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  • 1 percontor

    inquire, interrogate, investigate.

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  • 2 percunctor

    inquire, interrogate, investigate.

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  • 3 quaerō

        quaerō sīvī, sītus, ere    [QVAES-], to seek, look for: quaerenti (deae) defuit orbis, O.: te ipsum quaerebam, was looking for, T.: suos notos, Cs.: ab ostio quaerens Ennium, asking for: cum praetor quaereretur: quem quaeritis, adsum, V.: liberi ad necem quaerebantur: escam in sterquilinio, Ph.: per imas Quaerit iter vallīs (Ufens), V.: cauda colubrae... moriens dominae vestigia quaerit, O.— To seek to obtain, look for, strive for, seek: sibi alium imperatorem, S.: in regnum quaeritur heres, V.: milites ducem quaerentes: in eum invidia quaesita est, i. e. prejudice is excited: ad ornatum ludorum aurum: regia potestas hac lege quaeritur: ne quaeratur latebra periurio: voce pericula, provoke, O.: defensorem suae salutis eum.—With inf, to seek, strive, endeavor, ask: ne quaere doceri Quam poenam, etc., V.: Antequam... speciosa quaero Pascere tigrīs, i. e. let me rather, H.: classibus advehebantur, qui mutare sedes quaerebant, Ta.— To strive to gain, earn, win by effort, acquire: Conserva, quaere, parce, T.: Quaerit ac timet uti, H.: victum volgo, T.: confiteri sibi quaesito opus esse, that he must earn something.—To feel the want of, miss, lack: Siciliam in uberrimā Siciliae parte: ne ille saepe Persas et Indos quaesisset, L.: quaerit Boeotia Dircen, O.— To ask, desire, require, demand, need, call for: quid sibi hic vestitus quaerit? i. e. what do you mean by? T.: collis pauca munimenta quaerebat, S.: qui tumultus dictatoriam maiestatem quaesisset, made necessary, L.: nego esse quicquam, quod cuiusquam oratoris eloquentiam quaereret: quaeris ut suscipiam cogitationem, quidnam istis agendum putem.—Fig., to seek mentally, think over, meditate, aim at, plan, devise, find: consilium, T.: quonam modo maxime ulti sanguinem nostrum pereamus, S.: remedium: rationes eas, quae ex coniecturā pendent.— To seek to learn, make inquiry, ask, inquire, interrogate: item alio die Quaerebam, T.: quaerendo cognoveram: vide, quaere, circumspice!: quaesiturus, unum caelum esset an innumerabilia: Naturā fieret laudabile carmen, an arte, Quaesitum est, has been made a question, H.: cum ab iis saepius quaereret, made inquiries, Cs.: quaero abs te nunc, Hortensi, cum, etc.: quaesivit a medicis, quem a modum se haberet, N.: quaero de te, num, etc.: Cura tibi de quo quaerere nulla fuit, O.: in dominos quaeri de servis iniquom est, i. e. to examine under torture: quaerit ex solo ea, quae, etc., Cs.: habes, quod ex me quaesisti.— To examine, inquire into, make inquiry, investigate: coëgit consules circa fora proficisci ibique quaerere, L.: hunc abduce, vinci, quaere rem, T.: scrutatus sum quae potui et quaesivi omnia: rem illam: quorum de naturā Caesar cum quaereret, sic reperiebat, Cs.—Esp., of judicial investigation: de pecuniis repetundis: dum de patris morte quaereretur: ut veteribus legibus, tantum modo extra ordinem, quaereretur, the investigation should be made.—In parenthet. clauses, to inquire, consider: omnino, si quaeris, ludi apparatissimi: noli quaerere: ita mihi pulcher hic dies visus est, in short: si verum quaeritis, to speak the truth: si verum quaerimus.
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    quaerere, quaesivi, quaesitus V
    search for, seek, strive for; obtain; ask, inquire, demand

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  • 4 inquiro

    inquīro, sīvi, sītum, 3, v. a. [in-quaero], to seek after, search for, inquire into any thing (cf. anquirere).
    I.
    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.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    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.

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  • 5 inquisite

    inquīro, sīvi, sītum, 3, v. a. [in-quaero], to seek after, search for, inquire into any thing (cf. anquirere).
    I.
    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.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    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.

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  • 6 exquīrō

        exquīrō sīvī, sītus, ere    [ex+quaero], to search out, seek diligently, inquire into, scrutinize, inquire, ask: ex te causas divinationis: haec nimis a Graecis, to be too exacting in: Ancillas cruciatu, T.: secum, quid peccatum sit: sententias, Cs.: eorum tabulas, ransack: matrem, seek, V.: pacem per aras, implore, V.: itinere exquisito per Divitiacum, ascertained, Cs.: singularīs honores, devise: vescendi causā omnia, S.
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    exquirere, exquisivi, exquisitus V
    seek out, search for, hunt up; inquire into

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  • 7 exquiro

    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.—
    B.
    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.

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  • 8 exquisite

    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.—
    B.
    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.

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  • 9 anquīrō

        anquīrō sīvī, sītus, ere    [am- (for ambi-) + quaero], to seek on all sides, look about, search after: aliquem: omnia, quae sunt, etc.—Fig., to inquire diligently, examine into: alqd: conducat id necne: quid valeat id, anquiritur: de alio.— Esp., to conduct a judicial inquiry: de perduellione, L. — To prosecute (with gen. or abl. of the punishment): cum capitis anquisissent, L.: pecuniā anquirere, for a fine, L.
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    anquirere, anquisivi, anquisitus V
    seek, search diligently after, inquire into, examine judicially; indict

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  • 10 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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  • 11 disquīrō

        disquīrō —, —, ere    [dis- + quaero], to inquire diligently, investigate: mecum, H.
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    disquirere, -, - V
    inquire into, investigate

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  • 12 rogitō

        rogitō āvī, —, āre, freq.    [rogo], to ask eagerly, inquire persistently, keep asking: at rogitas? T.: me, ubi fuerim, T.: Multa super Priamo, V.
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    rogitare, rogitavi, rogitatus V
    ask, inquire

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  • 13 scītor

        scītor ātus, ārī, dep. freq.    [scio], to seek to know, ask, inquire: scitari et quaerere causas, V.: causam adventūs, O.: digna relatu, O.: Scitanti deus huic de coniuge dixit, O.: Eurypylum scitantem oracula Phoebi Mittimus, i. e. to consult, V.: ex ipso, H.: ab ipso, O.: quid veniat, O.
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    scitari, scitatus sum V DEP
    inquire, ask

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  • 14 cognosco

    co-gnosco, gnōvi, gnĭtum, 3 ( tempp. perff. contr. cognosti, Ter. And. 3, 4, 7:

    cognostis,

    id. Hec. prol. 8:

    cognoram,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 143; Cat. 66, 26:

    cognoro,

    Cic. Att. 7, 20, 2; id. Fam. 2, 11, 2 fin.: cognorim, Cael. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 9, A, 1:

    cognoris,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 35; Lucr. 6, 534:

    cognorit,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 11:

    cognosses,

    Cic. Fl. 21, 51; Cat. 91, 3:

    cognossent,

    Nep. Lys. 4 fin.:

    cognosse,

    Lucr. 1, 331; Cat. 90, 3; Ov. M. 15, 4 al.; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, 532; 2, 535), v. a. [nosco].
    I.
    To become thoroughly acquainted with (by the senses or mentally), to learn by inquiring, to examine, investigate, perceive, see, understand, learn; and, in tempp. perff. (cf. nosco) to know (very freq. in all periods and species of composition); constr. with acc., with acc. and inf., or a rel.-clause as object, and with ex, ab, the abl. alone, or per, with the source, etc., of the information, and with de.
    A.
    By the senses:

    credit enim sensus ignem cognoscere vere,

    Lucr. 1, 697; 6, 194; Enn. Ann. ap. Pers. 6, 9 (v. 16 Vahl.); cf.:

    doctas cognoscere Athenas,

    Prop. 1, 6, 13; so,

    regiones,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 7:

    domos atque villas,

    Sall. C. 12, 3:

    Elysios campos, etc.,

    Tib. 3, 5, 23:

    totum amnem,

    Verg. A. 9, 245:

    sepulcra,

    Suet. Calig. 3:

    Aegyptum proficisci cognoscendae antiquitatis,

    Tac. A. 2, 59; cf. Nep. Att. 18, 1:

    infantem,

    Suet. Calig. 13:

    si quid dignum cognitu,

    worth seeing, Suet. Aug. 43 rem, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 275, 22:

    ab iis Caesar haec dicta cognovit, qui sermoni interfuerunt,

    Caes. B. C 3, 18 fin.:

    si tantus amor casus cognoscere nostros.. Incipiam, Verg A. 2, 10: verum, quod institui dicere, miserias cognoscite sociorum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 27, § 65:

    aliquid et litteris et nuntiis cognoscere,

    id. Fam. 1, 5, 1; 14, 5, 1; 14, 6 init.:

    iter ex perfugis,

    Sall. C. 57, 3; id. J. 112, 1 al:

    per exploratores cognovit,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 22; 5, 49; 2, 11;

    7, 16: deditio per nuntios cognita,

    Sall. H. Fragm. 2, 22 Gerl.:

    de Marcelli salute, Cic Fam. 4, 4, 3: de Bruto,

    id. Att. 5, 21, 10;

    Sall J. 73, 1: his (quibus) rebus cognitis very freq. in the historians,

    Caes. B G. 1, 19, 1, 33; 2, 17; 4, 30 et saep., so in abl. absol. cognito, vivere Ptolemaeum, Liv. 33, 41, 5, so id. 37, 13, 5, 44, 28, 4 al.; v. Zumpt, Gram. § 647.—
    b.
    Like the Engl. to know, the Heb. (v. Gesen. Lex. s. h. v 3), and the Gr. gignôskô (v. Lidd. and Scott, under the word, III.), euphem of sexual intercourse, Ov. H. 6, 133 aliquam adulterio, Just 5, 2, 5, 22, 1, 13: cognita, Cat 61, 147; Tac. H 4, 44.—
    B.
    Mentally, to become acquainted with, learn, recognize, know:

    nihil certum sciri, nihil plane cognosci et percipi possit,

    Cic. de Or 1, 51, 222, Lucr 2, 840;

    quod Di vitiaci fratris summum in populum Romanum studium cognoverat,

    Caes. B. G 1, 19; cf. Sall. C. 51, 16 quem tu, cum ephebum Temni cognosses, Cic. Fl. 21, 51 et saep.: id se a Gallicis armis atque insignibus cognovisse, knew by their weapons and insignia (diff. from ex and ab aliquo, to learn from any one, v ab), Caes. B G. 1, 22; Ov. P 2, 10, 1; Phaedr. 4, 21, 22.—With acc. and inf: nunc animam quoque ut in membris cognoscere possis esse, Lucr 3, 117; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 18, 25: cum paucitatem mililum ex castrorum exiguitate cognosceret, Caes B G. 4, 30: aetatem eorum ex dentibus, Varr R. R. 2, 8 fin.:

    sed Metello jam antea experimentis cognitum erat, genus Numidarum infidum... esse,

    Sall. J 46, 3 al. —With acc. and part.:

    aliter ac sperarat rempublicam se habentem,

    Nep. Ham. 2, 1.—With rel.- clause:

    tandem cognosti qui siem, Ter And. 3, 4, 7: id socordiāne an casu acciderit, parum cognovi,

    Sall. J. 79, 5 al. —
    II.
    To recognize that which is already known, acknowledge, identify (rare for agnosco): vereor, ne me quoque, cum domum ab Ilio cessim revertero, Praeter canem cognoscat nemo, Varr. ap. Non. p. 276, 9:

    eum haec cognovit Myrrhina,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 32:

    primum ostendimus Cethego signum: cognovit,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 5, 10; cf.:

    sigilla, ova,

    id. Ac. 2, 26, 86; Lucr. 2, 349:

    pecus exceptum est, quod intra dies XXX. domini cognovissent,

    to identify, Liv. 24, 16, 5; cf.:

    ut suum quisque per triduum cognitum abduceret,

    id. 3, 10, 1; Ov. F. 2, 185:

    video et cognosco signum,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 45:

    faciem suam,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 508:

    cognito regis corpore,

    Just. 2, 6, 20:

    mores,

    Ov. P. 3, 2, 105.—So esp., to identify a person before a tribunal:

    cum eum Syracusis amplius centum cives Romani cognoscerent,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 5, § 14; 2, 5, 28, § 72.—
    III.
    With the access. idea of individual exertion (cf. Gr. gignôskô), to seek or strive to know something, to inquire into, to investigate, examine (so freq. only as a jurid. and milit. t. t.):

    accipe, cognosce signum,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 31.
    A.
    Jurid. t. t., to examine a case in law, to investigate judicially (cf. cognitio):

    Verres adesse jubebat, Verres cognoscebat, Verres judicabat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 10, § 26; cf. Quint. 4, 2, 21; Dig. 13, 4, 4 al.—So absol.:

    si judicas, cognosce,

    Sen. Med. 194.—With acc.:

    causam,

    Quint. 4, 1, 3; cf. id. 11, 1, 77 Spald. N. cr.:

    causas,

    Cic. Off. 2, 23, 82; id. Verr. 2, 2, 48, § 118. COGNITIONES, Inscr. Orell. 3042.—With de:

    de agro Campano,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 19, 53:

    de Caesaris actis,

    id. Att. 16, 16 B, 8:

    de hereditate,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 7, § 19:

    hac de re,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 10, § 27; cf. Quint. 6, 3, 85; 7, 4, 35; 8, 3, 62 al.; Suet. Aug. 55; 93; id. Tib. 33; id. Calig. 38 al.:

    super aliquā re,

    Dig. 23, 2, 13:

    familiae herciscundae, i. e. ex actione familiae herciscundae,

    ib. 28, 5, 35; cf. ib. 27, 2, 2.—
    2.
    Transf., of critics and the criticising public:

    cognoscere atque ignoscere, Quae veteres factitarunt, si faciunt novi,

    Ter. Eun. prol. 42; cf. id. Hec. prol. 3 and 8.—And of private persons in gen.:

    et cognoscendi et ignoscendi dabitur peccati locus,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 6.—
    B.
    Milit. t. t., to reconnoitre, to act the part of a scout:

    qualis esset natura montis et qualis in circuitu ascensus, qui cognoscerent, misit,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 21 al— Also merely to inquire into, examine:

    numerum tuorum militum reliquiasque,

    Cic. Pis. 37, 91 (al. recognoscere).—Hence, *
    1.
    cognoscens, entis, P. a., acquainted with:

    cognoscens sui,

    Auct. Her. 4, 18, 25. —Subst. in jurid. lang., one who investigates judicially Inscr Orell 3151; 3185.—
    * Adv.: cognoscenter, with knowledge, distinctly:

    ut cognoscenter te videam,

    Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 22.—
    2.
    cognĭtus, a, um, P. a., known, acknowledged, approved. res penitus perspectae planeque cognitae, Cic. de Or. 1, 23, 108, cf. id. ib 1, 20, 92; id. Fam. 1, 7, 2. dierum ratio pervulgata et cognita, id. Mur 11, 25:

    homo virtute cognitā et spectatā fide,

    id. Caecin. 36, 104.—With dat.:

    mihi Galba, Otho, Vitellius nec beneficio nec injuriā cogniti,

    Tac. H. 1, 1, so Plin. 12, 21, 45, § 99.— Comp.:

    cognitiora, Ov Tr. 4, 6, 28. cognitius,

    id. M. 14, 15.— Sup.:

    cognitissima,

    Cat. 4, 14.

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  • 15 quaero

    quaero (old orthogr. QVAIRO, Epitaphs of the Scipios, 6; for the original form and etym. quaeso, ĕre, v. quaeso), sīvi or sĭi, sītum, 3, v. a., to seek.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.: aliquem, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 43 Vahl.); Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 3:

    te ipsum quaerebam,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 8, 3:

    escam in sterquilinio,

    Phaedr. 3, 12 init. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To seek to get or procure, to seek or search for a thing, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 38:

    rem mercaturis faciendis,

    Cic. Par. 6, 2, 46.— Absol.:

    contrivi in quaerendo vitam atque aetatem meam,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 15; 5, 3, 27; Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 57; id. A. P. 170.—
    b.
    Transf., to get, procure, obtain, acquire a thing:

    uxores liberorum quaerendorum causā ducere,

    Suet. Caes. 52:

    liberorum quaerundorum causā ei uxor data est,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 109; cf.:

    quaerunt litterae hae sibi liberos,

    id. Ps. 1, 1, 21.—
    2.
    To seek for something missing, to miss:

    Siciliam in uberrimā Siciliae parte,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 47:

    optatos Tyndaridas,

    Prop. 1, 17, 18:

    Phoebi comam,

    Tib. 2, 3, 20:

    amnes,

    Stat. Th. 4, 703.—
    3.
    To ask, desire, with ut and subj.:

    quaeris ut suscipiam cogitationem quidnam istis agendum putem,

    Cic. Att. 14, 20, 4.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to seek, i. e. to think over, meditate, aim at, plan a thing:

    dum id quaero, tibi qui filium restituerem,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 83:

    quonam modo maxime ulti sanguinem nostrum pereamus,

    Sall. C. 33,5:

    fugam,

    Cic. Att. 7, 17, 1; id. Mur. 37, 80:

    sibi remedium ad rem aliquam,

    id. Clu. 9, 27:

    de gratiā quid significares, mecum ipse quaerebam,

    id. Att. 9, 11, A, 1.—With inf.:

    tristitiae causam si quis cognoscere quaerit,

    seeks, strives, endeavors, Ov. Tr. 5, 4, 7; id. Am. 1, 8, 51; Hor. C. 3, 4, 39; id. Ep. 1, 1, 2 al.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To look for, seek to gain any thing; to get, acquire, obtain, procure:

    laudem sibi,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 74:

    salutem alicui malo,

    id. Ad. 3, 2, 2:

    negabant ullā aliā in re nisi in naturā quaerendum esse illud summum bonum,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 5, 19:

    pudentem exitum suae impudentiae,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 2:

    invidiam in aliquem,

    id. Rab. Post. 17, 46. —
    2.
    Of inanim. and abstr. subjects, to demand, need, require, = requirere:

    quod cujusquam oratoris eloquentiam quaereret,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 29:

    lites ex limitibus judicem quaerant,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 15, 1:

    bellum dictatoriam majestatem quaesivisset,

    Liv. 8, 30:

    quaerit Boeotia Dircen,

    Ov. M. 2, 239. —
    3.
    To seek to learn from any one; to ask, inquire, interrogate (cf.: interrogo, percontor).
    (α).
    With ab:

    cum ab iis saepius quaereret,

    made inquiries, Caes. B. G. 1, 32:

    quaero abs te nunc, Hortensi, cum, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 83, § 191:

    quaesivit a medicis, quemadmodum se haberet,

    Nep. Dion, 2, 4:

    a quo cum quaesisset, quo se deduci vellet,

    id. Epam. 4, 5; cf. Cic. N. D. 1, 22, 60. —
    (β).
    With de:

    quaerebat paulo ante de me, quid, etc.,

    Cic. Pis. 9, 18:

    de te ipso quaero, Vatini, utrum, etc.,

    id. Vatin. 4, 10:

    quaero de te, arbitrerisne, etc.,

    Liv. 4, 40:

    cura tibi de quo quaerere nulla fuit,

    Ov. P. 4, 3, 18.—
    (γ).
    With ex:

    quaesivi ex Phaniā, quam in partem provinciae putaret, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 6, 1:

    quaerit ex solo ea, quae, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 18.—
    (δ).
    With a rel.-clause:

    ille baro te putabat quaesiturum, unum caelum esset an innumerabilia,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 3:

    natura fieret laudabile carmen, an arte, Quaesitum est,

    Hor. A. P. 409:

    quaeritur inter medicos, cujus generis aquae sint utilissimae,

    Plin. 31, 3, 21, § 31.—
    4. a.
    With inf. (post-Aug.):

    e monte aliquo in alium transilire quaerens,

    Plin. 8, 53, 79, § 214:

    qui mutare sedes quaerebant,

    Tac. G. 2.—
    b.
    Transf., of animals, plants, etc., to desire, prefer, seek:

    salictum et harundinetum... umidum locum quaerunt,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 5:

    glires aridum locum quaerunt,

    id. ib. 3, 15, 2; Col. 1, praef. §

    26: lupinum quaerit maxime sabulosa,

    Plin. 18, 14, 36, § 134;

    so of the soil: ager aquosus plus stercoris quaerit,

    demands, Pall. 1, 6, 15.—
    5.
    To examine or inquire into judicially, to investigate, institute an investigation; with [p. 1502] acc. (rare):

    hunc abduce, vinci, rem quaere,

    Ter. Ad. 3 (4), 36:

    non dubitabat Minucius, quin iste (Verres) illo die rem illam quaesiturus non esset,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 29, § 72. —With de and abl. (class.; cf.

    Krebs, Autibarb. p. 962 sq.): de pecuniis repetundis,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 9, 27:

    de morte alicujus,

    id. Rosc. Am. 41, 119:

    de servo in dominum,

    to question by torture, put to the rack, id. Mil. 22, 59:

    aliquid per tormenta,

    Suet. Tib. 58:

    legibus,

    to investigate according to the laws, impartially, Plin. Ep. 5, 21, 3. —
    b.
    Transf.: si quaeris, si quaerimus (prop., if we, or you, look well into the matter; if we, or you, would know the truth), to say the truth, in fact, to speak honestly:

    omnino, si quaeris, ludi apparatissimi,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 2:

    at sunt morosi, et anxii, et difficiles senes: si quaerimus, etiam avari,

    id. Sen. 18, 65:

    si quaeritis,

    id. de Or. 2, 62, 254; so,

    too, si verum quaeris,

    id. Fam. 12, 8, 1:

    si verum quaeritis,

    id. de Or. 2, 34, 146:

    si verum quaerimus,

    id. Tusc. 2, 23, 55: noli quaerere or quid quaeris? in short, in one word:

    noli quaerere: ita mihi pulcher hic dies visus est,

    id. Fam. 4, 4, 3:

    quid quaeris? biduo factus est mihi familiaris,

    id. ib. 3, 1, 2.— Hence, quaesītus, a, um, P. a., sought out.
    A.
    In a good sense, select, special, extraordinary (mostly post-Aug.): epulae quaesitissumae, Sall. ap. Macr. S. 2, 9, 9 (Sall. H. 2, 23, 4 Dietsch); comp.:

    leges quaesitiores (opp. simplices),

    Tac. A. 3, 26:

    quaesitior adulatio,

    id. ib. 3, 57.— Sup.:

    quaesitissimi honores,

    Tac. A. 2, 53.—
    B.
    In a bad sense (opp. to what is natural), far-fetched, studied, affected, assumed (class.):

    vitabit etiam quaesita nec ex tempore ficta, sed domo allata, quae plerumque sunt frigida,

    Cic. Or. 26, 89:

    ut numerus non quaesitus, sed ipse secutus esse videatur,

    id. ib. 65, 219:

    comitas,

    Tac. A. 6, 50:

    asperitas,

    id. ib. 5, 3.—
    C.
    Subst.: quaesītum, i, n.
    1.
    A question ( poet.):

    accipe quaesiti causam,

    Ov. M. 4, 793; id. F. 1, 278; Hor. S. 2, 6, 82.—
    2.
    A question as a rhetorical figure, = pusma, Mart. Cap. 5, § 524.

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  • 16 requiro

    rĕ-quīro, sīvi or sii, sītum, 3, v. a. [quaero], to seek again; to look after, to seek or search for; to seek to know, to ask or inquire after (class.; cf.: repeto, reposco, exploro).
    I.
    In gen.: Ph. Quid quaeritas? Ha. Vestigium hic requiro, Qua, etc., Plaut. Cist. 4. 2, 58:

    ego illam requiram jam, ubi ubi est,

    id. Ep. 3, 4, 56; so,

    aliquem,

    id. As. 2, 2, 1; id. Capt. 3, 1, 13; id. Bacch. 3, 5, 2; id. Pers. 4, [p. 1575] 6, 14; Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 65; id. Phorm. 2, 1, 79; 5, 6, 41; Caes. B. C. 2, 35; Cic. Rep. 1, 28, 44; Sall. C. 40, 1: legatos Allobrogum, Greg. M. in Job, 31, 54; Amm. 23, 6 al.; cf.:

    juvenem oculisque animoque,

    Ov. M. 4, 129:

    oculis terram,

    Curt. 4, 7, 11:

    cerva requisita,

    Gell. 15, 22, 6:

    libros,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 3, 10; cf.:

    scripta SCtis abolita,

    Suet. Calig. 16:

    extractum anulum,

    id. Tib. 73:

    membra omnia,

    Quint. 11, 2, 13:

    artus, ossa,

    Ov. M. 2, 336:

    portus Velinos,

    Verg. A. 6, 366:

    cibos,

    Col. 8, 8, 1:

    vinum generosum et lene,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 18:

    animi neque admirantur neque requirunt rationes earum rerum, quas semper vident,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 96:

    causam tam facilis eventus,

    Front. Strat. 3, 1, 2; cf.

    causam,

    Ov. M. 10, 388:

    vera,

    Lucr. 1, 640:

    tua facta,

    Ov. H. 6, 31:

    mea facta,

    id. M 13, 211:

    quaedam requisita se occultant, et eadem forte succurrunt,

    Quint. 11, 2, 7; cf. id. 8, prooem. § 30 Zumpt N. cr.; id. 5, 10, 121:

    quod si quis parum credat, apud ipsum (Lucilium) in nono requirat,

    id. 1, 7, 19.—With dependent clause:

    requireres, rogitares, quis esset, aut unde esset, etc.,

    Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 48:

    (bestiae) ut requirant atque appetant, ad quas se applicent ejusdem generis animantes,

    Cic. Lael. 21, 81:

    illud quoque requisivi, quā ratione, etc.,

    id. Quint. 29, 88; cf. id. N. D. 1, 22, 60:

    requirunt, num aliquid, etc.,

    Quint. 12, 9, 17:

    forsitan et, Priami fuerint quae fata, requiras,

    Verg. A. 2, 506:

    cum requisisset ubinam esset,

    Nep. Att. 10, 4:

    secum, cur sit bis rapta, requirit,

    Ov. M. 15, 233.— Impers. pass.:

    requiretur fortasse nunc, quemadmodem, etc.,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 22. — Absol.:

    videmusne, ut pueri... pulsi requirant et aliquid scire se gaudeant?

    Cic. Fin. 5, 18, 48:

    subito res vetustas reddere se et offerre, nec tantum requirentibus, sed etiam sponte interim,

    Quint. 11, 2, 5:

    pande requirenti nomen terraeque tuumque,

    Ov. M. 4, 679. —
    b.
    Requirere ex or ab aliquo (aliquid), to ask, demand, inquire any thing of a person; to question a person about any thing:

    ex quibus requiram, quonam modo latuerint aut ubi, etc.,

    Cic. Cael. 28, 67:

    si quis requirit cur Romae non sim,

    id. Att. 12, 40, 3; cf.:

    saepe ex me requiris, cur, etc.,

    Tac. Or. 1:

    quoniam nihil ex te hi requirunt,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 38, 64; Quint. 1, 6, 31:

    facilia sunt ea, quae a me de Vatinio requiris,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 19; cf.:

    ut id a me neve in hoc reo neve in aliis requiras,

    id. ib. 1, 9, 19:

    illud mihi numquam in mentem venit a te requirere,

    id. Ac. 1, 1, 5:

    aliquid de antiquitate ab aliquo,

    Nep. Att. 20, 2. —
    II.
    In partic., with the accessory idea of need, to ask for something needed; to need, want, lack, miss, be in want of, require (syn. desidero):

    omnes hoc loco cives Romani vestram severitatem desiderant, vestram fidem implorant, vestrum auxilium requirunt,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 172:

    qui beatus est, non intellego, quid requirat, ut sit beatior,

    id. Tusc. 5, 8, 23:

    habuit, non habet: desiderat, requirit, indiget,

    id. ib. 1, 36, 87: isto bono utare, dum assit;

    cum absit, ne requiras: nisi forte adulescentes pueritiam, paulum aetate progressi adulescentiam debent requirere,

    id. Sen. 10, 33; id. Fin. 1, 18, 61:

    magnam res diligentiam requirebat,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 34:

    non ex liberis populis reges requiri,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 48:

    mala causa est quae requirit misericordiam, Publ. Syr. v. 312 Rib.: divitias,

    Tib. 1, 1, 41.—
    b.
    Pass., to be required, i. e. to be requisite, necessary:

    in hoc bello Asiatico virtutes animi magnae et multae requiruntur,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64:

    haec in altercatione,

    Quint. 6, 3, 46:

    aliquae orationes ad cognoscendam litium rationem requiruntur,

    id. 10, 1, 23; Col. 1, 7, 1.—
    B.
    Transf., like desiderare, to perceive to be wanting, to look in vain for, to miss:

    qui (oculi) quocumque inciderunt, veterem consuetudinem fori et pristinum morem judiciorum requirunt,

    Cic. Mil. 1, 1:

    libertatem meam,

    id. Planc. 38, 93:

    et pacis ornamenta et subsidia belli,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 2, 6: unum historikon, id. Att. 6, 1, 8:

    Caesaris in se indulgentiam,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 63:

    quae nonnumquam requirimus,

    Cic. Mur. 29, 61:

    aliquid,

    Quint. 2, 10, 15:

    multos, Quos quondam vidi,

    Ov. M. 7, 515:

    vereor, ne desideres officium meum... sed tamen vereor, ne litterarum a me officium requiras,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 1:

    in quo equidem majorum nostrorum saepe requiro prudentiam,

    id. Par. 1, 1, 7.— Hence, rĕquīsītum, i, n., P. a., as subst. (acc. to II.), a want, need, requirement (rare): ad requisita naturae, i. e. to the calls, Sall. Fragm. ap. Quint. 8, 6, 59 (Hist. 1, 54 Dietsch); Spart. Car. 6.

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  • 17 rogito

    rŏgĭto, āvi, 1, v. freq. a. [rogo], to ask or inquire with eagerness (a favorite word with Plaut. and Ter.;

    otherwise very rare): rogitando sum raucus factus,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 16; cf. Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 6:

    rogitant me, ut valeam, quid agam,

    Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 39; so,

    me,

    id. Am. 4, 2, 9; id. Aul. 3, 6, 15; Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 11:

    qui me id rogites,

    id. And. 4, 4, 10; cf.:

    illum hoc simul,

    id. Heaut. 5, 1, 70:

    pisces,

    to inquire for fish, Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 3:

    multa super Priamo rogitans,

    Verg. A. 1, 750; 10, 839 (the correct read., Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 35, is rogare, Umpfenb., Fleck.).

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  • 18 scitor

    scītor, ātus, 1 (old inf. scitarier, Ov. M. 2, 741), v. freq. dep. a. [scio], to seek to know; to ask, inquire ( poet. and late Lat.; in Cic. Or. 16, 52, read sciscitari; cf.:

    interrogo, percunctor): scitari et quaerere causas,

    Verg. A. 2, 105:

    causam viae,

    Ov. M. 2, 511:

    causam adventūs,

    id. ib. 2, 741:

    omnia,

    id. ib. 2, 548:

    digna relatu,

    id. ib. 4, 793:

    scitanti deus huic de conjuge dixit,

    id. ib. 10, 564:

    quid veniat, scitatur,

    id. ib. 11, 622:

    Eurypylum scitatum oracula Phoebi Mittimus,

    i. e. to consult, Verg. A. 2, 114:

    sunt quae ex te solo scitari volo,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 13; so,

    ex aliquo,

    to ask, inquire, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 60:

    ab aliquo,

    Ov. M. 1, 775; 10, 357:

    consulta numinum,

    Amm. 24, 8, 4:

    scitari, quid molirentur,

    id. 18, 2, 2.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > scitor

  • 19 cōnsulō

        cōnsulō luī, ltum, ere    [com-+2 SAL-], to meet and consider, reflect, deliberate, take counsel, consult, take care, have regard, look out, be mindful: tempus consulendi, T.: ad consulendum potestas, L.: ut animi trepidarent magis quam consulerent, L.: praesidium consulenti curiae, H.: inpensius, V.: in longitudinem, to take thought for the future, T.: in commune, for the common good, T.: in medium, V.: de salute suorum: ut illorum solitudo munita sit: custodi et consule longe (with ne), V.: ut urbi satis esset praesidii, consultum est: famae tuae: receptui suo, Cs.: rei p., S.: timori magis quam religioni, Cs.: mi consultum optime esse, T.: rerum summae, O.: male patriae, N. — To take a resolution, resolve, conclude, determine: de uxore, S.: de nullis quam vobis infestius, L.: gravius in eum, S.: in humiliores libidinose, L.: in deditos durius, Ta.—To consult, inquire of, ask for advice, counsel with, apply to, question: spectatas undas, quid se deceat, O.: pro te hos: si publice consuletur, Ta.: collegium consuli iussit, num, etc., L.: consulta, qualem Optet habere virum, asked, O.: te id, ask your opinion of it. — Supin. acc.: ut esset, quo consultum plebes veniret, L.— To consult (a god, an oracle, etc.): Apollinem de re: deum auguriis, L.: Phoebi oracula, O.: de se ter sortibus consultum, utrum, etc., Cs.: spirantia exta, V.: numen nunc extis nunc per aves, L.: consultus vates, V.— To take counsel (of a lawyer), ask advice: de iure civili consuli: qui consuluntur, i. e. skilled in the law: licet consulere? (a formula of asking advice): consulere licebit? Consule, H.— To refer to (an authority, a legislative body, etc.), consult: senatum, S.: senatum de foedere, Cs.: populum de eius morte: plebem in omnia (tribuni), L. — To deliberate upon, consider: rem ordine, L.: consulere et explorare rem: quid agant, Cs. — To advise, counsel, recommend: tun consulis quicquam? T. — To resolve upon, determine, decide: potestas consulendi quid velis, T.: pessime istuc in te, T.: suae vitae durius, i. e. commit suicide, Cs.: quae reges male consuluerint, S. —In the phrase, boni consulere, to regard favorably, take in good part: tu haec consule missa boni, O.
    * * *
    consulere, consului, consultus V
    ask information/advice of; consult, take counsel; deliberate/consider; advise; decide upon, adopt; look after/out for (DAT), pay attention to; refer to

    Latin-English dictionary > cōnsulō

  • 20 ex-piscor

        ex-piscor ātus, ārī, dep.,    to fish out, search out, find out: proinde expiscare, quasi non nosses, T.: nihil, to inquire no further.

    Latin-English dictionary > ex-piscor

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