examine

ex-āmen, ĭnis, n. [for ex-agmen, from ex and ago; cf. contamino and contagies, flamen and flagrare].

A multitude issuing forth or flying out, a swarm. Primarily and class. of a swarm of bees:

res rusticae laetae sunt tum pecudum pastu, apium examinibus, florum omnium varietate,

Cic. de Sen. 15 fin.; so,

apium,

id. Off. 1, 44, 157; id. Div. 1, 33 fin.; Liv. 4, 33 et saep.; cf. Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 29; Col. 9, 3 fin.; 9, 4 fin. et saep.; Plin. 11, 10, 10, § 23; Verg. G. 2, 452; 4, 21; 103 et saep.—

Transf., a multitude, crowd, shoal, swarm (freq. only after the Aug. per.):

locustarum,

Liv. 42, 10:

piscium,

Plin. 31, 1, 1, § 2:

pullorum (arboris),

Lucr. 5, 1364:

juvenum,

Hor. C. 1, 35, 31:

infantium,

Plin. Pan. 26, 1; cf. Just. 25, 2 fin.:

vernarum,

Hor. Epod. 2, 65; cf.

servorum,

Cic. Harusp. Resp. 12, 25:

Graium vatum,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 284:

stuprorum (i. e. feminarum stupratarum),

Prop. 2, 32, 41 (3, 30, 41 M.) et saep.—In late Lat. even of abstract things:

malorum,

Arn. 2, p. 46: maerorum, id. fin.:

aetatum,

Amm. 21, 5:

dilationum,

id. 30, 4 et saep.—

A means of examining; hence, the tongue of a balance (very rare): examen est ligula vel lignum, quod mediam hastam ad pondera adaequanda tenet, Schol. Pers. 1, 6; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 80, 14: Juppiter ipse duas aequato examine lances Sustinet, Verg. A. 12, 725; Cod. Theod. 12, 7, 1.—

Trop., a weighing, consideration, examination:

examenve improbum in illa Castiges trutina,

Pers. 1, 6:

legum,

Ov. M. 9, 552; cf.

vitae,

Stat. S. 3, 3, 203.

exāmĭno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [examen].

(acc. to examen, I.).— Neut., to form swarms, to swarm:

examinant alvi,

Col. 9, 14, 5.—

(acc. to examen, II.).

Lit.

Act., to weigh (class.):

(aër) tamquam paribus examinatus ponderibus,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 19, 43; cf.: ad certum pondus, * Caes. B. G. 5, 12, 4.—

Neut.: alicui, to be in equilibrium with a thing, to counterbalance, counterpoise, Vitr. 10, 8.—

Trop., act., to weigh, ponder, consider, examine, try, test (class.):

non aurificis statera, sed quadam populari trutina examinari,

Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 159; cf.:

omnia verborum momentis, non rerum ponderibus,

id. Rep. 3, 8; so,

aliquid suis ponderibus,

id. Planc. 32 fin.:

diligenter verborum omnium pondera,

id. Or. 8, 26; Quint. 10, 3, 5:

emendate loquendi regulam,

id. 1, 5, 1;

juncturam syllabarum longarum et brevium aurium mensura,

Gell. 16, 18, 3:

(Parrhasius) examinasse subtilius lineas traditur (shortly after: circumscripsit omnia),

Quint. 12, 10, 4 Spald.: male verum examinat omnis Corruptus judex, * Hor. S. 2, 2, 8; cf.

of judicial examination,

Quint. 12, 3, 6; Dig. 30, 58; 33, 7, 12, § 43. —Hence, exāmĭnātus, a, um, P. a., tried, i. e. careful, thoughtful (late Lat.):

examinatissima diligentia,

Aug. Conf. 7, 6. — Adv.: exāmĭnātē, carefully, considerately:

credere,

Tert. Praescr. 33.— Comp.:

examinatius deliberare,

Amm. 25, 7.

ex-plōro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to search out, seek to discover, to examine, investigate, explore (class.; in Cic. esp. freq. in the part. perf. and P. a.; syn.: speculor, scitor, sciscitor, percontor, quaero, interrogo).

In gen.

With acc.:

explora rem totam,

Cic. Att. 6, 8, 5:

fugam domini,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 17, § 44:

ambitum Africae,

Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 8:

altera (manus) motu caecum iter explorat,

Ov. M. 10, 456:

vehiculorum onera,

Suet. Tib. 18:

glebas gustu,

Col. 2, 2, 20:

panis potionisque bonitatem gustu,

Tac. A. 12, 66 et saep.:

ad explorandum idoneum locum castris,

for choosing out, Caes. B. C. 1, 81, 1:

insidias,

to seek out, Verg. G. 3, 537.—

With rel. clause:

explorare, qui homines inhabitarent,

Petr. 116:

apud se explorare, an expediat sibi consilium,

Dig. 17, 1, 2 fin.:

exploratum est, ubi controversia incipiat,

Quint. 7, 1, 8.—

In the part. perf., examined, ascertained, known:

exploratum et provisum,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 110:

jam explorata nobis sunt ea, quae, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 13:

perspecta et explorata perscribere,

id. Att. 3, 15, 8; cf.:

res non incertis jactatae rumoribus, sed compertae et exploratae,

Liv. 42, 13, 1:

de numero eorum omnia se habere explorata Remi dicebant,

Caes. B. G. 2, 4, 4; id. B. C. 2, 31, 5.—In abl. neutr. absol.: explorato, it being ascertained, i. e. when he knew:

explorato, jam profectos amicos,

Tac. H. 2, 49.

In partic.

In milit. lang., to spy out, reconnoitre:

speculatoribus in omnes partes dimissis, explorat, quo commodissime itinere vallum transire possit,

Caes. B. G. 5, 49 fin.; cf. id. ib. 5, 50, 3:

itinera egressusque ejus, postremo loca atque tempora cuncta explorat,

Sall. J. 35, 5:

Siciliam adiit, Africam exploravit,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 34:

occulte explorare loca,

Caes. B. C. 1, 66, 2:

explorato hostium consilio,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 18, 2.—In the neutr. absol.:

ante explorato et subsidiis positis,

Liv. 23, 42, 9; so id. 23, 43, 7; 27, 2 fin. —

To try, test, put to the proof (perh. not ante-Aug.):

et suspensa focis explorat robora fumus,

Verg. G. 1, 175:

taurus in adversis explorat cornua truncis,

Luc. 2, 603; cf.:

hoc jugulo dextram explora,

Sil. 11, 358:

animos,

Ov. A. A. 1, 456; Liv. 37, 7, 10:

explorans quid hostes agerent,

id. 37, 28, 6:

haec exploranda per impigros juvenes esse,

id. 22, 55:

secundae res animos,

Tac. H. 1, 15:

tyranni fidem,

Luc. 8, 582.—Hence, explōrātus, a, um, P. a. Lit., ascertained; hence, established, confirmed, certain, sure:

ut ei jam exploratus et domi conditus consulatus videretur,

Cic. Mur. 24, 49: magna et prope explorata [p. 697] spes, id. Phil. 10, 10, 20; id. Off. 3, 33, 117; id. Tusc. 5, 9, 27:

victoria,

Caes. B. G. 7, 52, 2:

ratio,

Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 64:

litterae exploratae a timore,

i. e. affording certainty, confidence, id. Att. 3, 17, 1 et saep.:

de quo mihi exploratum est, ita esse, ut scribis,

I am certain, convinced, id. Fam. 2, 16, 6; cf. id. Ac. 2, 17, 54:

quis est tam stultus, cui sit exploratum, se ad vesperum esse victurum?

id. de Sen. 19, 67:

in qua (amicitia) nihil fidum, nihil exploratum habeas,

id. Lael. 26, 97:

exploratam habere pacem,

id. Phil. 7, 6, 16:

(Deus) habet exploratum, fore, etc.,

id. N. D. 1, 19, 51:

pro explorato habebat, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 6, 5, 3.— Comp.:

facilior et exploratior devitatio legionum fore videtur, etc.,

Cic. Att. 16, 2, 4.— Sup.:

exploratissima victoria,

Vell. 84, 1.— Adv.: explōrātē, with certainty, for a certainty, securely, surely (for the most part only in Cic.):

haec ita sentio, judico, ad te explorate scribo,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, b. 3; cf. judicare, Planc. in Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 6:

satis explorate perceptum et cognitum,

Cic. N. D. 1, 1, 1:

navigare,

id. Fam. 16, 8, 1.— Comp.:

exploratius promittere,

Cic. Fam. 6, 1, 5.— Sup. seems not to occur.

ex-pŭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

To lop off, to prune, to crop:

veteranam vitem,

Col. 3, 15, 3; 5, 6, 31:

palos,

id. 11, 2, 12.—

Trop.

To consider well, to examine:

utramque rem simul,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 8:

id exputando evolvere,

Auct. Her. 2, 26, 42.—

To fathom, comprehend: quae mens eum aut quorum consilia a tanta gloria avocarint, exputare non possum, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 24, 6.

hăbĭto, āvi, ātum, 1 ( gen. plur. of the part. pres. habitantum, Ov. M. 14, 90), v. freq. a. and n. [habeo].

In gen., to have frequently, to be wont to have (anteclass. and very rare): epicrocum, Varr. ap. Non. 318, 25:

comas,

id. ib. 27.—

In partic., to have possession of, to inhabit a place; and more freq. neut., to dwell, abide, reside, live anywhere (the class. signif. of the word; cf.: colo, incolo, commoror).

Lit.

Act.:

centum urbes habitant magnas,

Verg. A. 3, 106:

silvas,

id. E. 6, 2:

hoc nemus, hunc collem (deus),

id. A. 8, 352:

humiles casas,

id. E. 2, 29:

terras,

Ov. H. 1, 66; id. M. 1, 195:

pruinas,

Val. Fl. 2, 177:

locum,

Tac. Agr. 11; cf. Liv. 5, 51, 3. — Pass.:

colitur ea pars (urbis) et habitatur frequentissime,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119; cf. Quint. 1, 4, 28:

arx procul iis, quae habitabantur,

Liv. 24, 3, 2:

applicata colli habitatur colonia Corinthus,

Plin. 4, 4, 5, § 11; 5, 7, 7, § 42:

Scythiae confinis est regio habitaturque pluribus vicis,

Curt. 8, 2, 14:

nobis habitabitur orbis Ultimus,

Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 127:

tellus Bistoniis habitata viris,

id. M. 13, 430; cf.:

nec patria est habitata tibi,

id. Tr. 5, 3, 21; Sil. 2, 654:

raris habitata mapalia tectis,

Verg. G. 3, 340; cf.:

(agellus) habitatus quinque focis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 2:

campi olim uberes magnisque urbibus habitati,

Tac. H. 5, 7:

quae sit tellus habitanda (sibi), requirit,

Ov. M. 3, 9; cf.:

cesserunt nitidis habitandae piscibus undae,

id. ib. 1, 74:

habitandaque fana Apris reliquit et rapacibus lupis,

Hor. Epod. 16, 19:

proavis habitatas linquere silvas,

Juv. 15, 152.—

Neutr.:

in illisce habitat aedibus Amphitruo,

Plaut. Am. prol. 97; cf.:

cujus hic in aediculis habitat decem, ut opinor, milibus,

Cic. Cael. 7, 17:

in gurgustio,

id. N. D. 1, 9, 22:

in via,

on the high-road, id. Phil. 2, 41, 106:

in Sicilia,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 41, § 95:

in arboribus (aves),

Plin. 18, 35, 87, § 363:

Lilybaei,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 18, § 38:

lucis opacis,

Verg. A. 6, 673:

vallibus imis,

id. ib. 3, 110:

casa straminea,

Prop. 2, 16 (3, 8), 20; cf.:

sub terra habitare,

Cic. N. D. 2, 37, 95:

apud aliquem,

id. Ac. 2, 26, 115; cf. id. Brut. 90, 309; id. Cael. 21, 51; id. Clu. 12, 33; id. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 83:

cum aliquo,

id. ib. 2, 1, 25, §

64: cum illa apud te,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 41.— Absol.:

triginta milibus dixistis eum habitare,

Cic. Cael. 7, 17; cf.:

nunc si quis tanti (i. e. sex milibus) habitet,

Vell. 2, 10, 1:

bene,

to have a good habitation, Nep. Att. 13; so,

dum sic ergo habitat Cetronius,

so splendidly, Juv. 14, 92:

avecta est peregre hinc habitatum,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 37; cf.:

is habitatum huc commigravit,

id. Trin. 4, 3, 77; and:

rus habitatum abii,

Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 27:

commorandi natura deversorium nobis, non habitandi locum dedit,

Cic. de Sen. 23, 84:

habitandi causa,

Caes. B. C. 3, 112, 8.—Part. as subst.: hăbĭtantes, ium, the inhabitants: numquam tecta subeamus: super habitantes aliquando procumbunt, Quint. 2, 16, 6; Ov. M. 14, 90:

oppidum valetudine habitantium infame,

Mel. 1, 16, 1:

ad occasum,

Plin. 2, 70, 82, § 180.— Pass. impers.:

vides, habitari in terra raris et angustis in locis, et in ipsis quasi maculis, ubi habitatur, vastas solitudines interjectas,

Cic. Rep. 6, 19:

habitari ait Xenophanes in luna,

that the moon is inhabited, id. Ac. 2, 39, 123:

vicorum, quibus frequenter habitabatur,

Liv. 2, 62, 4.—

Transf., to stay, remain, dwell, or keep in any place; to keep to, dwell upon a thing (a favorite expression with Cicero):

cum iis, qui in foro habitarunt, de dignitate contendas?

Cic. Mur. 9, 21; cf.:

habitare in Rostris,

id. Brut. 89, 305:

in subselliis,

id. de Or. 1, 62, 264; cf.

also: in oculis,

to be always in public, id. Planc. 27, 66:

illi qui hoc solum colendum ducebant, habitarunt in hac una ratione tractanda,

id. de Or. 2, 38, 160:

in bonis haerebit et habitabit suis,

to dwell upon, id. Or. 15, 49; cf. id. de Or. 2, 72, 292:

qui potest igitur habitare in beata vita summi mali metus?

id. Fin. 2, 28, 92:

cum his habitare pernoctareque curis (i. e. studiis)!

id. Tusc. 5, 24, 69:

quorum in vultu habitant oculi mei,

id. Phil. 12, 1, 2:

animus habitat in oculis,

Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145; cf.:

mens ibi (in corde) habitat,

id. 11, 37, 69, § 182:

qui tibi (Amori) jucundumst, siccis habitare medullis,

Prop. 2, 11 (3, 3), 17:

peregrinatus est hujus animus in nequitia, non habitavit,

Val. Max. 6, 9, ext. 1:

tecum habita,

i. e. retire within thyself, examine thyself, Pers. 4, 52.

hăbĭto, āvi, ātum, 1 ( gen. plur. of the part. pres. habitantum, Ov. M. 14, 90), v. freq. a. and n. [habeo].

In gen., to have frequently, to be wont to have (anteclass. and very rare): epicrocum, Varr. ap. Non. 318, 25:

comas,

id. ib. 27.—

In partic., to have possession of, to inhabit a place; and more freq. neut., to dwell, abide, reside, live anywhere (the class. signif. of the word; cf.: colo, incolo, commoror).

Lit.

Act.:

centum urbes habitant magnas,

Verg. A. 3, 106:

silvas,

id. E. 6, 2:

hoc nemus, hunc collem (deus),

id. A. 8, 352:

humiles casas,

id. E. 2, 29:

terras,

Ov. H. 1, 66; id. M. 1, 195:

pruinas,

Val. Fl. 2, 177:

locum,

Tac. Agr. 11; cf. Liv. 5, 51, 3. — Pass.:

colitur ea pars (urbis) et habitatur frequentissime,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119; cf. Quint. 1, 4, 28:

arx procul iis, quae habitabantur,

Liv. 24, 3, 2:

applicata colli habitatur colonia Corinthus,

Plin. 4, 4, 5, § 11; 5, 7, 7, § 42:

Scythiae confinis est regio habitaturque pluribus vicis,

Curt. 8, 2, 14:

nobis habitabitur orbis Ultimus,

Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 127:

tellus Bistoniis habitata viris,

id. M. 13, 430; cf.:

nec patria est habitata tibi,

id. Tr. 5, 3, 21; Sil. 2, 654:

raris habitata mapalia tectis,

Verg. G. 3, 340; cf.:

(agellus) habitatus quinque focis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 2:

campi olim uberes magnisque urbibus habitati,

Tac. H. 5, 7:

quae sit tellus habitanda (sibi), requirit,

Ov. M. 3, 9; cf.:

cesserunt nitidis habitandae piscibus undae,

id. ib. 1, 74:

habitandaque fana Apris reliquit et rapacibus lupis,

Hor. Epod. 16, 19:

proavis habitatas linquere silvas,

Juv. 15, 152.—

Neutr.:

in illisce habitat aedibus Amphitruo,

Plaut. Am. prol. 97; cf.:

cujus hic in aediculis habitat decem, ut opinor, milibus,

Cic. Cael. 7, 17:

in gurgustio,

id. N. D. 1, 9, 22:

in via,

on the high-road, id. Phil. 2, 41, 106:

in Sicilia,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 41, § 95:

in arboribus (aves),

Plin. 18, 35, 87, § 363:

Lilybaei,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 18, § 38:

lucis opacis,

Verg. A. 6, 673:

vallibus imis,

id. ib. 3, 110:

casa straminea,

Prop. 2, 16 (3, 8), 20; cf.:

sub terra habitare,

Cic. N. D. 2, 37, 95:

apud aliquem,

id. Ac. 2, 26, 115; cf. id. Brut. 90, 309; id. Cael. 21, 51; id. Clu. 12, 33; id. Verr. 2, 2, 34, § 83:

cum aliquo,

id. ib. 2, 1, 25, §

64: cum illa apud te,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 41.— Absol.:

triginta milibus dixistis eum habitare,

Cic. Cael. 7, 17; cf.:

nunc si quis tanti (i. e. sex milibus) habitet,

Vell. 2, 10, 1:

bene,

to have a good habitation, Nep. Att. 13; so,

dum sic ergo habitat Cetronius,

so splendidly, Juv. 14, 92:

avecta est peregre hinc habitatum,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 37; cf.:

is habitatum huc commigravit,

id. Trin. 4, 3, 77; and:

rus habitatum abii,

Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 27:

commorandi natura deversorium nobis, non habitandi locum dedit,

Cic. de Sen. 23, 84:

habitandi causa,

Caes. B. C. 3, 112, 8.—Part. as subst.: hăbĭtantes, ium, the inhabitants: numquam tecta subeamus: super habitantes aliquando procumbunt, Quint. 2, 16, 6; Ov. M. 14, 90:

oppidum valetudine habitantium infame,

Mel. 1, 16, 1:

ad occasum,

Plin. 2, 70, 82, § 180.— Pass. impers.:

vides, habitari in terra raris et angustis in locis, et in ipsis quasi maculis, ubi habitatur, vastas solitudines interjectas,

Cic. Rep. 6, 19:

habitari ait Xenophanes in luna,

that the moon is inhabited, id. Ac. 2, 39, 123:

vicorum, quibus frequenter habitabatur,

Liv. 2, 62, 4.—

Transf., to stay, remain, dwell, or keep in any place; to keep to, dwell upon a thing (a favorite expression with Cicero):

cum iis, qui in foro habitarunt, de dignitate contendas?

Cic. Mur. 9, 21; cf.:

habitare in Rostris,

id. Brut. 89, 305:

in subselliis,

id. de Or. 1, 62, 264; cf.

also: in oculis,

to be always in public, id. Planc. 27, 66:

illi qui hoc solum colendum ducebant, habitarunt in hac una ratione tractanda,

id. de Or. 2, 38, 160:

in bonis haerebit et habitabit suis,

to dwell upon, id. Or. 15, 49; cf. id. de Or. 2, 72, 292:

qui potest igitur habitare in beata vita summi mali metus?

id. Fin. 2, 28, 92:

cum his habitare pernoctareque curis (i. e. studiis)!

id. Tusc. 5, 24, 69:

quorum in vultu habitant oculi mei,

id. Phil. 12, 1, 2:

animus habitat in oculis,

Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145; cf.:

mens ibi (in corde) habitat,

id. 11, 37, 69, § 182:

qui tibi (Amori) jucundumst, siccis habitare medullis,

Prop. 2, 11 (3, 3), 17:

peregrinatus est hujus animus in nequitia, non habitavit,

Val. Max. 6, 9, ext. 1:

tecum habita,

i. e. retire within thyself, examine thyself, Pers. 4, 52.

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.

inter-rŏgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to ask, question, inquire, interrogate (syn.: percontor, sciscitor; class.).

In gen.:

hoc quod te interrogo, responde,

Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 70:

pusionem quendam interrogat Socrates quaedam,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 34, 57:

aliquem de aliqua re,

id. Part. 1, 2; id. Vatin. 5, 13:

interrogas me, num,

id. Cat. 1, 5, 13.— Pass.: tunc sententiae interrogari coeptae, judgments or votes to be taken; esp., in the Senate:

interrogare sententias,

Suet. Caes. 21 fin.; Liv. 45, 25:

ad haec, quae interrogatus es, responde,

id. 8, 32:

testimonium interrogatus miles,

Suet. Tib. 71:

illa interrogavit illam: Qui scis? etc.,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 65:

Clodius interrogabat suos, quis esset, qui, etc.,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2; Suet. Vesp. 23; id. Aug. 54:

illud interrogo,

I put this question, Liv. 8, 32:

nil plus interrogo,

I have no more to ask, Juv. 10, 72.—

In partic.

To interrogate judicially, to examine; to go to law with, bring an action against, sue:

testes in reos,

Plin. Ep. 1, 5:

bene testem,

to cross-question a witness in such a manner as to make him contradict himself, Cic. Fl. 10, 22:

legibus interrogari,

Liv. 38, 50; 45, 47, 3:

quis me umquam ulla lege interrogavit?

Cic. Dom. 29, 77:

consules legibus ambitūs interrogati,

Sall. C. 18, 2; 31, 4:

pepigerat Pallas, ne cujus facti in praeteritum interrogaretur,

Tac. A. 13, 14:

damnatus Priscus repetundarum, Bithynis interrogantibus,

id. ib. 14, 46; 16, 21; Vell. 2, 13, 2. —

To argue, reason syllogistically:

Posidonius sic interrogandum ait: Quae neque magnitudinem animo dant, nec securitatem, non sunt bona: divitiae nihil horum faciunt: ergo non sunt bona,

Sen. Ep. 87, 31.—

In gram.:

interrogandi casus,

the genitive, Gell. 20, 6, 8; Nigid. ap. Gell. 13, 25, 3.—

Trop.: si versum pangis, etc., aurem tuam interroga, quo quid loco conveniat dicere, consult, Prob. Val. ap. Gell. 13, 21, 1 sq. — Hence, interrŏganter, adv., interrogatively (eccl. Lat.), Aug. in Job, 34.

intrō-spĭcĭo, spexi, spectum, 3, v. a. [specio], to look into, look at (syn. inspicio).

Lit.

To look into any thing:

domum,

Cic. Har. Resp. 15, 1, 33:

casas omnium,

id. Div. 2, 51, 105.—

To look at:

aliorum felicitatem aegris oculis,

Tac. H. 2, 20. —

Trop., to inspect, examine, observe attentively; constr. with in and acc., or simple acc.

With in and acc.:

introspicite penitus in omnes rei publicae partes,

Cic. Font. 15, 43:

in mentem tuam,

id. Fin. 2, 35, 118.—

With simple acc.:

penitus introspicite Catilinae, Cethegi, ceterorumque mentes,

id. Sull. 27, 76:

fortunam suam,

Tac. A. 11, 38:

numinum religiones,

id. ib. 3, 60:

non introspectis penitus virtutibus,

Quint. 10, 2, 16:

vitam,

Plin. Pan. 75:

verba,

Gell. 17, 2.

jacto, āvi, ātum (jactarier, Lucr. 6, 556; Enn. Tr. 130), 1, v. freq. a. [jacio], to throw, cast, hurl.

Lit.:

semen,

to scatter, Varr. R. R. 1, 42:

semina per undas,

Ov. M. 4, 748:

jactato flore tegente vias,

id. Tr. 4, 2, 50:

irrita sacrilega jactas incendia dextra,

id. M. 14, 539:

hastas,

Cic. de Or. 2, 78, 316:

vestem argentumque de muro,

Caes. B. G. 7, 47:

lapides vacuum in orbem,

Verg. G. 1, 62:

cinerem per agros,

id. ib. 1, 81:

se muris in praeceps,

Curt. 5, 6, 7;

of casting a net: rete,

Dig. 19, 1, 12;

also of dicethrowing: talos arripio, jacto basilicum,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 79; cf.:

numerosque manu jactabat eburnos,

Ov. A. A. 2, 203; id. ib. 3, 355; Suet. Aug. 71.—

Transf.

To throw or toss about; to shake, flourish:

crura,

Lucr. 4, 991:

brachia in numerum,

id. 4, 769:

manus,

Quint. 11, 3, 179; 10, 3, 21:

umeros,

id. 11, 3, 130:

tinnula manu,

Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 38:

tintinnabulum,

Phaedr. 2, 7, 5:

onerosa pallia,

Juv. 6, 236:

cerviculam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19, § 49:

nisi se suo more jactavisset,

i. e. to make gestures, id. Brut. 60, 217:

cum multum se Curio ex more jactasset,

Quint. 11, 3, 129:

exsultare immoderateque jactari,

Cic. Div. 1, 29, 60:

corpus in suo sanguine,

to wallow, Ov. M. 10, 721:

videntes,

Verg. G. 2, 355:

a facie manus,

to throw kisses, Juv. 3, 106; cf.: jactare basia, id. 4, 118:

oculos,

Lucr. 4, 1133:

lumina,

Ov. H. 3, 11:

jugum,

i. e. to be restless, rebellious, Juv. 13, 22.—

To drive hither and thither, to drive about:

cum adversā tempestate in alto jactarentur,

Cic. Inv. 2, 31, 95; Ov. H. 17, 235; Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 15; Ov. Tr. 3, 2, 15:

ut Aeneas pelago... omnia circum Litora jactetur,

Verg. A. 1, 668; 10, 48; 1, 182:

jactati aequore toto Troes,

id. ib. 1, 29; Ov. M. 11, 441 al.:

si quando, ut fit, jactor in turba, etc.,

Cic. Planc. 7, 17:

jactatur domi suae homo honestissimus,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 67:

aestu febrique jactari,

id. Cat. 1, 13.—So of the sea:

ut jactetur aqua,

Lucr. 6, 553:

cito mutata est jactati forma profundi,

Ov. H. 19, 77:

aequora,

id. Tr. 4, 4, 57.—

To throw away:

merces,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 43:

arma,

Liv. 9, 12; Curt. 3, 3, 9.—Esp., to throw overboard, throw into the sea, Dig. 47, 2, 43, § 10; 14, 2, 4, § 2:

jactatur rerum utilium pars maxima,

Juv. 12, 52.—

To throw out, emit, spread:

luna suam jactat de corpore lucem,

Lucr. 5, 576:

voces per umbram,

Verg. A. 2, 768.—

Trop.

To torment, disquiet, disturb:

jactor, crucior, agitor, stimulor,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 4:

nolo te jactari diutius,

id. Trin. 3, 2, 59:

ipsa velut navis jactor,

Ov. H. 21, 41:

jactari morbis,

Lucr. 3, 507:

clamore et convicio,

Cic. Fam. 1, 5:

aliquem,

id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 45.—

Jactare se or jactari, not to be firm, to waver, Cic. Tusc. 4, 10.—Of money, to fluctuate in value:

jactabatur temporibus illis nummus sic, ut nemo posset scire, quid haberet,

Cic. Off. 3, 20, 80. —

To consider, examine, discuss:

pluribus praesentibus eas res jactari nolebat,

Caes. B. G. 1, 18:

multa totā die in concilio variis jactata sermonibus erant,

i. e. discussed, not decided, Liv. 1, 50, 3:

pectore curas,

Verg. A. 1, 227:

jactari magis quam peragi accusatio ejus poterat,

discussed without a conclusion, to no purpose, Liv. 10, 46, 16.—

To discuss, mention, intimate, pronounce, throw out, utter, speak, say, name, propose a thing:

rem jactare sermonibus,

Liv. 8, 29:

ultro citroque,

id. 7, 9:

jactamus jam pridem omnis te Roma beatum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 18:

talia jactanti, etc.,

Verg. A. 1, 102:

jactatum in condicionibus nequiquam de Tarquiniis in regnum restituendis,

Liv. 2, 13, 3:

hanc autem jactari magis causam quam veram esse,

to be rather the pretext than the true reason, id. 5, 53, 2.—

To throw or fling out threats, etc.:

jactare et opponere terrorem,

Cic. Sest. 23, 52:

minas,

id. Quint. 14, 47:

probra in quempiam,

Liv. 29, 9; cf.:

convicia,

Prop. 3, 8, 11.—

To boast of, vaunt a thing:

ostentare honorem aetatis, jactare urbanam gratiam et dignitatem,

Caes. B. C. 3, 83:

ingenium,

Quint. 3, 1, 3:

genus et nomen,

Hor. C. 1, 14, 13:

regna et virtutem,

Ov. H. 16, 81:

quo te jactas creatum,

id. M. 9, 23; Curt. 8, 1, 23.—

With se, to talk boastfully of one's self, to boast, make an ostentatious display.

Absol.:

intolerantius se jactare,

Cic. de Or. 2, 52, § 209:

non jactandi mei causā,

Quint. Decl. 268.—

With dat.:

se alicui,

to boast of one's self to a person, Ov. H. 12, 175:

se Iliae querenti ultorem,

Hor. C. 1, 2, 18; Liv. 35, 49, 3:

ipse cum se jactaret amicae,

Juv. 1, 62.—

With in or simple abl.:

cum in eo se in contione jactavisset,

Cic. Att. 2, 1, 5:

ne quis sit lucus, quo se plus jactet Apollo,

Verg. E. 6, 73.—

With de:

jactat se jamdudum de Calidio,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 21, § 46.—

With gen.:

se justitiae,

Hier. Ep. 23, 34. —

With two acc.:

se jactare formosum,

Phaedr. 3, 8, 6.—

To carry one's self confidently or conceitedly:

qui antea solitus esset jactare se magnificentissime in illo loco,

Cic. Att. 2, 21, 3.—

To be officious or active in, to give one's self up to, devote one's self to a thing:

jactare se in causis centumviralibus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 173:

nostrum hoc tempus aetatis forensi labore jactari,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 5:

in qua (re publica) tu non valde te jactas,

id. Fam. 2, 15, 3:

se actionibus tribuniciis,

Liv. 3, 1.—

Se in pecuniis, to be prodigal of one's money, Cic. Cat. 2, 9.—Hence, jactans, antis, P. a., boasting, bragging, boastful, vainglorious.

Lit.: insolens, arrogans, jactans, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 322, 13:

epistolae jactantes et gloriosae,

Plin. Ep. 3, 9:

neque vereor ne jactantior videar, etc.,

id. ib. 9, 23; so Verg. A. 6, 815: jactantior hic paulo est, Hor. S. 1, 3, 50.—With gen.:

tumidus ae sui jactans,

Quint. 11, 1, 50:

plebis jactantissimus amator,

Spart. Hadr. 17.—

Transf., proud, noble, splendid:

septemgemino jactantior aethera pulset Roma jugo,

Stat. S. 4, 1, 6; Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 1.— Adv.: jactanter, boastfully, ostentatiously:

minae jactanter sonantes,

Amm. 27, 2, 3; Prud. Ham. 170.— Comp.:

jactantius maerere,

Tac. A. 2, 77:

litteras componere,

id. H. 3, 53; Prud. Ham. 170.

jūdĭco, āvi, ātum, 1 (judicassit for judicaverit, Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 6), v. a. [judex], to examine judicially, to judge, be a judge, pass judgment, decide (syn.: judicium facio, reddo; class.).

Lit.:

si recte et ordine judicaris,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 48, 138:

cum magistratus judicassit,

id. Leg. 3, 3, 6:

ordo alius ad res judicandas postulatur,

id. Div. in Caecil. 3, 8:

aliquid contra aliquem,

id. Fl. 4, 11:

judicare, deberi viro dotem,

id. Caecin. 25 fin.:

homo in rebus judicandis spectatus et cognitus,

id. Verr. 1, 10, 29:

judicantem vidimus Aeacum,

Hor. C. 2, 13, 22:

ad judicandum evocari,

Suet. Galb. 14:

ne aut spoliaret fama probatum virum, si contra judicavisset,

Cic. Off. 3, 19, 77:

de bene meritis civibus potestas judicandi,

id. Mil. 2, 4:

res,

id. Phil. 1, 8, 20; id. Verr. 2, 2, 31, § 76:

ex aequo et bono,

id. Caecin. 23, 63:

mihi tris hodie litis judicandas dicito,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 10.—With kindred acc.: inclytum judicium, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 50, 114. —Esp.,

To condemn = damnare;

quo jam diu sum judicatus,

Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 20:

judicati atque addicti,

Liv. 6, 34, 2; 6, 14, 10:

judicatum pecuniae,

id. 6, 14, 3:

quoad vel capitis vel pecuniae judicasset privato,

id. 26, 3, 8:

quique judicati pecuniae in vinculis essent,

id. 23, 14, 3:

judicare aliquem pecuniae,

to fine, Gell. 20, 1, 47:

alicui perduellionem judicare,

Liv. 1, 26.—

Transf. beyond the legal sphere.

To judge, judge of a thing:

aliquid oculorum fallacissimo sensu,

Cic. Div. 2, 43, 91:

quod egomet multis argumentis jam antea judicāram,

id. Fam. 3, 4, 1:

sic statuo et judico, neminem, etc.,

id. de Or. 2, 28, 22.—

To declare, proclaim a person to be any thing:

judicetur non verbo sed re, non modo non consul, sed etiam, hostis Antonius,

Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 14:

Deiotarum unum fidelem populo Romano,

id. ib. 11, 13, 34:

cujus rei exemplum pulcherrimum judicarem,

Caes. B. G. 7, 77.—

To determine, resolve, conclude:

de itinere ipsos brevi tempore judicaturos,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40.—

To adjudge, make over to a person:

nam ego ad Menaechmum nunc eo, cui jam diu Sum judicatus (al. quo),

Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 20:

judicata pecunia,

Val. Max. 4, 1, 8.—Hence, jūdĭ-cātus, a, um, P. a., decided, determined:

mihi judicatum est deponere illam personam,

I am determined, Cic. Fam. 7, 33, 2:

res judicata,

a decided matter taken as a precedent for other cases, id. Top. 5, 28; Quint. 5, 2, 1:

infirmatio rerum judicatarum,

Cic. Agr. 2, 3, 8.—Also, sentenced, condemned:

judicatum duci,

Cic. de Or. 2, 63. —Hence, subst.: jūdĭcātum, i, n., a matter judged or decided; a decision, judgment, precedent, authority:

judicatum est id, de quo sententia lata est, aut decretum interpositum,

Auct. Her. 2, 13, 19:

judicatum est, de quo ante jam sententia alicujus... constitutum est,

Cic. Inv. 2, 22, 68; id. Flac. 20, 48:

quamvis postea judicatum fiat, tamen actio data non intercidit,

Dig. 27, 3, 21.—

An award, a fine:

solvere,

Cic. Quint. 13, 44; 7, 29.— Adv.: jūdĭcātō, deliberately (post-class.), Gell. 14, 1.

lanx, lancis, f. [cf. lekos, lekanê], a plate, platter, charger, dish (class.; cf.: patina, patella, magis, scutula).

In gen.:

in lancibus,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 45:

in filicatis lancibus,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 13:

pomum de caelata sumere lance,

Ov. P. 3, 5, 20:

cumulantque oneratis lancibus aras,

Verg. A. 8, 284:

inter lances mensasque nitentes,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 4:

rotundae lances,

id. ib. 2, 4, 41:

qui furtum quaerere velit, nudus quaerat, linteo cinctus, lancem habens, etc.,

Gai. Inst. 3, 192 sqq.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll.; Gell. 11, 18, 9; 16, 10, 8:

sic implet leves scutulas, cavasque lances,

Mart. 11, 32, 18; Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 86:

squilla distendat pectore lancem,

Juv. 5, 80.—

In partic., the scale of a balance (cf.:

libra, statera, trutina): necesse est lancem in libra ponderibus impositis deprimi,

Cic. Ac. 2, 12, 38:

Critolaus cum in alteram lancem animi bona imponat, in alteram corporis et externa, etc.,

id. Tusc. 5, 17, 51; cf. id. Fin. 5, 30, 91; cf.:

Juppiter ipse duas aequato examine lances Sustinet,

Verg. A. 12, 725:

cum in altera lance Claudius et Nero starent, in altera, etc.,

Suet. Vesp. 25.—

Trop.: vitam aequa lance pensitare, to weigh or consider impartially, Plin. 7, 7, 5, § 44:

aequa lance examinare,

Ambros. Ep. 41, 22:

paripendere lance cunctos,

Arn. 6, 2:

aequa lance servari,

i. e. in like manner, Dig. 42, 1, 20.

lustro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [2. lustrum], to purify by means of a propitiatory offering (syn.: procuro, expio).

Lit.:

agrum lustrare sic oportet. Impera suovetaurilia circumagi, etc.,

Cato, R. R. 141:

in lustranda colonia ab eo, qui eam deduceret,

Cic. Div. 1, 45, 102:

ibi instructum exercitum omnem suovetaurilibus lustravit,

Liv. 1, 44; 40, 6:

tunc vitula innumeros lustrabat caesa juvencos,

Tib. 1, 1, 25 (31 Müll.):

aliquem taedis,

id. 1, 2, 61:

terque senem flammā, ter aquā, ter sulphure lustrat,

Ov. M. 7, 261; cf. Verg. A. 6, 231:

lustramurque Iovi votisque incendimus aras,

we purify ourselves, id. ib. 3, 279:

se centum lustrare ovis,

Juv. 6, 518:

lustrari,

id. 2, 157: non inveniatur in te, qui lustret filium tuum aut filiam tuam, nec divinus, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 15, 1, 1.—

Transf., because, at the lustral sacrifice, the priest went around the person or object purified; hence,

To go around, encircle:

regem choreis,

Verg. A. 10, 224.—

To go round, wander over, traverse:

Pythagoras et Aegyptum lustravit et Persarum Magos adiit,

Cic. Fin. 5, 29, 87: latitudinem lustrans signiferi orbis, id. N. D. 2, 20, 53; so id. Univ. 9:

et salis Ausonii lustrandum navibus aequor,

Verg. A. 3, 385:

pede barbaro Lustrata Rhodope,

Hor. C. 3, 25, 11:

lustrati montes,

Plin. 6, 27, 31, § 129:

nulla meis frustra lustrantur compita plantis,

Prop. 3, 15, 3:

lustravitque fuga mediam gladiator harenam,

Juv. 2, 14, 4:

spatium,

id. 6, 582.—

Military term, to review:

exercitum lustravi apud Iconium,

Cic. Att. 5, 20, 2; Hirt. B. G. 8, 52; cf.:

inclusas animas superumque ad lumen ituras Lustrabat,

Verg. A. 6, 681.—

To review, survey, observe, examine ( poet.):

et totum lustrabat lumine corpus,

Verg. A. 8, 153:

respicio et quae sit me circum copia lustro,

id. ib. 2, 564:

alicujus vestigia,

id. ib. 11, 763; Tac. A. 15, 26; Petr. Sat. 11; Sil. 15, 787.—

Trop., to review, consider:

omnia ratione animoque,

Cic. Off. 1, 17, 57.—

(Of the sun, moon, etc.) To illuminate, make bright:

postera Phoebeā lustrabat lampade terras Aurora,

Verg. A. 4, 6; 7, 148:

sol, obliquo terras et caelum lumine lustrans,

Lucr. 5, 693; 5, 79:

mundi magnum templum Sol et luna suo lustrantes lumine,

id. 5, 1437; 6, 737:

Sol, qui terrarum flammis opera omnia lustras,

Verg. A. 4, 607.

lustro, ōnis, m., i. q. vagus, wanderer, vagabond, Naev. in Lex. Vatic. tom. 8, p. 313; cf.

Klussman,

Naev. p. 232, and Com. Rel. v. 118 sq. Rib.

noscĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [nosco], to know, to recognize (not in Cic. or Cæs.).

Lit.:

noscito hanc, nam videor, nescio ubi, me vidisse prius,

Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 14:

aliquem facie,

Liv. 22, 6:

noscitabatur tamen in tantā deformitate,

id. 2, 23, 4:

praefectos,

Curt. 3, 11, 10:

ducem,

Tac. H. 2, 12:

aliquem vocibus,

Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 14:

facile inscieis noscitetur ab omnibus,

Cat. 61, 219.—

To perceive, observe:

haut est dissimilis, meam quom formam noscito,

Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 5:

circumspectare omnibus fori partibus senatorem, raroque usquam noscitare,

Liv. 3, 38, 9.—

Transf., to examine, explore:

aedes noscitat,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 21:

nunc vestigia, si qua sunt, noscitabo,

id. Cist. 4, 2, 14.

nosco, nōvi, nōtum, 3 (old form, GNOSCO, GNOVI, GNOTVM, acc. to Prisc. p. 569 P.; inf. pass. GNOSCIER, S. C. de Bacch.; cf. GNOTV, cognitu, Paul. ex Fest. p. 96 Müll.: GNOT (contr. for gnovit) oiden, epiginôskei; GNOTV, gnôsin, diagnôsin, Gloss. Labb.—Contr. forms in class. Lat. are nosti, noram, norim. nosse; nomus for novimus: nomus ambo Ulixem, Enn. ap. Diom. p. 382 P., or Trag. v. 199 Vahl.), v. a. [for gnosco, from the root gno; Gr. gignôskô, to begin to know], to get a knowledge of, become acquainted with, come to know a thing (syn.: scio, calleo).

Lit.

Tempp. praes.:

cum igitur, nosce te, dicit, hoc dicit, nosce animum tuum,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 22, 52: Me. Sauream non novi. Li. At nosce sane, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 58; cf.: Ch. Nosce signum. Ni. Novi, id. Bacch. 4, 6, 19; id. Poen. 4, 2, 71:

(Juppiter) nos per gentes alium alia disparat, Hominum qui facta, mores, pietatem et fidem noscamus,

id. Rud. prol. 12; id. Stich. 1, 1, 4:

id esse verum, cuivis facile est noscere,

Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 8:

ut noscere possis quidque,

Lucr. 1, 190; 2, 832; 3, 124; 418; 588; Cic. Rep. 1, 41, 64: deus ille, quem mente noscimus, id. N. D. 1, 14, 37.— Pass.:

EAM (tabulam) FIGIER IOVBEATIS, VBEI FACILVMED GNOSCIER POTISIT, S. C. de Bacch.: forma in tenebris nosci non quita est, Ter Hec. 4, 1, 57 sq.: omnes philosophiae partes tum facile noscuntur, cum, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 1, 4, 9: philosophiae praecepta noscenda, id. Fragm. ap. Lact. 3, 14:

nullique videnda, Voce tamen noscar,

Ov. M. 14, 153:

nec noscitur ulli,

by any one, id. Tr. 1, 5, 29:

noscere provinciam, nosci exercitui,

by the army, Tac. Agr. 5.—

Temppperf., to have become acquainted with, to have learned, to know:

si me novisti minus,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 47:

Cylindrus ego sum, non nosti nomen meum?

id. Men. 2, 2, 20:

novi rem omnem,

Ter. And. 4, 4, 50:

qui non leges, non instituta... non jura noritis,

Cic. Pis. 13, 30:

plerique neque in rebus humanis quidquam bonum norunt, nisi, etc.,

id. Lael. 21, 79:

quam (virtutem) tu ne de facie quidem nosti,

id. Pis. 32, 81; id. Fin. 2, 22, 71:

si ego hos bene novi,

if I know them well, id. Rosc. Am. 20 fin.: si Caesarem bene novi, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, B, 2:

Lepidum pulchre noram,

Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 1:

si tuos digitos novi,

id. Att. 5, 21, 13:

res gestas de libris novisse,

to have learned from books, Lact. 5, 19, 15:

nosse Graece, etc. (late Lat. for scire),

Aug. Serm. 45, 5; 167, 40 al.:

ut ibi esses, ubi nec Pelopidarum—nosti cetera,

Cic. Fam. 7, 28, 2; Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 11.—

To examine, consider:

ad res suas noscendas,

Liv. 10, 20:

imaginem,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 29.—So esp., to take cognizance of as a judge:

quae olim a praetoribus noscebantur,

Tac. A. 12, 60.—

Transf., in the tempp. praes.

In gen., to know, recognize (rare; perh. not in Cic.): hau nosco tuom, I know your ( character, etc.), i. e. I know you no longer, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 44:

nosce imaginem,

id. Ps. 4, 2, 29; id. Bacch. 4, 6, 19:

potesne ex his ut proprium quid noscere?

Hor. S. 2, 7, 89; Tac. H. 1, 90.—

In partic., to acknowledge, allow, admit of a reason or an excuse (in Cic.):

numquam amatoris meretricem oportet causam noscere, Quin, etc.,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 18:

illam partem excusationis... nec nosco, nec probo,

Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 1; cf.:

quod te excusas: ego vero et tuas causas nosco, et, etc.,

id. Att. 11, 7, 4:

atque vereor, ne istam causam nemo noscat,

id. Leg. 1, 4, 11.—

Transf. in tempp. perf.

To be acquainted with, i. e. to practise, possess:

alia vitia non nosse,

Sen. Q. N. 4 praef. § 9.—

In mal. part., to know (in paronomasia), Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 13; id. Pers. 1, 3, 51.—

(Eccl. Lat.) Of religious knowledge:

non noverant Dominum,

Vulg. Judic. 2, 12; ib. 2 Thess. 1, 8:

Jesum novi, Paulum scio,

I acknowledge, ib. Act. 19, 15.—Hence, nōtus, a, um, P. a., known.

Lit.:

nisi rem tam notam esse omnibus et tam manifestam videres,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 58, 134:

ejusmodi res ita notas, ita testatas, ita manifestas proferam,

id. ib. 2, 2, 34, §

85: fingi haec putatis, quae patent, quae nota sunt omnibus, quae tenentur?

id. Mil. 28, 76:

noti atque insignes latrones,

id. Phil. 11, 5, 10:

habere omnes philosophiae notos et tractatos locos,

id. Or. 33, 118:

facere aliquid alicui notum,

id. Fam. 5, 12, 7:

tua nobilitas hominibus litteratis est notior, populo obscurior,

id. Mur. 7, 16:

nullus fuit civis Romanus paulo notior, quin, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 2, 19:

vita P. Sullae vobis populoque Romano notissima,

Cic. Sull. 26, 72:

nulli nota domus sua,

Juv. 1, 7.—

With gen. ( poet.):

notus in fratres animi paterni,

Hor. C. 2, 2, 6: noti operum Telchines. Stat. Th. 2, 274:

notusque fugarum, Vertit terga,

Sil. 17, 148.—

With subj.-clause:

notum est, cur, etc.,

Juv. 2, 58.—

With inf. ( poet.):

Delius, Trojanos notus semper minuisse labores,

Sil. 12, 331.—

In partic.

Subst.: nōti, acquaintances, friends:

de dignitate M. Caelius notis ac majoribus natu... respondet,

Cic. Cael. 2, 3:

hi suos notos hospitesque quaerebant,

Caes. B. C. 1, 74, 5; Hor. S. 1, 1, 85; Verg. Cir. 259.—

In a bad sense, notorious:

notissimi latronum duces,

Cic. Fam. 10, 14, 1:

integrae Temptator Orion Dianae,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 70; Ov. M. 1, 198:

Clodia, mulier non solum nobilis sed etiam nota,

Cic. Cael. 13, 31; cf. id. Verr. 1, 6, 15:

moechorum notissimus,

Juv. 6, 42.—

Transf., act., knowing, that knows: novi, [p. 1217] notis praedicas, to those that know, Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 39.

nosco, nōvi, nōtum, 3 (old form, GNOSCO, GNOVI, GNOTVM, acc. to Prisc. p. 569 P.; inf. pass. GNOSCIER, S. C. de Bacch.; cf. GNOTV, cognitu, Paul. ex Fest. p. 96 Müll.: GNOT (contr. for gnovit) oiden, epiginôskei; GNOTV, gnôsin, diagnôsin, Gloss. Labb.—Contr. forms in class. Lat. are nosti, noram, norim. nosse; nomus for novimus: nomus ambo Ulixem, Enn. ap. Diom. p. 382 P., or Trag. v. 199 Vahl.), v. a. [for gnosco, from the root gno; Gr. gignôskô, to begin to know], to get a knowledge of, become acquainted with, come to know a thing (syn.: scio, calleo).

Lit.

Tempp. praes.:

cum igitur, nosce te, dicit, hoc dicit, nosce animum tuum,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 22, 52: Me. Sauream non novi. Li. At nosce sane, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 58; cf.: Ch. Nosce signum. Ni. Novi, id. Bacch. 4, 6, 19; id. Poen. 4, 2, 71:

(Juppiter) nos per gentes alium alia disparat, Hominum qui facta, mores, pietatem et fidem noscamus,

id. Rud. prol. 12; id. Stich. 1, 1, 4:

id esse verum, cuivis facile est noscere,

Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 8:

ut noscere possis quidque,

Lucr. 1, 190; 2, 832; 3, 124; 418; 588; Cic. Rep. 1, 41, 64: deus ille, quem mente noscimus, id. N. D. 1, 14, 37.— Pass.:

EAM (tabulam) FIGIER IOVBEATIS, VBEI FACILVMED GNOSCIER POTISIT, S. C. de Bacch.: forma in tenebris nosci non quita est, Ter Hec. 4, 1, 57 sq.: omnes philosophiae partes tum facile noscuntur, cum, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 1, 4, 9: philosophiae praecepta noscenda, id. Fragm. ap. Lact. 3, 14:

nullique videnda, Voce tamen noscar,

Ov. M. 14, 153:

nec noscitur ulli,

by any one, id. Tr. 1, 5, 29:

noscere provinciam, nosci exercitui,

by the army, Tac. Agr. 5.—

Temppperf., to have become acquainted with, to have learned, to know:

si me novisti minus,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 47:

Cylindrus ego sum, non nosti nomen meum?

id. Men. 2, 2, 20:

novi rem omnem,

Ter. And. 4, 4, 50:

qui non leges, non instituta... non jura noritis,

Cic. Pis. 13, 30:

plerique neque in rebus humanis quidquam bonum norunt, nisi, etc.,

id. Lael. 21, 79:

quam (virtutem) tu ne de facie quidem nosti,

id. Pis. 32, 81; id. Fin. 2, 22, 71:

si ego hos bene novi,

if I know them well, id. Rosc. Am. 20 fin.: si Caesarem bene novi, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, B, 2:

Lepidum pulchre noram,

Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 1:

si tuos digitos novi,

id. Att. 5, 21, 13:

res gestas de libris novisse,

to have learned from books, Lact. 5, 19, 15:

nosse Graece, etc. (late Lat. for scire),

Aug. Serm. 45, 5; 167, 40 al.:

ut ibi esses, ubi nec Pelopidarum—nosti cetera,

Cic. Fam. 7, 28, 2; Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 11.—

To examine, consider:

ad res suas noscendas,

Liv. 10, 20:

imaginem,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 29.—So esp., to take cognizance of as a judge:

quae olim a praetoribus noscebantur,

Tac. A. 12, 60.—

Transf., in the tempp. praes.

In gen., to know, recognize (rare; perh. not in Cic.): hau nosco tuom, I know your ( character, etc.), i. e. I know you no longer, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 44:

nosce imaginem,

id. Ps. 4, 2, 29; id. Bacch. 4, 6, 19:

potesne ex his ut proprium quid noscere?

Hor. S. 2, 7, 89; Tac. H. 1, 90.—

In partic., to acknowledge, allow, admit of a reason or an excuse (in Cic.):

numquam amatoris meretricem oportet causam noscere, Quin, etc.,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 18:

illam partem excusationis... nec nosco, nec probo,

Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 1; cf.:

quod te excusas: ego vero et tuas causas nosco, et, etc.,

id. Att. 11, 7, 4:

atque vereor, ne istam causam nemo noscat,

id. Leg. 1, 4, 11.—

Transf. in tempp. perf.

To be acquainted with, i. e. to practise, possess:

alia vitia non nosse,

Sen. Q. N. 4 praef. § 9.—

In mal. part., to know (in paronomasia), Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 13; id. Pers. 1, 3, 51.—

(Eccl. Lat.) Of religious knowledge:

non noverant Dominum,

Vulg. Judic. 2, 12; ib. 2 Thess. 1, 8:

Jesum novi, Paulum scio,

I acknowledge, ib. Act. 19, 15.—Hence, nōtus, a, um, P. a., known.

Lit.:

nisi rem tam notam esse omnibus et tam manifestam videres,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 58, 134:

ejusmodi res ita notas, ita testatas, ita manifestas proferam,

id. ib. 2, 2, 34, §

85: fingi haec putatis, quae patent, quae nota sunt omnibus, quae tenentur?

id. Mil. 28, 76:

noti atque insignes latrones,

id. Phil. 11, 5, 10:

habere omnes philosophiae notos et tractatos locos,

id. Or. 33, 118:

facere aliquid alicui notum,

id. Fam. 5, 12, 7:

tua nobilitas hominibus litteratis est notior, populo obscurior,

id. Mur. 7, 16:

nullus fuit civis Romanus paulo notior, quin, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 2, 19:

vita P. Sullae vobis populoque Romano notissima,

Cic. Sull. 26, 72:

nulli nota domus sua,

Juv. 1, 7.—

With gen. ( poet.):

notus in fratres animi paterni,

Hor. C. 2, 2, 6: noti operum Telchines. Stat. Th. 2, 274:

notusque fugarum, Vertit terga,

Sil. 17, 148.—

With subj.-clause:

notum est, cur, etc.,

Juv. 2, 58.—

With inf. ( poet.):

Delius, Trojanos notus semper minuisse labores,

Sil. 12, 331.—

In partic.

Subst.: nōti, acquaintances, friends:

de dignitate M. Caelius notis ac majoribus natu... respondet,

Cic. Cael. 2, 3:

hi suos notos hospitesque quaerebant,

Caes. B. C. 1, 74, 5; Hor. S. 1, 1, 85; Verg. Cir. 259.—

In a bad sense, notorious:

notissimi latronum duces,

Cic. Fam. 10, 14, 1:

integrae Temptator Orion Dianae,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 70; Ov. M. 1, 198:

Clodia, mulier non solum nobilis sed etiam nota,

Cic. Cael. 13, 31; cf. id. Verr. 1, 6, 15:

moechorum notissimus,

Juv. 6, 42.—

Transf., act., knowing, that knows: novi, [p. 1217] notis praedicas, to those that know, Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 39.

ŏdōror, ātus, 1, v. dep. [id.], to smell at, examine by smelling (cf. olfacio).

Lit.:

pallam,

Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 55.—

Transf., to smell out, detect by the scent; to scent:

ibo odorans, quasi canis venaticus,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 113:

cibum,

Hor. Epod. 6, 10:

hominem,

Col. 6, 2:

vultures sagacius odorantur,

Plin. 10, 69, 88, § 191:

bellum,

Vulg. Job, 39, 25.—

Trop.

To aspire to, aim at a thing, in a contemptuous sense; to snuff, as a dog:

quos odorari hunc decemviratum suspicamini,

Cic. Agr. 2, 24, 65.—

To search out, trace out, investigate:

odorabantur omnia et pervestigabant,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 13, § 31:

quid sentiant,

id. de Or. 2, 44, 186:

quid futurum sit,

id. Att. 14, 22, 1:

soles enim tu haec festive odorari,

id. ib. 4, 14, 2:

pecuniam,

id. Clu. 30, 82:

tu velim ex Fabio odorere,

id. Att. 4, 8, 4:

sagacius,

id. ib. 6, 4, 3:

odorandi vias occultas sagax,

Amm. 14, 5, 6.—

To get an inkling or smattering of any thing:

odoratus philosophiam,

Tac. Or. 19, 3:

veritatem leviter,

Lact. 7, 1, 11.

penso, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [pendo], to weigh or weigh out carefully (not freq. till after the Aug. per.; not in Cic., for in Off. 2, 19, 68, conpensandum is the correct reading. Neither is it found in Plaut., Ter., Lucr., or Cæs.; syn.: pendo, expendo).

Lit.:

aurum,

Liv. 38, 24; Sil. 4, 153; Col. 12, 51, 2:

C. Gracchi caput auro pensatum,

paid for with its weight in gold, Flor. 3, 15, 6:

odores ac purpurae et auro pensanda,

worth their weight in gold, Sen. Ep. 73, 5.—Prov.:

pensare aliquem eādem trutinā,

to weigh one in the same balance, judge one by the same standard, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 29.—

Transf.

To counterbalance with any thing, to compensate, recompense, repay, make good, requite; for the usual compensare:

exiguā turis impensā tanta beneficia pensaturi,

Curt. 8, 5, 10:

beneficia beneficiis,

Sen. Ben. 3, 9, 3; Suet. Aug. 25:

praematuram mortem immortali nominis sui memoriā,

Vell. 2, 88, 3:

vulnera et sanguis aviditate praedae,

Tac. H. 3, 26 fin.; cf. id. ib. 4, 74; id. A. 2, 26: vicem alicujus, to supply the place of a thing, to compensate for a thing, Plin. 31, 8, 44, § 97;

transmarinae res quādam vice pensatae,

Liv. 26, 37:

iter,

to shorten the way, Luc. 9, 685.—

To pay, repay, punish with any thing:

nece pudorem,

Ov. H. 2, 143:

omnia uno ictu,

Sen. Oedip. 936:

nefarium concubitum voluntariā morte,

Val. Max. 1, 8, 3.—

To purchase with any thing:

vitam auro,

Sil. 2, 35:

victoriam damno militis,

Vell. 2, 115, 4.—

To exchange for any thing:

palatia caelo,

Calp. Ecl. 4, 141:

laetitiam moerore,

Plin. 7, 40, 41, § 132.—

To allay, quench:

sitim,

Calp. Ecl. 5, 111.—

To weigh, ponder, examine, consider:

ex factis, non ex dictis, amicos pensare,

Liv. 34, 49:

ad consilium pensandum temporis opus esse,

id. 22, 51, 3; Curt. 3, 6, 3; 8, 2, 14; 7, 33, 2:

singula animi consulta,

id. 7, 8, 1:

stat pensata diu belli sententia,

Sil. 7, 223.