To examine thoroughly

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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).

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.—

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.—

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.—

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,

scrūtor, ātus, pass., Amm. 28, 1, 10; 15, 8, 16; Aur. Vict. Orig. 6, 3.

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).

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.—

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.—

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.—

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,

scrūtor, ātus, pass., Amm. 28, 1, 10; 15, 8, 16; Aur. Vict. Orig. 6, 3.

per-nosco, ōvi, ōtum, 3, v. a.

To examine thoroughly:

pernoscite, Furtumne factum existimetis, an, etc.,

Ter. Ad. prol. 12.—Hence, in perf., to have examined or discerned, to know thoroughly, to become thoroughly acquainted with, to get a correct knowledge of:

ingenium avidi haud pernoram hospitis,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 42:

facta pernovit probe,

id. Aul. 3, 5, 29:

pernovi equidem ingenium tuum ingenuom admodum,

id. Trin. 3, 2, 39.—

To learn thor [p. 1350] oughly, become fully acquainted with:

hominum mores ex corpore, oculis, vultu, etc., pernoscere,

Cic. Fat. 5, 10:

motus animorum sunt penitus oratori pernoscendi,

id. de Or. 1, 5, 17.—Hence, pernōtus, a, um, P. a., thoroughly known, well known:

pugil ob eximiam virtutem virium regi pernotus et gratus,

Curt. 9, 7, 16; Mel. 2, 3; Min. Fel. Oct. 14, 4.

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rīmor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. [rima].

Orig. belonging to agricultural lang., to lay open, tear up, turn up the ground:

rastris terram rimantur,

Verg. G. 3, 534.— Of animals, to root up, turn up, grub through:

volucres rimantur prata Caystri,

Verg. G. 1, 384:

stagna et paludes (volucres),

Col. 8, 15, 1:

paludem (sues),

id. 7, 9, 7.—

Transf., to tear up, turn over insearch of any thing; to pry into, search, examine, explore (not freq. till after the Aug. per.).

Lit.:

vultur Viscera rimatur epulis,

rummages for food, Verg. A. 6, 599:

haruspex Pectora pullorum rimatur et exta catelli,

Juv. 6, 551:

humum pilis et lanceis,

Tac. H. 2, 29:

partes rimatur apertas, Qua vulnus letale ferat,

Verg. A. 11, 748: oculis caeli plagas, Varr. ap. Non. 382, 12; Stat. Th. 11, 526; cf.:

elatis naribus auras,

Ov. Hal. 77; cf.:

rimatus fustem cunctis vastiorem,

App. M. 3, p. 141, 14.— Absol.:

quod cuique repertum Rimanti,

Verg. A. 7, 508. —

Trop., to examine thoroughly, investigate (syn.: scrutor, investigo, indago): hanc quidem rationem naturae difficile est fortasse traducere ad id genus divinationis; sed tamen id quoque rimatur quantum potest, Posidonius (the figure taken from the haruspices or augurs), * Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130:

mihi cuncta rimanti,

Quint. 3, 4, 6; cf. id. 5, 13, 23; 12, 8, 14:

secreta,

Tac. A. 6, 3:

metus ejus,

id. ib. 14, 57:

offensas,

id. H. 4, 11 al. —

To find out, comprehend:

ego autem rimari non queo, unde hoc sit, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 10.

Act. collat. form, rīmo, āre, Att. ap. Non. 382, 10; Poët. ap. Fest. s. v. ruspari, p. 265 Müll.; cf. Prisc. p. 799 P.—

rī-mātus, a, um, pass., Sid. Ep. 7, 2.

rīmor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. [rima].

Orig. belonging to agricultural lang., to lay open, tear up, turn up the ground:

rastris terram rimantur,

Verg. G. 3, 534.— Of animals, to root up, turn up, grub through:

volucres rimantur prata Caystri,

Verg. G. 1, 384:

stagna et paludes (volucres),

Col. 8, 15, 1:

paludem (sues),

id. 7, 9, 7.—

Transf., to tear up, turn over insearch of any thing; to pry into, search, examine, explore (not freq. till after the Aug. per.).

Lit.:

vultur Viscera rimatur epulis,

rummages for food, Verg. A. 6, 599:

haruspex Pectora pullorum rimatur et exta catelli,

Juv. 6, 551:

humum pilis et lanceis,

Tac. H. 2, 29:

partes rimatur apertas, Qua vulnus letale ferat,

Verg. A. 11, 748: oculis caeli plagas, Varr. ap. Non. 382, 12; Stat. Th. 11, 526; cf.:

elatis naribus auras,

Ov. Hal. 77; cf.:

rimatus fustem cunctis vastiorem,

App. M. 3, p. 141, 14.— Absol.:

quod cuique repertum Rimanti,

Verg. A. 7, 508. —

Trop., to examine thoroughly, investigate (syn.: scrutor, investigo, indago): hanc quidem rationem naturae difficile est fortasse traducere ad id genus divinationis; sed tamen id quoque rimatur quantum potest, Posidonius (the figure taken from the haruspices or augurs), * Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130:

mihi cuncta rimanti,

Quint. 3, 4, 6; cf. id. 5, 13, 23; 12, 8, 14:

secreta,

Tac. A. 6, 3:

metus ejus,

id. ib. 14, 57:

offensas,

id. H. 4, 11 al. —

To find out, comprehend:

ego autem rimari non queo, unde hoc sit, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 10.

Act. collat. form, rīmo, āre, Att. ap. Non. 382, 10; Poët. ap. Fest. s. v. ruspari, p. 265 Müll.; cf. Prisc. p. 799 P.—

rī-mātus, a, um, pass., Sid. Ep. 7, 2.

ē-lĭquo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

To clarify, strain (post-Aug.).

Lit.:

vinum a faecibus,

Col. 12, 27; cf. id. 12, 19, 4; Sen. Q. N. 3, 26.—

Trop.: aliquid plorabile, to recite slowly or without energy, * Pers. 1, 35:

canticum ore tereti semihiantibus labellis,

App. Flor. 2, 15, p. 351, 11.—

(With the notion of the simplex predominating.)

To cause to flow clearly, to pour forth:

fluviales aquas (mons),

App. M. 10, p. 253.—Fig.:

in unum necesse est summitas magnitudinis aliquetur,

Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 4.—

To sift, examine thoroughly:

scatebras fluviorum omnes et operta metalla,

Prud. Hamart. 260.

per-lĕgo ( pellĕgo, Cic. Att. 13, 44, 2; Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 108 al.; cf. Prisc. p. 571 P.), lēgi, lectum, 3, v. a.

In gen., to view all over, to examine thoroughly, scan, survey (only poet.):

omnia oculis,

Verg. A. 6, 33:

aliquid vultu,

Ov. H. 16, 11:

perlege dispositas generosa per atria ceras,

id. F. 1, 591; Stat. Th. 3, 499.—

In partic., to read through, read to the end (class.):

has (tabellas),

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 64:

tertium (librum) de naturā deorum,

Cic. Div. 1, 5, 8:

quando autem pelleget?

id. Att. 13, 44, 2:

litteras,

Caes. B. C. 1, 19:

(libros) praesta bis ne perlegant,

Plin. H. N. 1 praef. §

33: leges,

Juv. 14, 192: reliquum deincipe die perlecturus, App. Flor. n. 16.— Absol.:

sine perlegam,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 104.—

Transf., to read any thing through, read aloud:

leges perlege,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 2:

senatum,

to read over the names of all the senators, Liv. 38, 28:

historiam,

Suet. Claud. 41.

co-gnosco, gnōvi, gnĭtum, 3 ( tempp. perff. contr. cognosti, Ter. And. 3, 4, 7:

cognostis,

id. Hec. prol. 8:

cognoram,

Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 143; Cat. 66, 26:

cognoro,

Cic. Att. 7, 20, 2; id. Fam. 2, 11, 2 fin.: cognorim, Cael. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 9, A, 1:

cognoris,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 35; Lucr. 6, 534:

cognorit,

Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 11:

cognosses,

Cic. Fl. 21, 51; Cat. 91, 3:

cognossent,

Nep. Lys. 4 fin.:

cognosse,

Lucr. 1, 331; Cat. 90, 3; Ov. M. 15, 4 al.; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, 532; 2, 535), v. a. [nosco].

To become thoroughly acquainted with (by the senses or mentally), to learn by inquiring, to examine, investigate, perceive, see, understand, learn; and, in tempp. perff. (cf. nosco) to know (very freq. in all periods and species of composition); constr. with acc., with acc. and inf., or a rel.-clause as object, and with ex, ab, the abl. alone, or per, with the source, etc., of the information, and with de.

By the senses:

credit enim sensus ignem cognoscere vere,

Lucr. 1, 697; 6, 194; Enn. Ann. ap. Pers. 6, 9 (v. 16 Vahl.); cf.:

doctas cognoscere Athenas,

Prop. 1, 6, 13; so,

regiones,

Caes. B. G. 3, 7:

domos atque villas,

Sall. C. 12, 3:

Elysios campos, etc.,

Tib. 3, 5, 23:

totum amnem,

Verg. A. 9, 245:

sepulcra,

Suet. Calig. 3:

Aegyptum proficisci cognoscendae antiquitatis,

Tac. A. 2, 59; cf. Nep. Att. 18, 1:

infantem,

Suet. Calig. 13:

si quid dignum cognitu,

worth seeing, Suet. Aug. 43 rem, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 275, 22:

ab iis Caesar haec dicta cognovit, qui sermoni interfuerunt,

Caes. B. C 3, 18 fin.:

si tantus amor casus cognoscere nostros.. Incipiam, Verg A. 2, 10: verum, quod institui dicere, miserias cognoscite sociorum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 27, § 65:

aliquid et litteris et nuntiis cognoscere,

id. Fam. 1, 5, 1; 14, 5, 1; 14, 6 init.:

iter ex perfugis,

Sall. C. 57, 3; id. J. 112, 1 al:

per exploratores cognovit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 22; 5, 49; 2, 11;

7, 16: deditio per nuntios cognita,

Sall. H. Fragm. 2, 22 Gerl.:

de Marcelli salute, Cic Fam. 4, 4, 3: de Bruto,

id. Att. 5, 21, 10;

Sall J. 73, 1: his (quibus) rebus cognitis very freq. in the historians,

Caes. B G. 1, 19, 1, 33; 2, 17; 4, 30 et saep., so in abl. absol. cognito, vivere Ptolemaeum, Liv. 33, 41, 5, so id. 37, 13, 5, 44, 28, 4 al.; v. Zumpt, Gram. § 647.—

Like the Engl. to know, the Heb. (v. Gesen. Lex. s. h. v 3), and the Gr. gignôskô (v. Lidd. and Scott, under the word, III.), euphem of sexual intercourse, Ov. H. 6, 133 aliquam adulterio, Just 5, 2, 5, 22, 1, 13: cognita, Cat 61, 147; Tac. H 4, 44.—

Mentally, to become acquainted with, learn, recognize, know:

nihil certum sciri, nihil plane cognosci et percipi possit,

Cic. de Or 1, 51, 222, Lucr 2, 840;

quod Di vitiaci fratris summum in populum Romanum studium cognoverat,

Caes. B. G 1, 19; cf. Sall. C. 51, 16 quem tu, cum ephebum Temni cognosses, Cic. Fl. 21, 51 et saep.: id se a Gallicis armis atque insignibus cognovisse, knew by their weapons and insignia (diff. from ex and ab aliquo, to learn from any one, v ab), Caes. B G. 1, 22; Ov. P 2, 10, 1; Phaedr. 4, 21, 22.—With acc. and inf: nunc animam quoque ut in membris cognoscere possis esse, Lucr 3, 117; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 18, 25: cum paucitatem mililum ex castrorum exiguitate cognosceret, Caes B G. 4, 30: aetatem eorum ex dentibus, Varr R. R. 2, 8 fin.:

sed Metello jam antea experimentis cognitum erat, genus Numidarum infidum... esse,

Sall. J 46, 3 al. —With acc. and part.:

aliter ac sperarat rempublicam se habentem,

Nep. Ham. 2, 1.—With rel.- clause:

tandem cognosti qui siem, Ter And. 3, 4, 7: id socordiāne an casu acciderit, parum cognovi,

Sall. J. 79, 5 al. —

To recognize that which is already known, acknowledge, identify (rare for agnosco): vereor, ne me quoque, cum domum ab Ilio cessim revertero, Praeter canem cognoscat nemo, Varr. ap. Non. p. 276, 9:

eum haec cognovit Myrrhina,

Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 32:

primum ostendimus Cethego signum: cognovit,

Cic. Cat. 3, 5, 10; cf.:

sigilla, ova,

id. Ac. 2, 26, 86; Lucr. 2, 349:

pecus exceptum est, quod intra dies XXX. domini cognovissent,

to identify, Liv. 24, 16, 5; cf.:

ut suum quisque per triduum cognitum abduceret,

id. 3, 10, 1; Ov. F. 2, 185:

video et cognosco signum,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 45:

faciem suam,

Ov. A. A. 3, 508:

cognito regis corpore,

Just. 2, 6, 20:

mores,

Ov. P. 3, 2, 105.—So esp., to identify a person before a tribunal:

cum eum Syracusis amplius centum cives Romani cognoscerent,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 5, § 14; 2, 5, 28, § 72.—

With the access. idea of individual exertion (cf. Gr. gignôskô), to seek or strive to know something, to inquire into, to investigate, examine (so freq. only as a jurid. and milit. t. t.):

accipe, cognosce signum,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 31.

Jurid. t. t., to examine a case in law, to investigate judicially (cf. cognitio):

Verres adesse jubebat, Verres cognoscebat, Verres judicabat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 10, § 26; cf. Quint. 4, 2, 21; Dig. 13, 4, 4 al.—So absol.:

si judicas, cognosce,

Sen. Med. 194.—With acc.:

causam,

Quint. 4, 1, 3; cf. id. 11, 1, 77 Spald. N. cr.:

causas,

Cic. Off. 2, 23, 82; id. Verr. 2, 2, 48, § 118. COGNITIONES, Inscr. Orell. 3042.—With de:

de agro Campano,

Cic. Phil. 5, 19, 53:

de Caesaris actis,

id. Att. 16, 16 B, 8:

de hereditate,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 7, § 19:

hac de re,

id. ib. 2, 1, 10, § 27; cf. Quint. 6, 3, 85; 7, 4, 35; 8, 3, 62 al.; Suet. Aug. 55; 93; id. Tib. 33; id. Calig. 38 al.:

super aliquā re,

Dig. 23, 2, 13:

familiae herciscundae, i. e. ex actione familiae herciscundae,

ib. 28, 5, 35; cf. ib. 27, 2, 2.—

Transf., of critics and the criticising public:

cognoscere atque ignoscere, Quae veteres factitarunt, si faciunt novi,

Ter. Eun. prol. 42; cf. id. Hec. prol. 3 and 8.—And of private persons in gen.:

et cognoscendi et ignoscendi dabitur peccati locus,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 6.—

Milit. t. t., to reconnoitre, to act the part of a scout:

qualis esset natura montis et qualis in circuitu ascensus, qui cognoscerent, misit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 21 al— Also merely to inquire into, examine:

numerum tuorum militum reliquiasque,

Cic. Pis. 37, 91 (al. recognoscere).—Hence, *

cognoscens, entis, P. a., acquainted with:

cognoscens sui,

Auct. Her. 4, 18, 25. —Subst. in jurid. lang., one who investigates judicially Inscr Orell 3151; 3185.—

* Adv.: cognoscenter, with knowledge, distinctly:

ut cognoscenter te videam,

Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 22.—

cognĭtus, a, um, P. a., known, acknowledged, approved. res penitus perspectae planeque cognitae, Cic. de Or. 1, 23, 108, cf. id. ib 1, 20, 92; id. Fam. 1, 7, 2. dierum ratio pervulgata et cognita, id. Mur 11, 25:

homo virtute cognitā et spectatā fide,

id. Caecin. 36, 104.—With dat.:

mihi Galba, Otho, Vitellius nec beneficio nec injuriā cogniti,

Tac. H. 1, 1, so Plin. 12, 21, 45, § 99.— Comp.:

cognitiora, Ov Tr. 4, 6, 28. cognitius,

id. M. 14, 15.— Sup.:

cognitissima,

Cat. 4, 14.

inquīro, sīvi, sītum, 3, v. a. [in-quaero], to seek after, search for, inquire into any thing (cf. anquirere).

Lit.:

vera illa honestas, quam natura maxime inquirit,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 2, 3:

omnia ordine,

Liv. 22, 7, 11:

sedes,

Just. 3, 4:

inquire in ea quae memoriae sunt prodita,

Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 4:

de opere,

Quint. 3, 11, 21:

verborum originem,

id. 1, 6, 28:

aliquibus inquirenda quaedam mandare,

id. 10, 1, 128:

vitia (alicujus),

Hor. S. 1, 3, 28:

quid sit furere,

id. ib. 2, 3, 41.—

Trop.

Jurid., to search for grounds of accusation against one:

cum ego diem inquirendi in Siciliam perexiguam postulavissem,

Cic. Verr. 1, 2, 6:

in competitores,

id. Mur. 21:

de rebus capitalibus,

Curt. 6, 8, 17:

inquisitum missi de iis, quorum, etc.,

Liv. 40, 20, 3.—

To search, pry, examine, or inquire into any thing:

si quis habet causam celebritatis, in eum quid agat inquiritur, etc.,

Cic. de Off. 2, 13, 44:

nimium inquirens in se, atque ipse sese observans,

Cic. Brut. 82, 283:

filius ante diem patrios inquirit in annos,

to inquire how long his father will live, Ov. M. 1, 148:

totum in orbem,

id. ib. 12, 63:

obstitit oceanus in se simul et in Herculem inquiri,

Tac. G. 34.— Hence, inquīsītus, a, um, P. a., searched into or for:

res,

Liv. 10, 40, 10:

corpus magna cum cura inquisitum,

searched for, id. 22, 7, 5:

istanc rem inquisitam certumst non amittere,

not to neglect inquiry, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 217.— Hence, adv.: inquīsītē, with investigation, thoroughly, Gell. 1, 3, 9; comp., id. 1, 3, 21.

inquīro, sīvi, sītum, 3, v. a. [in-quaero], to seek after, search for, inquire into any thing (cf. anquirere).

Lit.:

vera illa honestas, quam natura maxime inquirit,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 2, 3:

omnia ordine,

Liv. 22, 7, 11:

sedes,

Just. 3, 4:

inquire in ea quae memoriae sunt prodita,

Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 4:

de opere,

Quint. 3, 11, 21:

verborum originem,

id. 1, 6, 28:

aliquibus inquirenda quaedam mandare,

id. 10, 1, 128:

vitia (alicujus),

Hor. S. 1, 3, 28:

quid sit furere,

id. ib. 2, 3, 41.—

Trop.

Jurid., to search for grounds of accusation against one:

cum ego diem inquirendi in Siciliam perexiguam postulavissem,

Cic. Verr. 1, 2, 6:

in competitores,

id. Mur. 21:

de rebus capitalibus,

Curt. 6, 8, 17:

inquisitum missi de iis, quorum, etc.,

Liv. 40, 20, 3.—

To search, pry, examine, or inquire into any thing:

si quis habet causam celebritatis, in eum quid agat inquiritur, etc.,

Cic. de Off. 2, 13, 44:

nimium inquirens in se, atque ipse sese observans,

Cic. Brut. 82, 283:

filius ante diem patrios inquirit in annos,

to inquire how long his father will live, Ov. M. 1, 148:

totum in orbem,

id. ib. 12, 63:

obstitit oceanus in se simul et in Herculem inquiri,

Tac. G. 34.— Hence, inquīsītus, a, um, P. a., searched into or for:

res,

Liv. 10, 40, 10:

corpus magna cum cura inquisitum,

searched for, id. 22, 7, 5:

istanc rem inquisitam certumst non amittere,

not to neglect inquiry, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 217.— Hence, adv.: inquīsītē, with investigation, thoroughly, Gell. 1, 3, 9; comp., id. 1, 3, 21.