exquisitely

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

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

Cic. Div. 2, 20, 46:

a te nihildum certi exquiro,

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

ancillas dedo, quolibet cruciatu exquire,

Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 7:

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

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

idem ego dicam, si me exquiret miles,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 91:

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

Cic. Off. 1, 41, 147:

omissis auctoritatibus ipsa re ac ratione exquirere veritatem,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 17, 51:

sententias,

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

locum,

Verg. G. 2, 266:

sceleratum frigus,

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

verum,

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

facta alicujus ad antiquae religionis rationem,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 5, § 10; cf.:

verba exquisita ad sonum,

id. Or. 49, 163:

rationes agitare et exquirere,

id. Tusc. 5, 23, 66:

itinere exquisito per Divitiacum,

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

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

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

de Varrone tam diligenter,

id. Att. 13, 22, 1:

eis senatus arbitratur singularis exquirendos honores,

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

istuc mihi exquisitum est, fuisse hunc, etc.,

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

mi istuc primum exquisito est opus,

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

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

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

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

Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 250:

reconditae exquisitaeque sententiae,

id. Brut. 79, 274:

exquisitum judicium litterarum,

id. Off. 1, 37, 133:

exquisitis rationibus confirmare,

id. Fin. 1, 9, 30:

summis ingeniis exquisitaque doctrina philosophi,

id. ib. 1, 1, 1:

ars,

id. de Or. 2, 41, 175:

supplicia,

id. Off. 3, 27, 100:

magistri,

id. Brut. 27, 104:

munditia non odiosa neque exquisita nimis,

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

nihil elegans, nihil exquisitum,

id. Pis. 27, 67:

epulae,

Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 119. — Comp.:

accuratius et exquisitius dicendi genus,

id. Brut. 82, 283:

verba,

Quint. 11, 1, 33.— Sup.:

laudantur exquisitissimis verbis legiones,

Cic. Phil. 4, 3, 6:

ad exquisitissimam consuetudinem Graecorum aliquem erudire,

id. Rep. 2, 21:

scientia exquisitissimae subtilitatis,

Plin. 6, 33, 39, § 211.—

Sought out, ascertained, made certain:

satin istuc mihi exquisitumst?

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

cum de eo crimine accurate et exquisite disputavisset,

Cic. Brut. 80, 277:

eleganter atque exquisite dicere aliquid,

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

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

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

Cic. Div. 2, 20, 46:

a te nihildum certi exquiro,

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

ancillas dedo, quolibet cruciatu exquire,

Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 7:

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

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

idem ego dicam, si me exquiret miles,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 91:

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

Cic. Off. 1, 41, 147:

omissis auctoritatibus ipsa re ac ratione exquirere veritatem,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 17, 51:

sententias,

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

locum,

Verg. G. 2, 266:

sceleratum frigus,

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

verum,

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

facta alicujus ad antiquae religionis rationem,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 5, § 10; cf.:

verba exquisita ad sonum,

id. Or. 49, 163:

rationes agitare et exquirere,

id. Tusc. 5, 23, 66:

itinere exquisito per Divitiacum,

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

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

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

de Varrone tam diligenter,

id. Att. 13, 22, 1:

eis senatus arbitratur singularis exquirendos honores,

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

istuc mihi exquisitum est, fuisse hunc, etc.,

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

mi istuc primum exquisito est opus,

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

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

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

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

Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 250:

reconditae exquisitaeque sententiae,

id. Brut. 79, 274:

exquisitum judicium litterarum,

id. Off. 1, 37, 133:

exquisitis rationibus confirmare,

id. Fin. 1, 9, 30:

summis ingeniis exquisitaque doctrina philosophi,

id. ib. 1, 1, 1:

ars,

id. de Or. 2, 41, 175:

supplicia,

id. Off. 3, 27, 100:

magistri,

id. Brut. 27, 104:

munditia non odiosa neque exquisita nimis,

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

nihil elegans, nihil exquisitum,

id. Pis. 27, 67:

epulae,

Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 119. — Comp.:

accuratius et exquisitius dicendi genus,

id. Brut. 82, 283:

verba,

Quint. 11, 1, 33.— Sup.:

laudantur exquisitissimis verbis legiones,

Cic. Phil. 4, 3, 6:

ad exquisitissimam consuetudinem Graecorum aliquem erudire,

id. Rep. 2, 21:

scientia exquisitissimae subtilitatis,

Plin. 6, 33, 39, § 211.—

Sought out, ascertained, made certain:

satin istuc mihi exquisitumst?

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

cum de eo crimine accurate et exquisite disputavisset,

Cic. Brut. 80, 277:

eleganter atque exquisite dicere aliquid,

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

pŏlĭo, īvi and ĭi, ītum, 4 ( imperf polibant, Verg. A. 8, 436), v. a. [root par, in parēre, appārere; cf. pulcher], to smooth, furbish, polish (class.; syn.: limo, levigo).

Lit.: ROGVM ASCIA NE POLITO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 59:

parietem tectorio,

Col. 8, 8, 3:

daedala signa,

Lucr. 5, 1451:

gemmas cotibus,

Plin. 37, 8, 32, § 109:

ligna squatinae piscis cute,

id. 32, 9, 34, § 108. marmora, id. 36, 6, 9, § 52:

scabritiam ferri hircorum sanguine,

id. 28, 9, 41, § 148:

lapis politus,

Vulg. 1 Macc. 13, 27:

polite lanceas,

id. Jer. 46, 4.—

Transf. (= apparare, curare, colere), to set off, adorn, decorate, embellish: causa poliendi agri, Enn. ap. Non. 66, 27 (Ann. v. 324 Vahl.); cf.:

campi politi,

id. ib. (Sat. v. 23 Vahl.); and:

politus culturā fundus,

Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 5:

vestes,

to scour, Plin. 35, 17, 57, § 197; cf.

vestimenta,

Dig. 47, 2, 12; Gai. Inst. 3, 143; 162:

linum in filo,

Plin. 19, 1, 3, § 18:

minium in officinis,

id. 33, 7, 40, § 122; cf. Sillig ad Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 60:

domus polita,

well-ordered, Phaedr. 4, 5, 26; cf.:

regie polita aedificia,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 10.—

Trop., to polish, refine, improve, adorn: ignarus poliendae orationis, Cic. de Or. 1, 14, 63:

ut opus poliat lima non exterat,

Quint. 10, 4, 4:

verba,

id. 8, 6, 63:

materiam versibus senariis,

Phaedr. 1, prol. 2:

carmina,

Ov. P. 1, 5, 61:

mores,

Petr. 8. —Hence, pŏlītus, a, um, P. a. (in the trop. sense), polished, accomplished, refined, cultivated, polite (class.):

doctrinā homines,

Lucr. 3, 307:

homo politus e scholā,

Cic. Pis. 25, 59:

politus artibus,

id. Fin. 1, 7, 26:

homo (orator),

id. de Or. 2, 58, 236:

aliquem politum reddere,

Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 6. accurata et polita oratio, Cic. Brut. 95, 326; cf.:

ornata oratio et polita,

id. de Or. 1, 8, 31; so,

epistula,

Plin. Ep. 7, 13, 2.— Comp.:

Crassus (in dicendo) politior et ornatior,

Tac. Or. 18:

facundia politiorem fieri,

Val. Max. 2, 2, 2:

homo politioris humanitatis expers,

Cic. de Or. 2, 17, 72.— Sup.:

vir omni liberali doctrinā politissimus,

Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 5.—Hence, adv.: pŏlītē, in a polished manner, exquisitely, elegantly:

polite subtiliterque effici,

Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 120:

polite apteque dicere,

id. Fin. 4, 3, 5:

ornate politeque dicere,

id. Cael. 3, 8:

scribere,

id. Brut. 19, 76.— Comp.:

politius perfectiusque proferre aliquid,

Cic. de Or. 1, 2, 5:

politius limare,

id. Ac. 1, 1, 2.

pŏlĭo, ōnis, v. pellio.

Pōlio ( Pollio), ōnis, m., the name of a music-teacher, Juv. 7, 176.

pŏlĭo, īvi and ĭi, ītum, 4 ( imperf polibant, Verg. A. 8, 436), v. a. [root par, in parēre, appārere; cf. pulcher], to smooth, furbish, polish (class.; syn.: limo, levigo).

Lit.: ROGVM ASCIA NE POLITO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 59:

parietem tectorio,

Col. 8, 8, 3:

daedala signa,

Lucr. 5, 1451:

gemmas cotibus,

Plin. 37, 8, 32, § 109:

ligna squatinae piscis cute,

id. 32, 9, 34, § 108. marmora, id. 36, 6, 9, § 52:

scabritiam ferri hircorum sanguine,

id. 28, 9, 41, § 148:

lapis politus,

Vulg. 1 Macc. 13, 27:

polite lanceas,

id. Jer. 46, 4.—

Transf. (= apparare, curare, colere), to set off, adorn, decorate, embellish: causa poliendi agri, Enn. ap. Non. 66, 27 (Ann. v. 324 Vahl.); cf.:

campi politi,

id. ib. (Sat. v. 23 Vahl.); and:

politus culturā fundus,

Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 5:

vestes,

to scour, Plin. 35, 17, 57, § 197; cf.

vestimenta,

Dig. 47, 2, 12; Gai. Inst. 3, 143; 162:

linum in filo,

Plin. 19, 1, 3, § 18:

minium in officinis,

id. 33, 7, 40, § 122; cf. Sillig ad Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 60:

domus polita,

well-ordered, Phaedr. 4, 5, 26; cf.:

regie polita aedificia,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 10.—

Trop., to polish, refine, improve, adorn: ignarus poliendae orationis, Cic. de Or. 1, 14, 63:

ut opus poliat lima non exterat,

Quint. 10, 4, 4:

verba,

id. 8, 6, 63:

materiam versibus senariis,

Phaedr. 1, prol. 2:

carmina,

Ov. P. 1, 5, 61:

mores,

Petr. 8. —Hence, pŏlītus, a, um, P. a. (in the trop. sense), polished, accomplished, refined, cultivated, polite (class.):

doctrinā homines,

Lucr. 3, 307:

homo politus e scholā,

Cic. Pis. 25, 59:

politus artibus,

id. Fin. 1, 7, 26:

homo (orator),

id. de Or. 2, 58, 236:

aliquem politum reddere,

Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 6. accurata et polita oratio, Cic. Brut. 95, 326; cf.:

ornata oratio et polita,

id. de Or. 1, 8, 31; so,

epistula,

Plin. Ep. 7, 13, 2.— Comp.:

Crassus (in dicendo) politior et ornatior,

Tac. Or. 18:

facundia politiorem fieri,

Val. Max. 2, 2, 2:

homo politioris humanitatis expers,

Cic. de Or. 2, 17, 72.— Sup.:

vir omni liberali doctrinā politissimus,

Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 5.—Hence, adv.: pŏlītē, in a polished manner, exquisitely, elegantly:

polite subtiliterque effici,

Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 120:

polite apteque dicere,

id. Fin. 4, 3, 5:

ornate politeque dicere,

id. Cael. 3, 8:

scribere,

id. Brut. 19, 76.— Comp.:

politius perfectiusque proferre aliquid,

Cic. de Or. 1, 2, 5:

politius limare,

id. Ac. 1, 1, 2.

pŏlĭo, ōnis, v. pellio.

Pōlio ( Pollio), ōnis, m., the name of a music-teacher, Juv. 7, 176.

pŏlĭo, īvi and ĭi, ītum, 4 ( imperf polibant, Verg. A. 8, 436), v. a. [root par, in parēre, appārere; cf. pulcher], to smooth, furbish, polish (class.; syn.: limo, levigo).

Lit.: ROGVM ASCIA NE POLITO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 59:

parietem tectorio,

Col. 8, 8, 3:

daedala signa,

Lucr. 5, 1451:

gemmas cotibus,

Plin. 37, 8, 32, § 109:

ligna squatinae piscis cute,

id. 32, 9, 34, § 108. marmora, id. 36, 6, 9, § 52:

scabritiam ferri hircorum sanguine,

id. 28, 9, 41, § 148:

lapis politus,

Vulg. 1 Macc. 13, 27:

polite lanceas,

id. Jer. 46, 4.—

Transf. (= apparare, curare, colere), to set off, adorn, decorate, embellish: causa poliendi agri, Enn. ap. Non. 66, 27 (Ann. v. 324 Vahl.); cf.:

campi politi,

id. ib. (Sat. v. 23 Vahl.); and:

politus culturā fundus,

Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 5:

vestes,

to scour, Plin. 35, 17, 57, § 197; cf.

vestimenta,

Dig. 47, 2, 12; Gai. Inst. 3, 143; 162:

linum in filo,

Plin. 19, 1, 3, § 18:

minium in officinis,

id. 33, 7, 40, § 122; cf. Sillig ad Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 60:

domus polita,

well-ordered, Phaedr. 4, 5, 26; cf.:

regie polita aedificia,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 10.—

Trop., to polish, refine, improve, adorn: ignarus poliendae orationis, Cic. de Or. 1, 14, 63:

ut opus poliat lima non exterat,

Quint. 10, 4, 4:

verba,

id. 8, 6, 63:

materiam versibus senariis,

Phaedr. 1, prol. 2:

carmina,

Ov. P. 1, 5, 61:

mores,

Petr. 8. —Hence, pŏlītus, a, um, P. a. (in the trop. sense), polished, accomplished, refined, cultivated, polite (class.):

doctrinā homines,

Lucr. 3, 307:

homo politus e scholā,

Cic. Pis. 25, 59:

politus artibus,

id. Fin. 1, 7, 26:

homo (orator),

id. de Or. 2, 58, 236:

aliquem politum reddere,

Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 6. accurata et polita oratio, Cic. Brut. 95, 326; cf.:

ornata oratio et polita,

id. de Or. 1, 8, 31; so,

epistula,

Plin. Ep. 7, 13, 2.— Comp.:

Crassus (in dicendo) politior et ornatior,

Tac. Or. 18:

facundia politiorem fieri,

Val. Max. 2, 2, 2:

homo politioris humanitatis expers,

Cic. de Or. 2, 17, 72.— Sup.:

vir omni liberali doctrinā politissimus,

Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 5.—Hence, adv.: pŏlītē, in a polished manner, exquisitely, elegantly:

polite subtiliterque effici,

Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 120:

polite apteque dicere,

id. Fin. 4, 3, 5:

ornate politeque dicere,

id. Cael. 3, 8:

scribere,

id. Brut. 19, 76.— Comp.:

politius perfectiusque proferre aliquid,

Cic. de Or. 1, 2, 5:

politius limare,

id. Ac. 1, 1, 2.

pŏlĭo, ōnis, v. pellio.

Pōlio ( Pollio), ōnis, m., the name of a music-teacher, Juv. 7, 176.