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  • 1 cōgnōscō

        cōgnōscō gnōvī (often contr., cōgnōstī, cōgnōrō, cōgnōsse, etc.), gnitus, ere    [com- + (g)nōscō], to become acquainted with, acquire knowledge of, ascertain, learn, perceive, understand ; perf., to know: regiones, Cs.: domūs atque villas, S.: amnem, V.: quam (antiquitatem) habuit cognitam, N.: casūs nostros, V.: miserias sociorum: quis sim, ex eo, S.: per exploratores montem teneri, Cs.: furto postridie cognito: quibus (scriptis) cognitis, after reading, N.: id se a Gallicis armis cognovisse, knew by their weapons, Cs.: fide cognitā, tested, N.: ab his, non longe oppidum abesse, Cs.: sed Metello experimentis cognitum erat, genus infidum esse, S.: quem plane perditum cognorat: vos fortīs, S.: aliter ac sperarat rem p. se habentem, N.: alqm magni animi: alqm paratissimo animo: tandem qui siem, T.: id socordiāne an casu acciderit, S.: cognito, vivere Ptolemaeum, L.—Poet.: casus multis hic cognitus, experienced by, Iu. — Supin. acc.: promissa eius cognitum ex praesentibus inisit, S.—Supin. abl.: pleraque digna cognitu. — To recognize, acknowledge, identify: in eā re utilitatem meam, T.: alii, ne cognoscerentur, ad necem rapiebantur: inter ceteras Veturiam, L.: ostendimus Cethego signum, cognovit: signa sua, S.: cognoscenti similis fuit, seemed to recognize him, O.: pecus exceptum est, quod cognovissent, identified, L.: neque currentem se cognoscit, is like himself, V.: eum Syracusis, to identify.—To seek to know, inquire into, investigate, examine: Verres cognoscebat, Verres iudicabat: accusationem causamque: numerum militum: de agro Campano: de hereditate.—To criticise, appreciate: ut neque spectari neque cognosci (fabula) potuerit, T.: et cognoscendi et ignoscendi peccati locus, T. — To reconnoitre, spy, act as scout: qualis esset natura montis, qui cognoscerent, misit, Cs.
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    cognoscere, cognovi, cognitus V TRANS
    become acquainted with/aware of; recognize; learn, find to be; inquire/examine

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  • 2 comperiō

        comperiō perī, pertus, īre    [1 PAR-], to obtain knowledge of, find out, ascertain, learn: certo, T.: nihil de hoc: de scelere filii, N.: aliquid ex multis: nihil testibus, nihil tabulis: ut postea ex captivis comperit, Cs.: nil ad Pamphilum attinere, T.: hanc gentem Clusium inde venisse, L.: certis auctoribus, copias abesse, etc., Cs.: id misericordiāne an casu evenerit, S.: unde causa (sit), Ta.: facinus manifesto compertum: oculis, L.: omnia falsa comperta sunt: compertus stupri, i. e. detected in, L.: flagitii, Ta.: nondum comperto quam regionem hostes petissent, L.: compertus publicam pecuniam avertisse, Ta.
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    comperire, comperi, compertus V TRANS
    learn/discover/find (by investigation); verify/know for certain; find guilty

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  • 3 comperior (conp-)

        comperior (conp-) pertus sum, īrī, dep.    [for comperio], to ascertain, learn, find out: ab hoc me falli, T.: Metellum sapientem virum fuisse, S.

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  • 4 exigō

        exigō ēgī, āctus, ere    [ex + ago], to drive out, push forth, thrust out, take out, expel: reges ex civitate: hostem e campo, L.: post reges exactos: easdem (uxores), divorce, T.: suam (uxorem), turn out of the house: exigit Hebrus aquas, pours into the sea, O.: exactum ensem Fregit, by the thrust, O.: ensem per medium iuvenem, V.: (hasta) Cervice exacta est, passed through, O.— To drive away, hiss off (the stage): (fabulae) exigendae vobis, T. — To require, enforce, exact, demand, collect: ad pecunias exigendas legatos misimus: acerbissime pecuniae exigebantur: nomina sua: peditum numerum a civitatibus, Cs.: viam, demand the construction of: auspiciorum adhuc fides exigitur, further confirmation, Ta.— To export: agrorum fructūs, L.— To set right: ad perpendiculum columnas, set precisely upright.—Fig., to require, demand, claim, exact, insist: magis quam rogare: a teste veritatem: ius iurandum, L.: Has exegit gloria poenas, has cost, Iu.: de volnere poenas, O.: a violatoribus piacula, L.: ex te ut responderes: id ipsum, ut pereat, O.: a quoquam ne peieret, Iu.: in exigendo non acerbus.—Of time, to lead, spend, pass, complete, finish, close: cum maerore graviorem vitam, S.: exactā aetate mori, after a long life: hanc saepe exactā aetate usurpasse vocem, in old age, L.: per exactos annos, at the end of every year, H.: tribus exactis ubi quarta accesserit aestas, V.: spatiis exegit quattuor annum, O.— To conduct, superintend: aedīs privatas velut publicum opus, L.— To bring to an end, conclude, finish, complete: monumentum, H.: opus, O.: His demum exactis, V.— To determine, ascertain, find out: sociisque exacta referre, discoveries, V.: Non prius exactā ratione saporum, before he has ascertained, H.: non tamen exactum, quid agat, O.— To weigh, try, prove, measure, examine, adjust, estimate, consider: ad vestras leges, quae Lacedaemone fiunt, estimate by the standard of, etc., L.: cultu ad luxuriam exacto, directed, Cu.: ad caelestia ritūs humanos, O.— To consider, deliberate on, take counsel upon: tempus secum, V.: talia secum, O.: non satis exactum, quid agam.
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    exigere, exegi, exactus V
    drive out, expel; finish; examine, weigh

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  • 5 in-veniō

        in-veniō vēnī, ventus, īre,    to come upon, find, meet with, light upon: in agro populabundum hostem, L. (navīs) paratas ad navigandum, Cs.: oratores.— Pass: rex Inventus focis, found, V.: Scis, Pamphilam meam inventam civem? turns out to be, T.: ipsis durior inventus est, proved to be, Cs.: Primus invenior circumposuisse, etc., H.: unus inventus qui id auderet.—Fig., to find out, invent, effect, discover, devise, contrive: quandam (fallaciam), T.: dolis casum victoriae, S.: Inventae artes, V.: neque quid ponis dicere invenie, make out: quo modo crimen confirmaret: quid agat, non invenit, is at a loss, O.: animis inventum poema iuvandis, H.—To find out, discover, ascertain, learn: ex captivis, flumen abesse, etc., Cs.: invenitur ea serrula pervenisse, etc., it is ascertained that.—To acquire, get, earn, reach: Sine invidiā laudem, T.: hoc cognomen: ex quo illi gloria opesque inventae, S.: manu mortem (i. e. pugnando), V.

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  • 6 perspiciō

        perspiciō spēxī, spectus, ere    [SPEC-], to look through, look into, look at, see through: quo ne perspici quidem posset, Cs.: eas (epistulas), look through: ut prae densitate arborum perspici caelum vix posset, be discerned, L.— To look closely at, view, examine, inspect: domum: operis perspiciendi causā venire, Cs.—Fig., to perceive clearly, discern, mark, note, observe, prove, ascertain, contemplate: tuom ut se habeat animum, T.: se: sed tu perspice rem et pertenta: alcuius virtutem: quem perspexisse laborant, to see through, H.: quanti te facerem: perspicite, quantum putetis, etc.: perspiciebant enim in Hortensi sententiam plures ituros: perspectus est (Pompeius) de te cogitare.
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    perspicere, perspexi, perspectus V
    see through; examine; observe

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  • 7 reperiō

        reperiō repperī (reperī), repertus, īre    [2 PAR-], to find again, find, meet with, find out, discover: suos parentes, T.: multos: mortui sunt reperti: divitiis incubuere repertis, V.: tu non inventa repertā Luctus eras levior, i. e. grieved me less when lost than when found, O.—Fig., to find, find out, discern, get, procure, obtain: gloriam armis, T.: causas verissimas: verae amicitiae difficillime reperiuntur in iis, qui, etc.: exitum: lintribus inventis sibi salutem, save themselves, Cs.: aristolochia nomen ex inventore repperit.— To find, discover, perceive, learn, ascertain: quorum de moribus cum quaereret, sic reperiebat, Cs.: Neque declinatam ab aliarum ingenio ullam reperias, T.: nos paratiores: improbissimus reperiebare, were found to be, etc.: neque quanta esset insulae magnitudo, reperire poterat, Cs.: nec quo modo dicam reperire possum: re ipsā repperi, Facilitate nihil esse homini melius, T.: repperit esse vera, Cs.: alquem Tarentum venisse: in eas partīs Pythagoras venisse reperitur.— To find out, hit upon, invent, devise, discover: Aliquid reperiret, fingeret fallacias, T.: mihimet via reperiunda est, quā, etc.: ludusque (scaenicus) repertus, H.: serrae usum, O.: quae in quaestum reperta, devices for gain, Ta.
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    reperire, repperi, repertus V TRANS
    discover, learn; light on; find/obtain/get; find out/to be, get to know; invent

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  • 8 re-scīscō

        re-scīscō scīvī    (resciit, Cs.; rescieris, -erit, T., C., H., O.), scītus, ere, inch, to learn, find out, ascertain, bring to light: Omnia, T.: Dum id rescitum iri credit, is going to be found out, T.: cum id rescierit: quod ubi Caesar resciit, Cs.: id postquam rescierunt, N.: Carmina nos fingere, H.

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  • 9 vīsō

        vīsō sī, sus, ere, freq.    [video], to look at attentively, view, behold, survey: ex muris visite agros vestros ferro ignique vastatos, L.: visendi causā venire: ornatu visendo, worth seeing.—To go to look, see to, look after, ascertain: vise redieritne iam an non dum domum, T.—To go to see, visit. uxorem Pamphili, T.: Paphon, H.: propter quem Thespiae visuntur, is visited: nos longo intervallo: It visere ad eam, T.: Ibit ad amicam, Visat! O.
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    visere, visi, visus V
    visit, go to see; look at

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  • 10 rescisco

    resciscere, rescivi, rescitus V
    learn, find out, ascertain; bring to light

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  • 11 reperio

    to get again, find, ascertain, dicover, invent.
    get again, find again / discover, invent.

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  • 12 comperio

    com-pĕrĭo, pĕri, pertum, 4, v. a. [root par-, of paro, pario; cf. 2. comparo, and aperio, operio, etc.; by others separated from these words and referred to root per-, of peiraô, peritus, periculum; but cf. Corss. Ausspr. II. 410], lit., to disclose wholly, lay open (a fact), without the access. idea of communicating the thing disclosed (which aperio expresses; v. aperio); to obtain a knowledge of a thing, to find out with certainty, to have or gain certain information, to ascertain, learn, etc. (class. in prose and poetry):

    certo comperi,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 9:

    cum indicia mortis se comperisse manifesto et manu tenere diceret,

    Cic. Brut. 80, 277:

    hoc,

    Nep. Eum. 8, 4:

    stellarum ortus,

    Cat. 66, 2:

    de amore hoc comperit,

    Ter. And. 1, 3, 6:

    nihil de hoc (Sullā) consul comperi,

    Cic. Sull. 31, 86; Sall. J. 68, 1:

    postquam de scelere filii comperit,

    Nep. Paus. 5, 3; Suet. Dom. 6 al.—With inf. and acc., Ter. And. 1, 1, 63:

    posteaquam comperit eum posse vivere,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 12, 33:

    hanc gentem Clusium inde venisse comperio,

    Liv. 5, 35, 3; Quint. 1, 7, 24: diram qui contudit hydram, comperit invidiam supremo fine domari, * Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 12:

    ubi comperi ex eis qui, etc.,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 69:

    aliquid ex multis,

    Cic. Clu. 68, 192:

    ex litteris,

    Nep. Paus. 4, 5:

    per exploratores,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 19; 6, 28; Nep. Alcib. 8, 6:

    certis auctoribus,

    Cic. Att. 14, 8, 1:

    nihil testibus, nihil tabulis, nihil aliquo gravi argumento,

    id. Clu. 45, 126; Caes. B. C. 2, 37:

    a quo ut rem gestam comperit,

    Nep. Dat. 3, 4:

    quae ex fratre compererat nuntiari regi jubet,

    Curt. 6, 7, 18:

    ut postea ex captivis comperit,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 22; Hirt. B. G. 8, 17; 8, 36.—Cicero, on account of the frequent repetition of the phrase omnia comperi, in the trial of Catiline, was often bantered by his contemporaries;

    hence: (Clodius) me tantum comperisse omnia criminabatur,

    Cic. Att. 1, 14, 5; cf. id. Fam. 5, 5, 2.—With depend. question:

    dolo an vere cunctatus, parum comperimus,

    Sall. J. 113, 1; 67, 3.—
    (β).
    Esp. freq. in part. perf. pass.:

    Oppianici facinus manifesto compertum atque deprehensum,

    Cic. Clu. 14, 43:

    non ego haec incertis jacta rumoribus adfero ad vos, sed comperta et explorata,

    Liv. 42, 13, 1; cf. id. 29, 18, 7; 29, 21, 13:

    sintne haec investigata, comperta, patefacta per me,

    Quint. 9, 3, 49:

    pecuniam ex aerario scribae viatoresque aedilicii clam egessisse per indicem comperti,

    discovered, Liv. 30, 39, 7: compertus adulterare matronas, Suet. Aug. 67:

    uxorem in stupro generi compertam,

    detected, id. Tib. 35.—Also with the gen. of the crime:

    compertus stupri,

    Liv. 22, 57, 2; Just. 11, 11, 5:

    probri,

    Liv. 7, 4, 4:

    sacrilegii,

    id. 32, 1, 8:

    flagitii,

    Tac. A. 1, 3; 4, 11:

    de his haud facile compertum narraverim,

    give certain information, Sall. J. 17, 2:

    qui ex fratre comperta ipsi nuntiasset,

    Curt. 6, 8, 11:

    haec ex vate comperta nuntiabat,

    id. 7, 7, 22.— In abl. absol.: comperto lege Gabiniā Bithyniam et Pontum consuli datam, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 1130 P.; so Liv. 31, 39, 4 and 7; 33, 5, 4; Tac. A. 1, 66; 4, 36; 11, 13 fin.; 14, 57.—So, also, compertum habeo and compertum mihi est, I know full well:

    quod de his duobus habuerint compertum,

    Cic. Clu. 45, 127; so Sall. C. 2, 2; 22 fin.:

    pro comperto polliceri,

    as certain, Suet. Ner. 31.—Hence, compertē, adv., on good authority; only Gell. 1, 22, 9; and in comp., id. 1, 11, 12.

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  • 13 comperior

    compĕrĭor ( conp-), īri, pertus sum, 4, v. dep., collat. form of comperio, q. v., to ascertain, learn, obtain certain knowledge that, etc. (rare); constr. mostly with acc. and inf.:

    dum ne ab hoc me falli comperiar,

    Ter. And. 5, 3, 31; Sall. J. 45, 1; 108, 3; Tac. A. 4, 20; Gell. 3, 3, 1:

    quid comperior?

    App. M. 2, p. 124, 11; perf., Tert. adv. Herm. 28.

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  • 14 conperior

    compĕrĭor ( conp-), īri, pertus sum, 4, v. dep., collat. form of comperio, q. v., to ascertain, learn, obtain certain knowledge that, etc. (rare); constr. mostly with acc. and inf.:

    dum ne ab hoc me falli comperiar,

    Ter. And. 5, 3, 31; Sall. J. 45, 1; 108, 3; Tac. A. 4, 20; Gell. 3, 3, 1:

    quid comperior?

    App. M. 2, p. 124, 11; perf., Tert. adv. Herm. 28.

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  • 15 elicio

    ē-lĭcĭo, lĭcŭi and lexi (elicuit, Caes. B. C. 3, 100, 2:

    elexisse,

    Arn. 5, p. 154), lĭcìtum ( part. elicitus, Stat. Th. 4, 414; Luc. 9, 932; Vell. 2, 104, 4), 3, v. a. [lacio], to draw out, entice out, to lure forth, to bring out, to elicit (class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    aliquem hinc foras,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 17; cf. id. Men. 5, 6, 3:

    hostem ex paludibus silvisque,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 32, 2:

    omnes citra flumen,

    id. ib. 6, 8, 2:

    hostes in suum locum,

    id. ib. 5, 50, 3: aliquem ad pugnam. id. B. C. 3, 38. [p. 638] 1; 3, 85, 2; Liv. 2, 62; cf.:

    aliquem in proelium,

    Tac. A. 15, 13:

    aliquem praemiis ex civitatibus sociorum ad subeunda pericula,

    Cic. Balb. 9:

    vatem ad colloquium,

    Liv. 5, 15:

    aliquem, ut, etc.,

    id. 6, 34 fin.; cf. Cic. Tusc. 5, 7 fin.:

    premere ubera ad eliciendum lac,

    Vulg. Prov. 30, 33.—
    B.
    In partic., in relig. lang.: Jovem, Manes, etc., to call forth, call down a god by religious rites; to raise, conjure up a departed spirit by magic arts, Ov. F. 3, 327; Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 104; Arn. 5, p. 154; Cic. Vatin. 6; Tib. 1, 2, 46; Hor. S. 1, 8, 29; Stat. Th. 4, 414; Luc. 6, 733; Tac. A. 2, 28 al.—In a like sense:

    fulmina,

    to call down, Liv. 1, 20 fin.; Plin. 28, 2, 3, § 13.—
    II.
    Trop.:

    terra elicit herbescentem ex eo (sc. semine) viriditatem,

    Cic. de Sen. 15, 51:

    vocem,

    to utter, speak, Cic. Deiot. 1 fin. (but in Lucr. 3, 58, and Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57, the better reading is eicere voces):

    voces et querelas,

    id. Brut. 80, 278:

    sermonem,

    Liv. 9, 6:

    verbum ex eo de via ac ratione dicendi,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 21, 97:

    sonos,

    id. N. D. 2, 60:

    sententiam alicujus,

    id. Att. 7, 1, 5; cf.:

    arcana ejus,

    Liv. 40, 23;

    and, veritatem,

    Tac. A. 4, 45:

    causas praesensionum,

    to elicit, ascertain, Cic. Div. 1, 8:

    misericordiam,

    Liv. 8, 28; Tac. H. 3, 58; cf.

    cupidinem,

    id. A. 16, 14:

    iram,

    Curt. 8, 5 fin.:

    studia civium,

    Tac. A. 15, 33 et saep.:

    ferrum e terrae cavernis,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151:

    ignem lapidum conflictu,

    id. ib. 2, 9 fin.: sanguinem, id. poët. Tusc. 1, 48 fin. Kühn.; Tac. A. 12, 47:

    sudorem,

    Plin. 25, 11, 89, § 189:

    alvum,

    to relax, id. 19, 5, 26, § 80:

    lacrimas,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 13; Vell. 2, 104, 4:

    litteras,

    Cic. Att. 7, 12, 3; 9, 2:

    cadum,

    Hor. C. 4, 12, 17 et saep.

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  • 16 exigo

    ex-ĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3, v. a. [ago], to drive out or forth, to thrust out, to take or turn out.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    reges ex civitate,

    to expel, Cic. de Or. 2, 48, 199:

    hostem e campo,

    Liv. 3, 61, 8: exigor patria, Naev. ap. Non. 291, 4:

    aliquem domo,

    Liv. 39, 11, 2:

    aliquem campo,

    id. 37, 41, 12:

    omnes foras,

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 1, 7:

    adcolas ultra famam,

    Plin. 2, 68, 68, § 175:

    exacti reges,

    driven away, Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 37; cf.:

    Tarquinio exacto,

    id. Rep. 1, 40:

    anno post Tarquinios exactos,

    Tac. A. 11, 22:

    Orestes exactus furiis,

    driven, tormented, Ov. Tr. 4, 4, 70:

    virum a se,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 62:

    uxorem,

    to put away, divorce, Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 45; Suet. Caes. 50; id. Claud. 26; cf.: illam suam (uxorem) suas res sibi habere jussit ex duodecim tabulis; claves ademit;

    exegit,

    turned her out of the house, Cic. Phil. 2, 28, 69: aliquem vitā, i. e. to kill, Sen. de Ira, 1, 6: corpus e stratis, to raise up or out, Sil. 16, 234:

    maculam,

    to take out, Suet. Aug. 94: et sacer admissas exigit Hebrus aquas, pours out into the sea, Ov. H. 2, 114; of weapons, to thrust from one, thrust, drive:

    non circumspectis exactum viribus ensem Fregit,

    thrust, impelled, Ov. M. 5, 171; so,

    ensem,

    Luc. 8, 656; cf.:

    ensem per medium juvenem,

    plunges through the middle, Verg. A. 10, 815:

    gladium per viscera,

    Flor. 4, 2, 68:

    tela in aliquem,

    Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 16;

    hence: aliquem hastā,

    i. e. to thrust through, transfix, Val. Fl. 6, 572.—Mid.:

    quae (hasta) cervice exacta est,

    passed out, passed through, Ov. M. 5, 138: prope sub conatu adversarii manus exigenda, to be put forth, raised (for a blow), Quint. 6, 4, 8 Spald.:

    (capellas) a grege in campos, hircos in caprilia,

    to drive out, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 8:

    sues pastum,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 6:

    radices altius,

    to send out, Cels. 5, 28, 14; cf.:

    vitis uvas,

    Col. 3, 2, 10; 3, 6, 2; Cels. 8, 1 med.
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    A scenic t. t., to drive off, i. e. hiss off a piece or a player from the stage (rare):

    spectandae (fabulae) an exigendae sint vobis prius,

    Ter. And. prol. 27 Ruhnk.; so, fabulas, id. Hec. prol. alt. 4; id. ib. 7.—
    2.
    To demand, require, enforce, exact payment of a debt, taxes, etc., or the performance of any other duty (very freq.;

    syn.: posco, postulo, flagito, contendo, etc.): ad eas pecunias exigendas legatos misimus,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 11, 1: pecunias a civitatibus, id. Div. ap. Caecil. 10, 33:

    acerbissime pecunias imperatas,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 32; cf. id. ib. 1, 6 fin.; Cic. Pis. 16, 38; id. N. D. 3, 34, 84:

    quaternos denarios,

    id. Font. 5, 9:

    tributa,

    id. Fam. 3, 7, 3:

    pensionem,

    id. ib. 6, 18, 5:

    nomina sua,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 28:

    mercedem,

    id. Lael. 21, 80 et saep.:

    equitum peditumque certum numerum a civitatibus Siciliae,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 30, 4:

    obsides ab Apolloniatibus,

    id. ib. 3, 12, 1:

    viam,

    to demand the construction of a road, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 59, § 154; Liv. 42, 3, 7:

    a quoquam ne pejeret,

    Juv. 13, 36.—Esp.: rationem, to exact an account:

    ut Athenienses rationibus exigendis non vacarent,

    Val. Max. 3, 1, ext. 1; Plin. Ep. 10, 81, 1:

    libertorum nomina a quibus ratio exigi posset,

    Suet. Aug. 101 fin.
    (β).
    In pass.: exigor aliquid, to be solicited, dunned for money, etc. (post-class.): exigor portorium, id est, exigitur de me portorium, Caecil. ap. Gell. 15, 14, 5; id. ap. Non. 106, 24: (Rib. Com. Fragm. p. 51): sese pecunias maximas exactos esse, Q. Metell. Numid. ap. Gell. 15, 14, 2; Dig. 23, 4, 32.—
    3.
    To examine, inquire into (post-Aug.):

    nec illae (conjuges) numerare aut exigere plagas pavent,

    Tac. G. 7 fin. (so Ritter, Halm, with all MSS., cf. Holzmann ad loc.; al. exugere, said to have been the read. of a lost codex, the Arundelianus; cf. exsugo); cf.:

    exactum et a Titidio Labeone, cur omisisset, etc.,

    id. A. 2, 85.—
    4.
    Of places, to go or pass beyond, to pass by, leave behind ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    cum primus equis exegit anhelis Phoebus Athon,

    Val. Fl. 2, 75; cf. Prop. 3, 20, 11 (4, 20, 3 M.):

    Troglodytae hibernum mare exigunt circa brumam,

    Plin. 12, 19, 42, § 87.—
    5.
    In mercant. lang., to dispose of, sell:

    agrorum exigere fructus,

    Liv. 34, 9, 9 Drak.: mercibus exactis, Col. poët. 10, 317. —
    6.
    Mathemat. t. t., to apply to a standard or measure, i. e. to examine, try, measure, weigh by any thing:

    ad perpendiculum columnas,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 51, § 133:

    materiam ad regulam et libellam,

    Plin. 36, 25, 63, § 188:

    pondus margaritarum sua manu,

    Suet. Caes. 47; cf.:

    aliquid mensura,

    Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 159.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to drive out, expel (very rare):

    locus, Ubi labore lassitudo exigunda ex corpore,

    Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 4: frigus atque horrorem vestimentis, Lucil. ap. Non. 291, 8.—Far more freq. and class.,
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    (Acc. to I. B. 2.) To require, demand, claim any thing due:

    ego vero et exspectabo ea quae polliceris, neque exigam, nisi tuo commodo,

    Cic. Brut. 4, 17:

    aliquid exigere magis quam rogare,

    id. Fam. 2, 6, 1:

    longiores litteras exspectabo vel potius exigam,

    id. ib. 15, 16, 1:

    omnibus ex rebus voluptatem quasi mercedem,

    id. Fin. 2, 22, 73:

    ab hoc acerbius exegit natura quod dederat,

    demanded back, reclaimed, id. Tusc. 1, 39, 93 Klotz.:

    non ut a poëta, sed ut a teste veritatem exigunt,

    id. Leg. 1, 1, 4:

    has toties optata exegit gloria poenas,

    has cost, Juv. 10, 187:

    poenas,

    to take vengeance, id. 10, 84:

    de vulnere poenas,

    Ov. M. 14, 478: poenam (alicui), Sen. de Ira, 2, 22 fin.; Ov. F. 4, 230:

    gravia piacula ab aliquo,

    Liv. 29, 18, 18 et saep.—With ut:

    exigerem ex te cogeremque, ut responderes,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 119; 4, 28, 80; cf.:

    Calypso exigit fata ducis,

    questions, inquires into, Ov. A. A. 2, 130:

    exactum a marito, cur, etc.,

    Tac. A. 2, 85:

    exigite ut mores seu pollice ducat,

    Juv. 7, 237 sq. —With an object-clause:

    exigimus potuisse eum eo tempore testamentum facere,

    Dig. 29, 7, 8; 24, 3, 2.— Absol.:

    in exigendo non acerbum,

    Cic. Off. 2, 18, 64:

    cum res exiget,

    Quint. 5, 11, 5; 10, 3, 3; cf.:

    ut res exiget,

    id. 12, 10, 69:

    si communis utilitas exegerit,

    id. 12, 1, 37.— Esp.: rationem, to require an account:

    rerum gestarum,

    Just. 19, 2, 6:

    numquid rationem exiges, cum tibi aliquis hos dixerit versus?

    an explanation, Sen. Ep. 94, 28; Plin. Ep. 19, 9.—
    2.
    Of time, life, etc., to lead, spend, pass, complete, finish:

    non novisse quicum aetatem exegerim,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 111; id. Capt. 3, 5, 62:

    tecum aetatem,

    id. Mil. 4, 2, 48; 4, 6, 60; id. Cas. 2, 5, 12:

    ut te dignam mala malam aetatem exigas,

    id. Aul. 1, 1, 4: vitam taetre, Cat. Or. inc. 15; Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 39:

    cum maerore graviorem vitam,

    Sall. J. 14, 15; 85, 49; Plin. 7, 44, 45, § 139; Vitr. 2, 1, 4; Val. Max. 3, 5, 4 al.:

    vitae tempus,

    Sen. Ep. 2, 2; Val. Max. 3, 3, ext. 6:

    jam ad pariendum temporibus exactis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 18, § 48: qui exacta aetate moriuntur, at the close of the vigorous period of life, Cic. Tusc. 1, 39, 93; id. Verr. 2, 5, 8, § 21; Sall. J. 6, 2; Liv. 2, 40, 11 al.:

    mediam dies exegerat horam,

    Ov. Am. 1, 5, 1:

    aevum,

    Lucr. 4, 1235; Verg. A. 7, 777; Ov. M. 12, 209:

    tristissimam noctem,

    Petr. 115:

    diem supremum noctemque,

    Tac. A. 3, 16:

    ullum tempus jucundius,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 1, 1:

    jam aestatem exactam esse,

    Sall. J. 61, 1:

    per exactos annos,

    at the end of every year, Hor. C. 3, 22, 6:

    exacto per scelera die,

    Tac. H. 1, 47; id. A. 3, 16; so,

    exacto quadriennio,

    Plin. 2, 47, 48, § 130; Verg. G. 3, 190; Stat. S. 2, 2, 47.—
    3.
    To conduct, urge forward, superintend, drive:

    opus,

    Ov. M. 14, 218; Col. 3, 13, 11.—
    4.
    To bring to an end, to conclude, finish, complete a thing ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    exegi monumentum aere perennius,

    Hor. C. 3, 30, 1:

    opus,

    Ov. R. Am. 811; id. M. 15, 871:

    exactus tenui pumice versus eat,

    Prop. 3, 1, 8; Verg. A. 6, 637:

    commentarii ita sunt exacti, ut, etc.,

    Quint. 10, 7, 30:

    eandem gracilitatem stilo exigere condiscant,

    to reach, attain to, id. 1, 9, 2.—
    5.
    To determine, ascertain, find out:

    sociisque exacta referre,

    his discoveries, Verg. A. 1, 309:

    non prius exacta tenui ratione saporum,

    before he has ascertained, Hor. S. 2, 4, 36.— Pass. impers.:

    non tamen exactum, quid agat,

    Ov. F. 3, 637; cf. id. Am, 3, 7, 16. —
    6.
    (Acc. to I. B. 3.) To weigh, try, prove, measure, examine, adjust, estimate, consider, = examinare, ponderare (class. but perh. not in Cic.): si ad illam summam veritatem legitimum jus exegeris, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 1; cf.: nolite ad vestras leges atque instituta exigere ea, quae Lacedaemone fiunt, to estimate by the standard of, etc., Liv. 34, 31, 17; so,

    opus ad vires suas,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 502:

    si omnia argumenta ad obrussam coeperimus exigere,

    Sen. Q. N. 4, 5, 1; cf.:

    principatus tuus ad obrussam exigitur,

    id. de Clem. 1, 1, 6:

    se ad aliquem,

    id. Ep. 11 fin.:

    regulam emendate loquendi,

    Quint. 1, 5, 2:

    illa non nisi aure exiguntur, quae fiunt per sonos,

    are judged of, id. 1, 5, 19; cf. id. 1, 4, 7.—
    7.
    To treat, consult, deliberate respecting something, = considerare, deliberare (class. but not in Cic.): de his rebus ut exigeret cum eo, Furnio mandavi, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 24, 7:

    cum aliquo,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 12, 3; cf.:

    secum aliquid,

    Verg. A. 4, 476; Ov. M. 10, 587; Sen. Ep. 27:

    de aliqua re coram,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 26, 13:

    haec exigentes hostes oppressere,

    Liv. 22, 49, 12:

    quid dicendum, quid tacendum, quid differendum sit, exigere consilii est,

    Quint. 6, 5, 5.—
    8.
    To endure, undergo:

    aerumnam,

    Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 12. —Hence, exactus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B. 5., measured; hence), precise, accurate, exact (poet and in post-Aug. prose):

    difficile est, quot ceciderint, exacto affirmare numero,

    Liv. 3, 5, 12:

    acies falcis,

    Plin. 17, 27, 42, § 251:

    fides,

    Ov. Pont. 4, 9, 46.— Comp.:

    cura,

    Suet. Tib. 18; Mart. 4, 87, 4. — Sup.:

    diligentia,

    Front. Aquaed. 89:

    vir,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 23, 5.—With gen.:

    Mamurius, morum fabraene exactior artis, Difficile est dicere,

    Ov. F. 3, 383.— Adv.: exacte, exactly, precisely, accurately:

    ut exacte perorantibus mos est,

    Sid. Ep. 7, 9.— Comp.: dicere, disserere, Mel. Prooem. § 2; Gell. 1, 3, 21.— Sup.:

    pascere,

    Sid. Ep. 5, 11.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > exigo

  • 17 invenio

    in-vĕnĭo, vēni, ventum, 4, v. a. ( fut. invenibit for inveniet, Pompon. ap. Non. p. 479, 28), lit., to come or light upon a thing; to find, meet with (cf.: reperio, offendo).
    I.
    Lit.:

    neque domi, neque in urbe invenio quemquam, qui illum viderit,

    Plaut. Am. 4, 1, 2; id. Aul. 4, 2, 13; cf. id. Stich. 1, 2, 53:

    in agro populabundum hostem,

    Liv. 3, 4, 7:

    Scipio mortuus in cubiculo inventus est,

    id. Epit. 59 fin.:

    naves reliquas paratas ad navigandum invenit,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 5:

    tolerabiles oratores,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 2: scis, Pamphilam meam inventam civem? is found to be a citizen ' s daughter, Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 6. — Sup.:

    pleraque inventu rara ac difficilia,

    Plin. 28, 1, 1, § 1; so Gell. 17, 12, 2. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To find out, to invent, effect:

    quandam fallaciam,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 35:

    perniciem aliis, ac postremo sibi,

    Tac. A. 1, 74.—Of an orator's faculty of invention:

    tanta in eo inveniendi copia et eloquendi facultas,

    Quint. 10, 1, 69: multa divinitus a majoribus nostris inventa atque instituta sunt, Auct. Or. pro Dom. 1.—
    B.
    To find out, discover, ascertain, learn:

    inveniebat ex captivis, Sabim flumen ab suis castris non amplius milia passuum decem abesse,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 16:

    conjurationem,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 7:

    apud auctores invenio eodem anno descisse Antiates,

    Liv. 3, 23; 9, 45—
    C.
    To find out, invent, devise, contrive how to do a thing:

    ille quomodo crimen commenticium confirmaret, non inveniebat,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 15, 42:

    Venus inveniet puero succumbere furtim,

    i. e. will find out a way, Tib. 1 (8), 9, 35.—
    D.
    To acquire, get, earn:

    ut facillume Sine invidia laudem invenias,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 39:

    qui primus hoc cognomen invenit,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 23:

    ex quo illi gloria opesque inventae,

    Sall. J. 70, 2:

    laudem,

    Just. 3, 7, 10; cf.:

    gratiam apud aliquem,

    Vulg. Luc. 1, 30.—
    E.
    With se.
    1.
    To show itself, appear:

    postquam se dolor invenit,

    Ov. H. 15, 113.—
    2.
    To be at home in any thing:

    minus se inveniunt,

    i. e. are perplexed, Sen. Ben. 5, 12, 6:

    nec medici se inveniunt,

    Petr. 47.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > invenio

  • 18 libro

    lībro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [libra].
    I.
    To balance, make even, level, to determine a level: aquam, to level water, i. e. to ascertain the fall of water by means of a level, Vitr. 8, 6, 3: collocationem libratam indicare, id 8, 6, 1.— Pass. impers.:

    libratur autem dioptris,

    Vitr. 8, 6, 1.—
    B.
    Transf., to make even or level:

    pavimenta,

    Cato, R. R. 18, 7.—
    II.
    To hold in equilibrium, to poise, balance:

    terra librata ponderibus,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 24, 69:

    columnarum turbines ita librati perpenderunt, ut puero circumagente tornarentur,

    Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 91:

    librati pondera caeli orbe tene medio,

    Luc. 1, 58.—
    B.
    To cause to hang or swing, to keep suspended, keep in its place:

    vela cadunt primo et dubia librantur ab aura,

    are waved to and fro, Ov. F. 3, 585:

    et fluctus supra, vento librante, pependit,

    Sil. 17, 274:

    aëris vi suspensam librari medio spatio tellurem,

    Plin. 2, 5, 4, § 10.—
    C.
    To cause to swing, to swing, sway, brandish, set in motion, hurl, dash, cast, launch, fling, throw:

    summā telum librabat ab aure,

    Verg. A. 9, 417:

    ferro praefixum robur,

    id. ib. 10, 479:

    caestus,

    id. ib. 5, 478:

    tum librat ab aure intorquens jaculum,

    Sil. 5, 576:

    dextra libratum fulmen ab aure misit,

    Ov. M. 2, 311; 5, 624; 7, 787; Luc. 3, 433:

    librata cum sederit glans,

    Liv. 38, 29: librare se, to balance or poise one's self, to fly:

    cursum in aëre,

    Ov. Am. 2, 6, 11: saepe lapillos Tollunt;

    his sese per inania nubila librant,

    Verg. G. 4, 196:

    haliaeetos librans ex alto sese,

    Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 8:

    corpus in herba,

    to stretch one's self out on the grass, Ov. F. 1, 429: incidentis manus libratur artifici temperamento, Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 115:

    librare iter,

    to take one's way, Sen. Oed. 899.—
    III.
    Trop.
    A.
    To make of even weight, to balance, make equal ( poet.):

    orbem horis,

    Col. 10, 42:

    crimina in antithetis,

    Pers. 1, 85.—
    B.
    To weigh, ponder, consider ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

    librabat metus,

    Stat. Th. 9, 165: quae omnia meritorum momenta perpendit, librat, examinat, Naz. Pan. ad Const. 7: praescriptiones, Cod. Th. 8, 4, 26.— Hence, lībrātus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Level, horizontal:

    aquam non esse libratam, sed sphaeroides habere schema,

    Vitr. 8, 6.—
    B.
    Poised, balanced, swung, hurled, launched; forcible, powerful:

    librata cum sederit (glans),

    Liv. 38, 29:

    librato magis et certo ictu,

    violent, powerful, Tac. H. 2, 22:

    malleus dextra libratus ab aure,

    Ov. M. 2, 624:

    per nubes aquila librata volatu,

    Sil. 15, 429. — Comp.:

    libratior ictus,

    Liv. 30, 10; cf. id. 42, 65.—Hence, * adv.: lībrātē, deliberately:

    aliquid eligere,

    Serv. Verg. A. 2, 713.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > libro

  • 19 obcumbo

    occumbo ( obc-), cŭbui, cŭbĭtum, 3, v. n. [ob-cumbo, cubo], to fall or sink down (cf.: occido, obeo, oppeto); hence,
    I.
    To go down, to set, of the heavenly bodies (postclass.):

    cometes cum oriretur occumberetque,

    Just. 37, 2, 3:

    cum sol occumberet,

    Vulg. Gen. 15, 12; id. 3 Reg. 22, 36.—
    II.
    To fall dying, to die (the class. signif. of the word); constr. absol. or with mortem, morte, or morti.
    (α).
    Absol.: cum veter occubuit Priamus, fell, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P. (Ann. v. 17 Vahl.):

    aut occubuissem honeste, aut victores hodie viveremus,

    Cic. Att. 3, 15, 4: pro libertate cos occubuisse, Suet. Aug. 12 fin.:

    circa se dimicans occubuerat,

    id. Tit. 4:

    fertur et ante annos occubuisse suos,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 18:

    dederat ne ferro occumbere posset,

    id. M. 12, 207:

    acie,

    Suet. Ner. 2.—
    (β).
    With mortem or morte (the vacillation of MSS. between these two forms makes it difficult to ascertain which was the prevailing one; cf. Zumpt, Gr. § 387;

    Krebs, Antibarb. p. 790): pro patriā mortem (al. morte) occumbere,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 42, 102 (Kühner, Moser, Orelli, and Baiter have mortem, Klotz and Fischer morte):

    quod liberata patria... mortem occubuisset,

    Liv. 2, 7, 8; 3, 50, 8; 26, 25, 14:

    qui pugnantes mortem occubuissent,

    id. 31, 18, 6. —So, too, letum, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 725 P. (Ann. v. 390 Vahl.):

    necem voluntariam,

    Suet. Aug. 13 (al., with inferior MSS., nece voluntariā):

    ictus clavā morte occubuit,

    Liv. 1, 7, 7 Weissenb. ad loc.:

    morte occumbentis,

    id. 8, 10, 4:

    ambo pro republicā morte occubuisse,

    id. 38, 58.—
    (γ).
    With morti (perh. only poet.): pro vostrā vitā morti occumbant obviam. Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 2, 62 (Trag. v. 176 Vahl.); so,

    certae morti, Verg. A. l. l.: neci,

    Ov. M. 15, 499.—
    (δ).
    To succumb to, fall by the hand of one ( poet.).—With dat.:

    Rullo ditissimus agri Occumbis,

    Sil. 5, 260; Claud. B. Get. 74.—With per:

    per te vidit Vulcani occumbere prolem,

    Ov. M. 7, 437. —
    * III.
    Like accumbere, to lie at table, Afran. ap. Non. 97, 29.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > obcumbo

  • 20 occumbo

    occumbo ( obc-), cŭbui, cŭbĭtum, 3, v. n. [ob-cumbo, cubo], to fall or sink down (cf.: occido, obeo, oppeto); hence,
    I.
    To go down, to set, of the heavenly bodies (postclass.):

    cometes cum oriretur occumberetque,

    Just. 37, 2, 3:

    cum sol occumberet,

    Vulg. Gen. 15, 12; id. 3 Reg. 22, 36.—
    II.
    To fall dying, to die (the class. signif. of the word); constr. absol. or with mortem, morte, or morti.
    (α).
    Absol.: cum veter occubuit Priamus, fell, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P. (Ann. v. 17 Vahl.):

    aut occubuissem honeste, aut victores hodie viveremus,

    Cic. Att. 3, 15, 4: pro libertate cos occubuisse, Suet. Aug. 12 fin.:

    circa se dimicans occubuerat,

    id. Tit. 4:

    fertur et ante annos occubuisse suos,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 18:

    dederat ne ferro occumbere posset,

    id. M. 12, 207:

    acie,

    Suet. Ner. 2.—
    (β).
    With mortem or morte (the vacillation of MSS. between these two forms makes it difficult to ascertain which was the prevailing one; cf. Zumpt, Gr. § 387;

    Krebs, Antibarb. p. 790): pro patriā mortem (al. morte) occumbere,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 42, 102 (Kühner, Moser, Orelli, and Baiter have mortem, Klotz and Fischer morte):

    quod liberata patria... mortem occubuisset,

    Liv. 2, 7, 8; 3, 50, 8; 26, 25, 14:

    qui pugnantes mortem occubuissent,

    id. 31, 18, 6. —So, too, letum, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 725 P. (Ann. v. 390 Vahl.):

    necem voluntariam,

    Suet. Aug. 13 (al., with inferior MSS., nece voluntariā):

    ictus clavā morte occubuit,

    Liv. 1, 7, 7 Weissenb. ad loc.:

    morte occumbentis,

    id. 8, 10, 4:

    ambo pro republicā morte occubuisse,

    id. 38, 58.—
    (γ).
    With morti (perh. only poet.): pro vostrā vitā morti occumbant obviam. Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 2, 62 (Trag. v. 176 Vahl.); so,

    certae morti, Verg. A. l. l.: neci,

    Ov. M. 15, 499.—
    (δ).
    To succumb to, fall by the hand of one ( poet.).—With dat.:

    Rullo ditissimus agri Occumbis,

    Sil. 5, 260; Claud. B. Get. 74.—With per:

    per te vidit Vulcani occumbere prolem,

    Ov. M. 7, 437. —
    * III.
    Like accumbere, to lie at table, Afran. ap. Non. 97, 29.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > occumbo

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