indāgō

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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.

indāgātus, a, um, Part., from 1. indago.

indāgātus, ūs, m. [1. indago] (only in the abl. sing.), an exploring, encircling, surrounding, App. M. 7, p. 191, 3.

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a staff, Irish, Early Irish lorg, Cornish lorc'h, baculus, Breton lorc'hen, temo: *lorgo-, Norse lurkr, a cudgel (Bez., Cam.).

track, footstep, Irish, Early Irish lorg, Old Irish lorc, trames, lorgarecht, indago, Welsh llyr, course duct, Cornish lergh, lerch Breton lerc'h, track: *lorgo-. Bez. compares L.German lurken, creep. Rhys adds Welsh llwrw, direction (Manx Pray.$$+2, 127).

rīmor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. [rima].

Orig. belonging to agricultural lang., to lay open, tear up, turn up the ground:

rastris terram rimantur,

Verg. G. 3, 534.— Of animals, to root up, turn up, grub through:

volucres rimantur prata Caystri,

Verg. G. 1, 384:

stagna et paludes (volucres),

Col. 8, 15, 1:

paludem (sues),

id. 7, 9, 7.—

Transf., to tear up, turn over insearch of any thing; to pry into, search, examine, explore (not freq. till after the Aug. per.).

Lit.:

vultur Viscera rimatur epulis,

rummages for food, Verg. A. 6, 599:

haruspex Pectora pullorum rimatur et exta catelli,

Juv. 6, 551:

humum pilis et lanceis,

Tac. H. 2, 29:

partes rimatur apertas, Qua vulnus letale ferat,

Verg. A. 11, 748: oculis caeli plagas, Varr. ap. Non. 382, 12; Stat. Th. 11, 526; cf.:

elatis naribus auras,

Ov. Hal. 77; cf.:

rimatus fustem cunctis vastiorem,

App. M. 3, p. 141, 14.— Absol.:

quod cuique repertum Rimanti,

Verg. A. 7, 508. —

Trop., to examine thoroughly, investigate (syn.: scrutor, investigo, indago): hanc quidem rationem naturae difficile est fortasse traducere ad id genus divinationis; sed tamen id quoque rimatur quantum potest, Posidonius (the figure taken from the haruspices or augurs), * Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130:

mihi cuncta rimanti,

Quint. 3, 4, 6; cf. id. 5, 13, 23; 12, 8, 14:

secreta,

Tac. A. 6, 3:

metus ejus,

id. ib. 14, 57:

offensas,

id. H. 4, 11 al. —

To find out, comprehend:

ego autem rimari non queo, unde hoc sit, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 10.

Act. collat. form, rīmo, āre, Att. ap. Non. 382, 10; Poët. ap. Fest. s. v. ruspari, p. 265 Müll.; cf. Prisc. p. 799 P.—

rī-mātus, a, um, pass., Sid. Ep. 7, 2.

rīmor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. [rima].

Orig. belonging to agricultural lang., to lay open, tear up, turn up the ground:

rastris terram rimantur,

Verg. G. 3, 534.— Of animals, to root up, turn up, grub through:

volucres rimantur prata Caystri,

Verg. G. 1, 384:

stagna et paludes (volucres),

Col. 8, 15, 1:

paludem (sues),

id. 7, 9, 7.—

Transf., to tear up, turn over insearch of any thing; to pry into, search, examine, explore (not freq. till after the Aug. per.).

Lit.:

vultur Viscera rimatur epulis,

rummages for food, Verg. A. 6, 599:

haruspex Pectora pullorum rimatur et exta catelli,

Juv. 6, 551:

humum pilis et lanceis,

Tac. H. 2, 29:

partes rimatur apertas, Qua vulnus letale ferat,

Verg. A. 11, 748: oculis caeli plagas, Varr. ap. Non. 382, 12; Stat. Th. 11, 526; cf.:

elatis naribus auras,

Ov. Hal. 77; cf.:

rimatus fustem cunctis vastiorem,

App. M. 3, p. 141, 14.— Absol.:

quod cuique repertum Rimanti,

Verg. A. 7, 508. —

Trop., to examine thoroughly, investigate (syn.: scrutor, investigo, indago): hanc quidem rationem naturae difficile est fortasse traducere ad id genus divinationis; sed tamen id quoque rimatur quantum potest, Posidonius (the figure taken from the haruspices or augurs), * Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130:

mihi cuncta rimanti,

Quint. 3, 4, 6; cf. id. 5, 13, 23; 12, 8, 14:

secreta,

Tac. A. 6, 3:

metus ejus,

id. ib. 14, 57:

offensas,

id. H. 4, 11 al. —

To find out, comprehend:

ego autem rimari non queo, unde hoc sit, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 10.

Act. collat. form, rīmo, āre, Att. ap. Non. 382, 10; Poët. ap. Fest. s. v. ruspari, p. 265 Müll.; cf. Prisc. p. 799 P.—

rī-mātus, a, um, pass., Sid. Ep. 7, 2.

scrūtor, āri, ātus, v. dep. a. [scruta; cf.: gruteuei, scrutatur, Gloss. Philox.], qs. to search even to the rags, i. e. to search carefully, examine thoroughly, explore a thing; to search, examine a person (syn.: indago, rimo).

Lit., of things:

domos, naves,

Cic. Vatin. 5, 12:

loca abdita,

Sall. J. 12, 5:

omnia foramina parietum scrutatur,

Petr. 98, 1:

paleam,

id. 33, 4:

terraï abdita ferro,

Lucr. 6, 809:

ignem gladio,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 276:

lumina manibus,

Sen. Oedip. 965:

scrutatus sum quae potui et quae vidi omnia: inveni duos solos libellos, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 74, § 182; cf. Tac. H. 4, 1:

L. Crassus spiculis prope scrutatus est Alpes,

Cic. Pis. 26, 62:

occulta saltuum,

Tac. A. 1, 61:

mare,

id. Agr. 30; id. G. 45; cf.:

scrutandi orbis gratiā,

Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 9:

canis scrutatur vestigia (ferarum),

id. 8, 40, 61, § 147:

venantium latibula scrutatus,

Curt. 6, 5, 17:

vias presso ore (canis),

Sen. Thyest. 499:

equorum delicta scrutantes,

Amm. 14, 6, 25.—Of personal objects: Eu. Ostende huc manum dexteram... Nunc laevam ostende... Jam scrutari mitto, to search you, Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 24:

non excutio te, non scrutor,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97; so of searching, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 1:

consuetudinem salutantes scrutandi,

Suet. Vesp. 12 fin.;

and of a searching for spoil,

Tac. H. 3, 25.—

Transf., to seek for, search out a thing (post-Aug. and very rare):

venas melini inter saxa,

Plin. 35, 6, 19, § 37:

iter,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 172; cf. infra, II. B.—

Trop., to examine thoroughly; to explore, investigate: quod est ante pedes nemo spectat: caeli scrutantur plagas, Enn. ap. Cic. Rep. 1, 18, 30; Cic. Div. 2, 13, 30 (Trag. v. 277 Vahl.):

omnes sordes,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3, § 11;

cf: nomina ac vultus, alacritatem tristitiamque coëuntium,

Tac. A. 16, 5:

animos ceterorum secretis sermonibus,

id. H. 4, 55:

voluntatem,

Quint. 2, 4, 26:

locos, ex quibus argumenta eruamus,

Cic. de Or 2, 34, 146; cf. id. Part. 3, 8:

desinamus aliquando ea scrutari, quae sunt inania,

id. Rosc. Am. 30, 83; cf.:

quod non ratione scrutabimur, non poterimus invenire nisi casu,

Quint. 5, 10, 22:

interiores et reconditas litteras,

Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42:

origines nominum,

Quint. 1, 4, 25:

omnia minutius et scrupulosius,

id. 5, 14, 28:

inferiora quoque,

id. 7, 1, 27:

exoletos auctores,

id. 8, 2, 12:

scripturas,

Vulg. Johan. 5, 39.— Absol.:

totum diem mecum scrutor, facta ac dicta mea remetior,

Sen. Ira, 3, 36, 3.—

Transf. (cf. supra, I. B.), to search into; to search out, find out a thing (so not till after the Aug. per.):

fibras Inspiciunt, mentes deum scrutantur in illis,

Ov. M. 15, 137:

finem principis per Chaldaeos,

Tac. A. 12, 52:

sua Caesarisque fata,

id. ib. 16, 14:

arcanum ullius,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 37:

ut causas hujus infinitae differentiae scrutetur,

Tac. Or. 15; cf. Plin. Ep. 4, 30, 11:

harenarum numerum et montium pondera scrutari,

Amm. 14, 11, 34.— P. a.: scrūtans, antis (late Lat.), perh. only in sup., that most closely examines:

militaris rei ordinum scrutantissimus,

Amm. 30, 9, 4.— Hence, adv.: scrūtanter, searchingly, Ambros. Ep. 80. Act. collat. form scrūto, āre, acc. to Prisc. p. 799 P; cf. gruteuô, scruto, Gloss. Philox.—Hence,

scrūtor, ātus, pass., Amm. 28, 1, 10; 15, 8, 16; Aur. Vict. Orig. 6, 3.

scrūtor, āri, ātus, v. dep. a. [scruta; cf.: gruteuei, scrutatur, Gloss. Philox.], qs. to search even to the rags, i. e. to search carefully, examine thoroughly, explore a thing; to search, examine a person (syn.: indago, rimo).

Lit., of things:

domos, naves,

Cic. Vatin. 5, 12:

loca abdita,

Sall. J. 12, 5:

omnia foramina parietum scrutatur,

Petr. 98, 1:

paleam,

id. 33, 4:

terraï abdita ferro,

Lucr. 6, 809:

ignem gladio,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 276:

lumina manibus,

Sen. Oedip. 965:

scrutatus sum quae potui et quae vidi omnia: inveni duos solos libellos, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 74, § 182; cf. Tac. H. 4, 1:

L. Crassus spiculis prope scrutatus est Alpes,

Cic. Pis. 26, 62:

occulta saltuum,

Tac. A. 1, 61:

mare,

id. Agr. 30; id. G. 45; cf.:

scrutandi orbis gratiā,

Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 9:

canis scrutatur vestigia (ferarum),

id. 8, 40, 61, § 147:

venantium latibula scrutatus,

Curt. 6, 5, 17:

vias presso ore (canis),

Sen. Thyest. 499:

equorum delicta scrutantes,

Amm. 14, 6, 25.—Of personal objects: Eu. Ostende huc manum dexteram... Nunc laevam ostende... Jam scrutari mitto, to search you, Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 24:

non excutio te, non scrutor,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97; so of searching, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 1:

consuetudinem salutantes scrutandi,

Suet. Vesp. 12 fin.;

and of a searching for spoil,

Tac. H. 3, 25.—

Transf., to seek for, search out a thing (post-Aug. and very rare):

venas melini inter saxa,

Plin. 35, 6, 19, § 37:

iter,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 172; cf. infra, II. B.—

Trop., to examine thoroughly; to explore, investigate: quod est ante pedes nemo spectat: caeli scrutantur plagas, Enn. ap. Cic. Rep. 1, 18, 30; Cic. Div. 2, 13, 30 (Trag. v. 277 Vahl.):

omnes sordes,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3, § 11;

cf: nomina ac vultus, alacritatem tristitiamque coëuntium,

Tac. A. 16, 5:

animos ceterorum secretis sermonibus,

id. H. 4, 55:

voluntatem,

Quint. 2, 4, 26:

locos, ex quibus argumenta eruamus,

Cic. de Or 2, 34, 146; cf. id. Part. 3, 8:

desinamus aliquando ea scrutari, quae sunt inania,

id. Rosc. Am. 30, 83; cf.:

quod non ratione scrutabimur, non poterimus invenire nisi casu,

Quint. 5, 10, 22:

interiores et reconditas litteras,

Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42:

origines nominum,

Quint. 1, 4, 25:

omnia minutius et scrupulosius,

id. 5, 14, 28:

inferiora quoque,

id. 7, 1, 27:

exoletos auctores,

id. 8, 2, 12:

scripturas,

Vulg. Johan. 5, 39.— Absol.:

totum diem mecum scrutor, facta ac dicta mea remetior,

Sen. Ira, 3, 36, 3.—

Transf. (cf. supra, I. B.), to search into; to search out, find out a thing (so not till after the Aug. per.):

fibras Inspiciunt, mentes deum scrutantur in illis,

Ov. M. 15, 137:

finem principis per Chaldaeos,

Tac. A. 12, 52:

sua Caesarisque fata,

id. ib. 16, 14:

arcanum ullius,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 37:

ut causas hujus infinitae differentiae scrutetur,

Tac. Or. 15; cf. Plin. Ep. 4, 30, 11:

harenarum numerum et montium pondera scrutari,

Amm. 14, 11, 34.— P. a.: scrūtans, antis (late Lat.), perh. only in sup., that most closely examines:

militaris rei ordinum scrutantissimus,

Amm. 30, 9, 4.— Hence, adv.: scrūtanter, searchingly, Ambros. Ep. 80. Act. collat. form scrūto, āre, acc. to Prisc. p. 799 P; cf. gruteuô, scruto, Gloss. Philox.—Hence,

scrūtor, ātus, pass., Amm. 28, 1, 10; 15, 8, 16; Aur. Vict. Orig. 6, 3.

ve-stīgo, no perf. and sup., āre, 1, v. a. [etym. dub.; perh. Sanscr. vahis (bahis), out, and stigh-, to climb; cf. Gr. stichos, a row, etc.; Angl. -Sax. stīgan; Germ. steigen, to climb].

Prop., to follow in the track of; to track, trace out (cf.: rimor, indago, scrutor): germana soror, errare videbar, Tardaque vestigare et quaerere te, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 43 Vahl.):

feras vestigat (sc. canis),

Sen. Thyest. 496.—With abl.:

fertur (sc. tigris) praeceps, odore vestigans (sc. raptorem),

Plin. 8, 18, 25, § 66. —

Transf.

To find out by tracing, to trace out, discover.

With abl.:

perfugas et fugitivos, quos inquirendo vestigare potuerint, reddidisse,

Liv. 31, 19, 2:

(cervi) vestigant cavernas (serpentium),

Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 118:

omnis enim jacens piscis magis naribus escam, quam oculis, vestigat,

Col. 8, 17, 14.—

Absol.:

dimissis deinde per agros, qui vestigarent,

Liv. 32, 26, 13 dub.; cf. Weissenb. ad loc.—

To search after; to seek out:

ceterum Alexander, quam regionem Dareus petisset, omni curā vestigans, tamen explorare non poterat,

Curt. 4, 6, 5:

adeo sicca lacuna, ut vestigantium sitim falleret,

id. 4, 16, 14:

equum vestigari jubet,

id. 6, 5, 19:

ergo alte vestiga (sc. ramum) oculis, riteque repertum Carpe manu,

Verg. A. 6, 145.—

Trop.

To inquire into, investigate (class.).

In simple constr.:

causas rerum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 39, 166.—

With abl.:

quā (sc. ratione) omnes illorum conatūs vestigare,

Cic. Verr. 1, 16, 48.—

With cum:

quod cum desidiosā delectatione vestiges,

Cic. de Or. 3, 23, 88.—

To discover, find out:

grave imperium regum nihil inexploratum, quod vestigari volunt, efficit,

Liv. 39, 51, 6.