, 4:

    cruorem alicujus,

    Stat. Th. 11, 539:

    immortalitatem,

    Curt. 4, 7.—Also with inf. as object, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 9:

    non ego sidereas adfecto tangere sedes,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 39; Stat. Th. 1, 132: Sil. 4, 138; Quint. 5, 10, 28:

    qui esse docti adfectant,

    id. 10, 1, 97.—
    C.
    In the histt., to seek to draw to one's self, to try to gain over:

    civitates formidine adfectare,

    Sall. J. 66:

    Gallias,

    Vell. 2, 39:

    Galliarum societatem,

    Tac. H. 4, 17; 1, 23; 4, 66; id. G. 37, 9; Flor. 2, 2, 3.—
    D.
    To imitate a thing faultily, or with dissimulation, to affect, feign (only post-Aug.):

    crebrum anhelitum,

    Quint. 11, 3, 56:

    imitationem antiquitatis,

    id. 11, 3, 10:

    famam clementiae,

    Tac. H. 2, 63:

    studium carminum,

    id. A. 14, 16; so Suet. Vesp. 23: Plin. Pan. 20.—Hence, adfectātus, a, um, P. a.; in rhetoric, choice, select, or farfetched; studied:

    subtilitas,

    Quint. 3, 11, 21:

    scurrilitas,

    id. 11, 1, 30:

    (gradatio) apertiorem habet artem et magis adfectatam,

    id. 9, 3, 54:

    adfectata et parum naturalia,

    id. 11, 3, 10 (but in 12, 10, 45 the correct read. is effectius, acc. to Spald.).— Adv.: adfec-tātō, studiously, zealously, Lampr. Heliog. 17.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > adfectato

  • 19 adfecto

    affecto (better adf-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. [adficio]; constr. aliquid.
    I.
    To strive after a thing, to exert one's self to obtain, to pursue, to aim to do: adfectare est pronum animum ad faciendum habere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 2 Müll.—So, adfectare viam or iter, trop., to enter on or take a way, in order to arrive at a destined point (very freq. in Plaut. and Ter.):

    ut me defraudes, ad eam rem adfectas viam,

    you are on your way to this, Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 12; id. Aul. 3, 6, 39:

    hi gladiatorio animo ad me adfectant viam,

    set upon me, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 71; so id. Heaut. 2, 3, 60:

    quam viam munitet, quod iter adfectet, videtis,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 48.—So in other cases:

    cur opus adfectas novum?

    Ov. Am. 1, 1, 14: adfectare spem, to cling to or cherish, Liv. 28, 18; cf. Ov. M. 5, 377: navem, to seize or lay hold of:

    verum ubi nulla datur dextrā adfectare potestas (of the giant Polyphemus),

    Verg. A. 3, 670.—
    II.
    To endeavor to make one's own, to pursue, strive after, aspire to, aim at, desire:

    munditiem, non adfluentiam adfectabat,

    Nep. Att. 13, 5; Cic. Her. 4, 22:

    diligentiam,

    Plin. 17, 1, 1:

    magnificentiam verborum,

    Quint. 3, 8, 61:

    elegantiam Graecae orationis verbis Latinis,

    Gell. 17, 20:

    artem,

    Val. Max. 8, 7, n. 1 extr. — Pass.: morbo adfectari, to be seized or attacked by disease, Liv. 29, 10 init. —
    B.
    In a bad sense, to strive after a thing passionately, to aim at or aspire to:

    dominationes, Sall. Fragm. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 17: caelum,

    Ov. Am. 3, 8, 51:

    uniones,

    Plin. 9, 35, 56:

    regnum,

    Liv. 1, 46, 2; 2, 7, 6:

    imperium in Latinos,

    id. 1, 50, 4:

    cruorem alicujus,

    Stat. Th. 11, 539:

    immortalitatem,

    Curt. 4, 7.—Also with inf. as object, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 9:

    non ego sidereas adfecto tangere sedes,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 39; Stat. Th. 1, 132: Sil. 4, 138; Quint. 5, 10, 28:

    qui esse docti adfectant,

    id. 10, 1, 97.—
    C.
    In the histt., to seek to draw to one's self, to try to gain over:

    civitates formidine adfectare,

    Sall. J. 66:

    Gallias,

    Vell. 2, 39:

    Galliarum societatem,

    Tac. H. 4, 17; 1, 23; 4, 66; id. G. 37, 9; Flor. 2, 2, 3.—
    D.
    To imitate a thing faultily, or with dissimulation, to affect, feign (only post-Aug.):

    crebrum anhelitum,

    Quint. 11, 3, 56:

    imitationem antiquitatis,

    id. 11, 3, 10:

    famam clementiae,

    Tac. H. 2, 63:

    studium carminum,

    id. A. 14, 16; so Suet. Vesp. 23: Plin. Pan. 20.—Hence, adfectātus, a, um, P. a.; in rhetoric, choice, select, or farfetched; studied:

    subtilitas,

    Quint. 3, 11, 21:

    scurrilitas,

    id. 11, 1, 30:

    (gradatio) apertiorem habet artem et magis adfectatam,

    id. 9, 3, 54:

    adfectata et parum naturalia,

    id. 11, 3, 10 (but in 12, 10, 45 the correct read. is effectius, acc. to Spald.).— Adv.: adfec-tātō, studiously, zealously, Lampr. Heliog. 17.

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  • 20 affecto

    affecto (better adf-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. [adficio]; constr. aliquid.
    I.
    To strive after a thing, to exert one's self to obtain, to pursue, to aim to do: adfectare est pronum animum ad faciendum habere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 2 Müll.—So, adfectare viam or iter, trop., to enter on or take a way, in order to arrive at a destined point (very freq. in Plaut. and Ter.):

    ut me defraudes, ad eam rem adfectas viam,

    you are on your way to this, Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 12; id. Aul. 3, 6, 39:

    hi gladiatorio animo ad me adfectant viam,

    set upon me, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 71; so id. Heaut. 2, 3, 60:

    quam viam munitet, quod iter adfectet, videtis,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 48.—So in other cases:

    cur opus adfectas novum?

    Ov. Am. 1, 1, 14: adfectare spem, to cling to or cherish, Liv. 28, 18; cf. Ov. M. 5, 377: navem, to seize or lay hold of:

    verum ubi nulla datur dextrā adfectare potestas (of the giant Polyphemus),

    Verg. A. 3, 670.—
    II.
    To endeavor to make one's own, to pursue, strive after, aspire to, aim at, desire:

    munditiem, non adfluentiam adfectabat,

    Nep. Att. 13, 5; Cic. Her. 4, 22:

    diligentiam,

    Plin. 17, 1, 1:

    magnificentiam verborum,

    Quint. 3, 8, 61:

    elegantiam Graecae orationis verbis Latinis,

    Gell. 17, 20:

    artem,

    Val. Max. 8, 7, n. 1 extr. — Pass.: morbo adfectari, to be seized or attacked by disease, Liv. 29, 10 init. —
    B.
    In a bad sense, to strive after a thing passionately, to aim at or aspire to:

    dominationes, Sall. Fragm. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 17: caelum,

    Ov. Am. 3, 8, 51:

    uniones,

    Plin. 9, 35, 56:

    regnum,

    Liv. 1, 46, 2; 2, 7, 6:

    imperium in Latinos,

    id. 1, 50, 4:

    cruorem alicujus,

    Stat. Th. 11, 539:

    immortalitatem,

    Curt. 4, 7.—Also with inf. as object, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 9:

    non ego sidereas adfecto tangere sedes,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 39; Stat. Th. 1, 132: Sil. 4, 138; Quint. 5, 10, 28:

    qui esse docti adfectant,

    id. 10, 1, 97.—
    C.
    In the histt., to seek to draw to one's self, to try to gain over:

    civitates formidine adfectare,

    Sall. J. 66:

    Gallias,

    Vell. 2, 39:

    Galliarum societatem,

    Tac. H. 4, 17; 1, 23; 4, 66; id. G. 37, 9; Flor. 2, 2, 3.—
    D.
    To imitate a thing faultily, or with dissimulation, to affect, feign (only post-Aug.):

    crebrum anhelitum,

    Quint. 11, 3, 56:

    imitationem antiquitatis,

    id. 11, 3, 10:

    famam clementiae,

    Tac. H. 2, 63:

    studium carminum,

    id. A. 14, 16; so Suet. Vesp. 23: Plin. Pan. 20.—Hence, adfectātus, a, um, P. a.; in rhetoric, choice, select, or farfetched; studied:

    subtilitas,

    Quint. 3, 11, 21:

    scurrilitas,

    id. 11, 1, 30:

    (gradatio) apertiorem habet artem et magis adfectatam,

    id. 9, 3, 54:

    adfectata et parum naturalia,

    id. 11, 3, 10 (but in 12, 10, 45 the correct read. is effectius, acc. to Spald.).— Adv.: adfec-tātō, studiously, zealously, Lampr. Heliog. 17.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > affecto

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