To find out by inquiry

percontor ( percunct-), ātus, 1 ( inf. percontarier, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 78; id. As. 2, 2, 76; id. Cas. 3, 3, 8; id. Most. 4, 2, 47 al.), v. dep. a. and n. [per and root cunc-; Sanscr. canc- (canka, hesitation); cf. oknos for koknos], to ask particularly, to question strictly, to inquire, interrogate, investigate (class.; syn.: interrogo, sciscitor).—Constr.: aliquem de aliquā re, aliquem and interrog.clause, aliquem alone; also, aliquid ab (rarely ex) aliquo and absol.; also aliquem aliquid:

cocum percontabatur, possent, etc.,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 4, 9:

percontari hanc paucis hic volt,

id. Pers. 4, 4, 49:

percontarier, utrum, etc.,

id. Bacch. 4, 1, 4:

me infit percontarier, ecquem noverim Demaenetum,

id. As. 2, 2, 76:

dum percontor portitores, ecquae navis venerit,

id. Stich. 2, 2, 42:

percontare te perpetuisne malis voluptatibus perfruens... degere aetatem,

Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 118: singulos percontari, cum quā sit aliqui deprensus, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 7, 2:

Porum percontatur an verum esset,

Curt. 9, 2, 5:

spadonem... num quid velit dicere,

id. 5, 11, 4:

Caesarem an, etc.,

Tac. A. 12, 5; 4, 17; id. H. 4, 82; Just. 11, 7, 6:

nutricem, quid hoc rei sit,

Liv. 3, 48, 4:

tu numquam mihi percontanti aut quaerenti aliquid defuisti,

Cic. de Or. 1, 21, 97; 2, 71:

percontando atque interrogando elicere alicujus opinionem,

Cic. Fin. 2, 1, 2:

percontari ab aliquo,

id. Ac. 1, 1, 2:

ab adversariis percontabitur, quid, etc.,

Auct. Her. 2, 15, 22; Varr. R. R. 3, 12, 1:

ab eo percontaretur,

Curt. 6, 7, 27:

cum percontaretur ex aniculā quādam, quanti aliquid venderet,

Cic. Brut. 46, 72; cf. id. Div. 2, 36, 76:

ex his scribis percontamini quid velint, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 79, § 183:

aliquem ex aliquo,

to ask a person respecting another, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 95:

aliquem de aliquā re,

Cic. Rep. 6, 9, 9:

peritos de ascensu Haemi,

Liv. 40, 21, 3:

pauca percunctatus de statu civitatis,

Sall. C. 40, 2:

aliquem aliquid,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 47; id. Aul. 2, 2, 33; Liv. 39, 12, 1: quae percunctare eum magistratus vellent, id. 39, 49, 12; Tac. A. 15, 60; Curt. 5, 11, 8:

meum si quis te percontabitur aevum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 26.—

To find out by inquiry, App. M. p. 113, 8.

percontor ( percunct-), ātus, 1 ( inf. percontarier, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 78; id. As. 2, 2, 76; id. Cas. 3, 3, 8; id. Most. 4, 2, 47 al.), v. dep. a. and n. [per and root cunc-; Sanscr. canc- (canka, hesitation); cf. oknos for koknos], to ask particularly, to question strictly, to inquire, interrogate, investigate (class.; syn.: interrogo, sciscitor).—Constr.: aliquem de aliquā re, aliquem and interrog.clause, aliquem alone; also, aliquid ab (rarely ex) aliquo and absol.; also aliquem aliquid:

cocum percontabatur, possent, etc.,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 4, 9:

percontari hanc paucis hic volt,

id. Pers. 4, 4, 49:

percontarier, utrum, etc.,

id. Bacch. 4, 1, 4:

me infit percontarier, ecquem noverim Demaenetum,

id. As. 2, 2, 76:

dum percontor portitores, ecquae navis venerit,

id. Stich. 2, 2, 42:

percontare te perpetuisne malis voluptatibus perfruens... degere aetatem,

Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 118: singulos percontari, cum quā sit aliqui deprensus, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 7, 2:

Porum percontatur an verum esset,

Curt. 9, 2, 5:

spadonem... num quid velit dicere,

id. 5, 11, 4:

Caesarem an, etc.,

Tac. A. 12, 5; 4, 17; id. H. 4, 82; Just. 11, 7, 6:

nutricem, quid hoc rei sit,

Liv. 3, 48, 4:

tu numquam mihi percontanti aut quaerenti aliquid defuisti,

Cic. de Or. 1, 21, 97; 2, 71:

percontando atque interrogando elicere alicujus opinionem,

Cic. Fin. 2, 1, 2:

percontari ab aliquo,

id. Ac. 1, 1, 2:

ab adversariis percontabitur, quid, etc.,

Auct. Her. 2, 15, 22; Varr. R. R. 3, 12, 1:

ab eo percontaretur,

Curt. 6, 7, 27:

cum percontaretur ex aniculā quādam, quanti aliquid venderet,

Cic. Brut. 46, 72; cf. id. Div. 2, 36, 76:

ex his scribis percontamini quid velint, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 79, § 183:

aliquem ex aliquo,

to ask a person respecting another, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 95:

aliquem de aliquā re,

Cic. Rep. 6, 9, 9:

peritos de ascensu Haemi,

Liv. 40, 21, 3:

pauca percunctatus de statu civitatis,

Sall. C. 40, 2:

aliquem aliquid,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 47; id. Aul. 2, 2, 33; Liv. 39, 12, 1: quae percunctare eum magistratus vellent, id. 39, 49, 12; Tac. A. 15, 60; Curt. 5, 11, 8:

meum si quis te percontabitur aevum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 26.—

To find out by inquiry, App. M. p. 113, 8.

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

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

Cic. Div. 2, 20, 46:

a te nihildum certi exquiro,

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

ancillas dedo, quolibet cruciatu exquire,

Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 7:

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

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

idem ego dicam, si me exquiret miles,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 91:

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

Cic. Off. 1, 41, 147:

omissis auctoritatibus ipsa re ac ratione exquirere veritatem,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 17, 51:

sententias,

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

locum,

Verg. G. 2, 266:

sceleratum frigus,

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

verum,

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

facta alicujus ad antiquae religionis rationem,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 5, § 10; cf.:

verba exquisita ad sonum,

id. Or. 49, 163:

rationes agitare et exquirere,

id. Tusc. 5, 23, 66:

itinere exquisito per Divitiacum,

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

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

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

de Varrone tam diligenter,

id. Att. 13, 22, 1:

eis senatus arbitratur singularis exquirendos honores,

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

istuc mihi exquisitum est, fuisse hunc, etc.,

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

mi istuc primum exquisito est opus,

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

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

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

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

Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 250:

reconditae exquisitaeque sententiae,

id. Brut. 79, 274:

exquisitum judicium litterarum,

id. Off. 1, 37, 133:

exquisitis rationibus confirmare,

id. Fin. 1, 9, 30:

summis ingeniis exquisitaque doctrina philosophi,

id. ib. 1, 1, 1:

ars,

id. de Or. 2, 41, 175:

supplicia,

id. Off. 3, 27, 100:

magistri,

id. Brut. 27, 104:

munditia non odiosa neque exquisita nimis,

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

nihil elegans, nihil exquisitum,

id. Pis. 27, 67:

epulae,

Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 119. — Comp.:

accuratius et exquisitius dicendi genus,

id. Brut. 82, 283:

verba,

Quint. 11, 1, 33.— Sup.:

laudantur exquisitissimis verbis legiones,

Cic. Phil. 4, 3, 6:

ad exquisitissimam consuetudinem Graecorum aliquem erudire,

id. Rep. 2, 21:

scientia exquisitissimae subtilitatis,

Plin. 6, 33, 39, § 211.—

Sought out, ascertained, made certain:

satin istuc mihi exquisitumst?

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

cum de eo crimine accurate et exquisite disputavisset,

Cic. Brut. 80, 277:

eleganter atque exquisite dicere aliquid,

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

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

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

Cic. Div. 2, 20, 46:

a te nihildum certi exquiro,

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

ancillas dedo, quolibet cruciatu exquire,

Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 7:

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

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

idem ego dicam, si me exquiret miles,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 91:

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

Cic. Off. 1, 41, 147:

omissis auctoritatibus ipsa re ac ratione exquirere veritatem,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 17, 51:

sententias,

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

locum,

Verg. G. 2, 266:

sceleratum frigus,

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

verum,

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

facta alicujus ad antiquae religionis rationem,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 5, § 10; cf.:

verba exquisita ad sonum,

id. Or. 49, 163:

rationes agitare et exquirere,

id. Tusc. 5, 23, 66:

itinere exquisito per Divitiacum,

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

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

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

de Varrone tam diligenter,

id. Att. 13, 22, 1:

eis senatus arbitratur singularis exquirendos honores,

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

istuc mihi exquisitum est, fuisse hunc, etc.,

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

mi istuc primum exquisito est opus,

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

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

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

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

Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 250:

reconditae exquisitaeque sententiae,

id. Brut. 79, 274:

exquisitum judicium litterarum,

id. Off. 1, 37, 133:

exquisitis rationibus confirmare,

id. Fin. 1, 9, 30:

summis ingeniis exquisitaque doctrina philosophi,

id. ib. 1, 1, 1:

ars,

id. de Or. 2, 41, 175:

supplicia,

id. Off. 3, 27, 100:

magistri,

id. Brut. 27, 104:

munditia non odiosa neque exquisita nimis,

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

nihil elegans, nihil exquisitum,

id. Pis. 27, 67:

epulae,

Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 119. — Comp.:

accuratius et exquisitius dicendi genus,

id. Brut. 82, 283:

verba,

Quint. 11, 1, 33.— Sup.:

laudantur exquisitissimis verbis legiones,

Cic. Phil. 4, 3, 6:

ad exquisitissimam consuetudinem Graecorum aliquem erudire,

id. Rep. 2, 21:

scientia exquisitissimae subtilitatis,

Plin. 6, 33, 39, § 211.—

Sought out, ascertained, made certain:

satin istuc mihi exquisitumst?

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

cum de eo crimine accurate et exquisite disputavisset,

Cic. Brut. 80, 277:

eleganter atque exquisite dicere aliquid,

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