examining

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con-trecto ( contracto), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [tracto], to touch, handle, come in contact with, feel (class.; most freq. after the Aug. per.).

Lit.

In gen.:

nudum corpus aquaï,

Lucr. 6, 854:

pectora,

Ov. M. 8, 607:

omnes partes corporis inspectare et contrectare,

Sen. Contr. 1, 2; cf.:

membra mortuae,

Suet. Ner. 34:

obscena,

Sen. Const. 13, 2:

filium Demaeneti,

Plaut. As. 3, 1, 17: librum manibus, * Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 11:

vulnus,

to meddle with, Ov. P. 2, 2, 60:

pocula vel cibos,

Col. 12, 4, 3:

pecuniam,

Suet. Calig. 42; cf.: pecunias vetitas, Cod. Th. 9, 23, 1, § 2.—

In partic.

To touch in examining, to search:

ne feminae praetextatique pueri et puellae contrectarentur,

Suet. Claud. 35.—

To touch carnally, to have illicit intercourse with, Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 32; id. Mil. 4, 2, 61:

multorum uxores,

Suet. Dom. 1; Just. 7, 3, 4.—

Transf.:

contrectata filiarum pudicitia,

violated, dishonored, Tac. A. 14, 35.—

In the Lat. of the jurists, to appropriate: rem alienam, Gai Inst. 3, 195; Dig. 13, 1, 20.—

Esp.:

aliquid,

to take by stealth, to steal, purloin, Dig. 41, 2, 3; 25, 2, 3 al.—

Trop., to contemplate, look at, consider, dwell upon:

nudare corpus et contrectandum vulgi oculis permittere,

Tac. A. 3, 12:

mente varias voluptates,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 15, 33; cf. id. de Or. 3, 6, 24:

studia et disciplinas philosophiae,

to apply one's self to, Gell. 17, 19, 3.

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.

indāgo, āvi, ātum, āre ( dep. form indagatur, Varr. L. L. 5, § 94 Müll.), v. a., [p. 932] to trace out, track, as dogs in hunting (syn.: vestigo, scrutor; class.).

Lit.:

canis natus ad indagandum,

Cic. Fin. 2, 13, 39:

feras,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 94 Müll.:

quae tactu quaeque naribus auribusque et oculis indagantur,

Col. 3, 10, 9.—So of hunting in gen.:

bestiarum cubilia,

Sen. Vit. Beat. 14, 4.—

Trop., to search into, investigate, explore; hunt for, strive to obtain:

neu rem ipsam indaget, si, etc.,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 26; cf.:

eo si pacto posset indagarier mulier,

be traced, id. Merc. 3, 4, 38:

indagare et odorari quid cuique opus esset,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 135:

indicia communis exitii,

id. Mil. 37, 103:

inusitatas vias,

id. Or. 3, 11:

de re publica,

id. Att. 2, 4, 4:

clementiam misericordiamque apud judices,

Gell. 6, 3, 18:

intervalla siderum a terra,

Plin. 2, 21, 19, § 80:

sepulchrum (Archimedis),

Cic. Tusc. 5, 23, 64.

indāgo, ĭnis, f., an encircling, enclosing (mostly post - Aug.).

Lit., of surrounding wild beasts with nets, in hunting:

dum trepidant alae, saltusque indagine cingunt,

Verg. A. 4, 121:

densos indagine colles Claudere,

Tib. 4, 3, 7:

rates captae quasi per indaginem,

Flor. 4, 2, 32:

indaginis modo sylvas persultare,

Tac. Agr. 37. —

Transf., an enclosing, surrounding of enemies:

efferam gentem, ritu ferarum, quasi indagine debellabat,

Flor. 4, 12, 48; cf. id. 3, 6, 11; so,

velut indagine aliquem insidiis circumdare,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 18; cf.:

cum praemissus eques velut indagine dissipatos Samnites ageret,

Liv. 7, 37, 14:

vastaque feras indagine claudit,

Luc. 6, 42:

(delatores) in illa poenarum indagine inclusos,

Plin. Pan. 35, 2.—Of legacy-hunting:

testamenta et orbos velut indagine capi,

Tac. A. 13, 42.—

Trop., a searching into, examining after, investigation:

multis persuasisse doctrinae indaginibus,

Plin. 9, 7, 6, § 16:

cupediarum,

Gell. 7, 16, 6:

ampliorem exposcere indaginem,

Cod. Just. 4, 31, 14:

consilium occulta scrutari indagine,

Amm. 15, 5, 30.

ĭn-explōrātus, a, um, adj., unexplored, not examined, unknown (not in Cic. or Cæs.):

vada,

Liv. 26, 48, 4; 39, 51, 6; 43, 4, 6:

inventio mihi,

Plin. 35, 6, 25, § 43.— Advv.

ĭn-explōrātē, without examining beforehand:

non temere, nec inexplorate,

Gell. 5, 19, 5.—

ĭn-explō-rātō, without previous examination (a favorite word of Livy):

ibi inexplorato profectus, in insidias praecipitatus,

Liv. 21, 25, 9; 6, 30, 4; 22, 4, 4; 27, 26, 6.

pensĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [penso], to weigh, weigh out.

Lit.:

lanam,

Aur. Vict. Orig. Gent. R. 22.— Trop.:

vitam aequā lance,

Plin. 7, 7, 5, § 44.—

Transf.

To pay (rare but class.):

praedia, quae pensitant,

Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 9:

vectigalia,

id. Imp. Pomp. 6, 16.—

To weigh, ponder, think over, consider (not in Cic. or Cæs.;

syn.: penso, expendo, pondero): rem,

Liv. 4, 41:

virtutes,

Gell. 1, 4, 1:

aliquid morosissime,

Suet. Aug. 16; id. Caes. 30; Tac. A. 12, 17:

malui omnia a te pensitari quam electa laudari,

Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 6; 4, 15, 8; 7, 9, 3:

de aliquā re,

Gell. 2, 27, 3.—With a relative-clause:

Tiberius saepe apud se pensitato, an, etc.,

Tac. A. 3, 52:

diu pensitares, quem potissimum eligeres,

Plin. Ep. 4, 15, 9.—

To compare by examining (post-class.):

philosophorum sectatores cum veteribus Pythagoricis pensitans,

Gell. 1, 9, 11:

incommoda cum emolumento spei,

id. 1, 13, 5.

scrūtātĭo, ōnis, f. [scrutor], a searching, examining, investigating (post-Aug. and very rare).

Lit.:

domus,

a searching, search, Sen. Vit. Beat. 23.—

Trop.:

insulsa nimis et odiosa,

Gell. 9, 10, 5; Oros. praef. p. 5. [p. 1650]

spectātĭo, ōnis, f. [specto], a looking, beholding, contemplation of a thing, a sight, view (rare but class.).

Lit.

In gen., absol.: homo ad artificem suum (deum) spectat: quam spectationem Trismegistus theôrian rectissime nominavit, Lact. 7, 9 med.:

apparatūs spectatio,

Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 2:

animum levare spectatione,

id. Att. 13, 44, 2.— Plur.:

quae scenicis moribus ad spectationes populo comparantur,

Vitr. 10 praef. —

In partic., an examining, proving, testing of money:

pecuniae,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 78, § 181.—

Trop., respect, regard, consideration:

Macedonicum bellum nomine amplius quam spectatione gentis fuit,

Flor. 2, 7, 3.