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  • 1 scisco

    investigate, ask, inquire/ vote, ordain, resolve.

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  • 2 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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  • 3 disquīrō

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

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  • 4 ex-plōrō

        ex-plōrō āvī, ātus, āre,    to cause to flow forth, bring out, search out, examine, investigate, explore: rem totam: fugam domini: caecum iter, O.: locos novos, V.: idoneum locum castris, select, Cs.: de voluntate alcius, N.: ea, quae, etc.: ne quid Corruat, O.: Postquam exploratum est labare, etc., O. —To spy out, reconnoitre, examine: quo transire possit, Cs.: itinera egressūsque eius, S.: Africam: ante explorato et subsidiis positis, L.: explorato profectos esse amicos, Ta.—Supin. acc.: exploratum praemissi, S.: Iugurtha quid agitaret, exploratum misit, S.—To try, prove, investigate, test, put to the proof: explorat robora fumus, V.: regis animum, sound, L.: cibos, taste, Ta.: insidias, try, V.

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  • 5 indāgō

        indāgō āvī, ātus, āre    [indu+1 AG-], to trace out, track: canis natus ad indagandum.— Fig., to investigate, explore, hunt for, trail: quod in causā quaerendum est: indicia exiti: de re p.
    * * *
    I
    indagare, indagavi, indagatus V TRANS
    track down, hunt out; search out, try to find/procure by seeking; investigate
    II
    ring of huntsmen/nets/troops/forts; encircling with snares; tracking down

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  • 6 inquīrō

        inquīrō sīvī (-sīsse, -sīssent, L.), sītus, ere    [<*> in + quaero], to seek after, search for: corpus funeris causā inquisitum, L.—To search into, examine, investigate, scrutinize: honestas, quam natura maxime inquirit: omnia ordine, L.: vitia tua, H.: rem inquisitam ad consulem detulit, after investigating it, L.: inquire in ea quae, etc.: patrios in annos, how long the father will live, O.: obstitit oceanus in se simul et in Herculem inquiri, Ta.: quid sit furere, H.: Cui placeas, O.: in eum quid <*>gat inquiritur, etc.—In law, to make an investigation, seek grounds of accusation: diem inquirendi postulare: de rebus capitalibus, Cu.: inquisitum missi de iis, quorum, etc., L.
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    inquirere, inquisivi, inquisitus V
    examine, investigate, scrutinize; seek grounds for accusation; search, seek

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  • 7 scrūtor

        scrūtor ārī, ātus, dep.    [scruta], to ransack, search carefully, examine thoroughly, explore, search, examine: domos, navīs: loca abdita, S.: ignem gladio, H.: mare, Ta.: venantium latibula, Cu.: num irā actus esset, Cu.: non excutio te, si quid forte ferri habuisti, non scrutor.—Fig., to examine thoroughly, inquire into, explore, investigate: caeli plagas, Enn. ap. C.: locos, ex quibus argumenta eruamus: ante tempus haec.— To search into, search out, find out, read: mentīsque deum, O.: Arcanum illius, H.
    * * *
    scrutari, scrutatus sum V DEP
    search/probe/examine carefully/thoroughly; explore/scan/scrutinize/investigate

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  • 8 vestīgō

        vestīgō āre, —, —    [cf. στίχοσ], to follow in the track of, track, trace out, track up, hunt, search, scour: vestigare et quaerere te, Enn. ap. C.: perfugas et fugitivos, L.: adeo sicca lacuna, ut vestigantium sitim falleret, Cu.: vestiga (sc. ramum) oculis, V.—Fig., to inquire into, investigate, trace, search out: causas rerum: nihil inexploratum, quod vestigari volunt, efficere, L.: voluptates omnīs: regionem omni curā, Cu.
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    vestigare, vestigavi, vestigatus V
    track down, search for; search out; try to find out by searching; investigate

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  • 9 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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  • 10 agitō

        agitō āvī, ātus, āre, freq.    [ago], to set in violent motion, drive onward, move, impel, urge: (Harena) magnā vi agitata, S.: greges, drive to pasture, V.: equum, V.: iugales (dracones), O.: (triremem) in portu agitari iubet, rowed about, N. — To hunt, chase, pursue: aquila alias avīs agitans: dammas, O.: cervos in retia, O. — Fig., to drive, urge forward, press, support, insist on: agrariam legem: hoc unum agitare, esse, etc., keep pressing this one point: pacem an bellum, S.—To attend, keep, celebrate: Dionysia, T.: festos dies. — To observe, obey, carry out, exercise: praecepta parentis mei, S.: secreta consilia, L.—Of time, to pass, spend vitam sine cupiditate, S.: apud aquam noctem, S. — Absol, to live, abide, be: varius atque incertus agitabat, S.: pro muro dies noctīsque, remain, S. —To move to and fro, stir, agitate, shake, disturb, toss: corpora huc et illuc, S.: hastam, brandish, O.: scintilla agitata (ventis), fanned, O.: habenas manibus, wield, O.: caput, nod, O.: mare ventorum vi agitari: freta incipiant agitata tumescere, V.: Zephyris agitata Tempe, H.: agitata numina Troiae, tossed on the sea, V.: agitantia fumos Nubila, tossing up spray, O. — Fig., to stir, rouse, agitate, stimulate, excite, goad: hunc, T.: plebem, L.: mens agitat molem, animates, V. — To vex, disquiet, disturb, distress: nationes: Furiis agitatus Orestes, V.: rebus agitatis, in times of disorder: metu atque libidine divorsus agitabatur, was distracted by, S.: te agitet cupido, H.: fidem aut gentīs, to disturb the loyalty, etc., V. — To insult, scoff, rail at, deride, revile: rem militarem: mea fastidia verbis, H.: (poemata) expertia frugis, H.: ea belle agitata ridentur, neatly mocked. — To prosecute, occupy oneself with, engage in, keep going, stir: cuncta, keep active, S.: mutas artes, V.: iocos, O.: eo modo agitabat, ut, etc., so conducted himself, S.: scaenis agitatus Orestes, i. e. represented, V.—To pursue, consider, deliberate on, meditate: secum multum, S.: haec mecum, H.: in animo bellum, L.: agitare coepit, si posset, etc., L.: ut mente agitaret, bellum renovare, N. — To discuss, debate, sift, investigate: oratori omnia tractata, agitata, i. e. sifted, discussed: omnia ex tabulis, by the accounts: senatus de secessione plebis agitat, L. — Impers: Romae de facto agitari, there were discussions, S.
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    agitare, agitavi, agitatus V
    stir/drive/shake/move about; revolve; live; control, ride; consider, pursue

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  • 11 aspiciō (ad-sp-)

        aspiciō (ad-sp-) ēxī, ectus, ere    [ad + specio], to look at, look upon, behold, look: ilico, T.: potestas aspiciendi: inter sese, one another: Eius formam, T.: eorum forum, L.: nos, V.: alqm in acie, to face, N.: nec servientium litora aspicientes, not in sight of, Ta.: pennas exire per ungues, O.: unde aliqua fori pars aspici potest: quasi eum aspici nefas esset.—To observe, examine, inspect: opus, O.: in Boeotiā res, L. — Of places, to look to, lie toward: terra quae Noricum aspicit, Ta.: Lumen, to see the light, i. e. live: lucem, to be born: lucem, to go abroad. — Fig., to observe, consider, weigh, ponder: qui aspexit, quantum, etc., H.: Aspice, laetentur ut omnia, V.: si quid loquamur, H.: quantas ostentant vires, V.: primordia gentis, O. —To regard, respect: eum milites aspiciebant, N. — To investigate: legatus ad res aspiciendas, L.

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  • 12 audiō

        audiō īvī or iī, ītus, īre    [2 AV-], to hear: quae vera audivi, taceo, T.: verbum ex te, T.: de te ex te, your account of yourself: ista de maioribus: ab ipso, H.: eum querentem, N.: hoc maiores natu dicere: a maioribus natu mirari solitum, etc.: Audiet civīs acuisse ferrum, H.: Bibulus nondum audiebatur esse in Syria: Cur ita crediderim audi, H.: audi Quid ferat, H.: id ex eo audivi, cum diceret, etc.: de Psaltriā hac audivit, T.: illos de quibus audivi: quin tu hoc audi, listen, T.: audin' (for audisne?), do you hear? T.—Supin. acc.: vocat (me) hic auditum scripta, H.—Supin. abl.: O rem auditu crudelem.—P. pass.: cui non sunt auditae Demosthenis vigiliae: non uni militi sed universis audiuntur, L.: Audita arboribus fides, H.: auditi advertitis cursum, already known by report, V. — Subst: nihil habeo praeter auditum, hearsay: refert audita, what he had heard, O.—To listen to, give attention to: etsi a vobis sic audior, ut, etc.: audi, Iuppiter, et tu, Iane, L.—To hear, be taught by, learn from: te annum iam audientem Cratippum: audiendum sibi de ambitu, i. e. must examine the charge: de pace audisse, entertained proposals, L.: dolos, investigate, V. — To listen to, lend an ear, regard, hear, grant: di meas preces audiverunt: neque preces audiri intellegit, Cs.: si sensisset auditas preces, L.: Audiit et genitor Intonuit, V.: puellas Ter vocata audis, H.—To hear with assent, accept, agree with, approve, yield to, grant, allow: fabulas: tum id audirem, si, etc., I would assent to it, if, etc.: audio, nunc dicis aliquid, granted: non audio, I do not admit it.—To obey, heed: sapientiam: me, L.: te tellus audit Hiberiae, H.: neque audit currus habenas, V.— In the phrase, dicto audiens esse, to obey: sunt illi quidem dicto audientes: dicto audientes in tantā re: dicto audiens esse huic ordini: Tullio iubere populum dicto audientem esse, L.: dicto audiens fuit iussis, N.—To be called, be named, reported, regarded: si curas esse quod audis, H.: Id audire, to bear that name, V.: bene audire velle, to be praised: bene a parentibus: male audies, you will be in bad repute, T.: insuetus male audiendi, N.: minus commode audire, i. e. to be injured in reputation.
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    audire, audivi, auditus V
    hear, listen, accept, agree with; obey; harken, pay attention; be able to hear

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  • 13 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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  • 14 conquaerō

        conquaerō    see conquīrō.
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    conquaerere, conquaesivi, conquaesitus V TRANS
    seek out; hunt/rake up; investigate; collect; search out/down/for diligently

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  • 15 conquīrō

        conquīrō quīsīvī (sierit, C.), quīsītus, ere    [com- + quaero], to seek for, hunt up, search out, procure, bring together, collect: toto flumine navīs, Cs.: iubet omnia conquiri: quam plurimum pecoris ex agris, S.: Diodorum totā provinciā: quos potuit (colonos), N.: his ut conquirerent (sc. homines) imperavit, Cs.: pecuniam, L.: quem quisque notum habebat, Cs.: triumviri sacris conquirendis, L. — Fig., to seek after, search for, go in quest of: suavitates undique: voluptates, Cs.: litterae cogitatione conquirendae: artīs ad alqm opprimendum, Ta.: omnia contra sensūs: aliquid sceleris, to seek to commit.
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    conquirere, conquisivi, conquisitus V TRANS
    seek out; hunt/rake up; investigate; collect; search out/down/for diligently

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  • 16 cōnsīderō

        cōnsīderō āvī, ātus, āre,    to look at closely, regard attentively, inspect, examine, survey: candelabrum: spatium victi hostis, O.: alquem, S.: Num exciderit ferrum, O.—Fig., to consider maturely, reflect upon, contemplate, meditate: mecum in animo vitam tuam, T.: neglegentiam eius: pericula, S.: aliquid ex suā naturā: his de rebus cum Pomponio: de quā (intercessione): id, de quo consideretur, inquiry is made: cum vestris animis: quid agas: quid in alios statuatis, S.: considerandum est, ne temere desperet: ait se considerare velle.
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    considerare, consideravi, consideratus V TRANS
    examine/look at/inspect; consider closely, reflect on/contemplate; investigate

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  • 17 dis-putō

        dis-putō āvī, ātus, āre,    to weigh, examine, investigate, treat, discuss, explain: de singulis sententiis breviter: ad id: multa de sideribus, Cs.: de omni re in contrarias partes: esse in utramque partem disputatum, Cs.—To argue, maintain, insist: palam: copiose: non ita disputo, such is not my argument: qui contra disputant, opponents: pro omnibus et contra omnia: isti in eo disputant, Contaminari non decere fabulas, T.: nihil contra: contra te: quod disputari contra nullo pacto potest, cannot be disputed: quid desiderem, non quid viderim, the question is, etc.

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  • 18 excutiō

        excutiō cussī, cussus, ere    [ex + quatio], to shake out, shake off, cast out, drive out, send forth: (litteris) in terram excussis, shaken out: equus excussit equitem, threw off, L.: Excutimur cursu, V.: lectis utrumque, H.: gladiis missilia, parry, Ta.: excussos laxare rudentīs, uncoil and let out, V.: ignem de crinibus, shake off, O.: si excutitur Chloë, be cast off, H.: alqm patriā, V.: me domo, take myself off, T.: comantīs cervice toros, shake, V.: excussaque bracchia iacto, tossed, O.: lacrumas mihi, T.: sudorem, N.: excutior somno, am roused, V.— To project, throw: tela, Ta.: glandem, L.: facinus ab ore, i. e. the poisoned cup, O.— To shake out, search: te. — Fig., to shake out, shake off, force away, discard, remove, wrest, extort: omnīs istorum delicias: aculeos orationis meae: corde metum, O.: excussa pectore Iuno est, V.: (negotiis) Excussus propriis, H.: risum sibi, excite, H.: foedus, reject, V. — To search, examine, investigate, scrutinize: illud excutiendum est, ut sciatur, etc.: freta, O.: puellas, O.: quae delata essent, Cu.
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    excutere, excussi, excussus V
    shake out or off; cast out; search, examine

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  • 19 ex-sequor or exequor

        ex-sequor or exequor cūtus, ī, dep.,     to follow to the grave: Hunc omni laude, C. poët.— Fig., to follow, follow after, accompany, go after, pursue: cladem illam fugamque: fatum illius, i. e. share: suam quisque spem, L.: sectam meam, Ct.—To follow up, prosecute, carry out, enforce, perform, execute, accomplish, fulfil: alqd primum, T.: mandata regis officia: incepta, L.: Iussa divōm, V.: armis ius suum, Cs.: mitem orationem: mortem, i. e. kill oneself, Ta.—To follow up, investigate, examine: veram rationem, T.: summā omnia cum curā inquirendo, L.: quem locum ipse capturus esset, L.—To go through, relate, describe, say, tell: quae vix verbis exsequi possum: omnia, L.: dona mellis, V.—To follow up, punish, avenge: omnia scire, non omnia exsequi, Ta.: deorum violata iura, L.: Tarquinium ferro, L.

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  • 20 indāgō

        indāgō inis, f    [indu+1 AG-], an encircling with toils, surrounding: saltūs indagine cingunt, V.: indaginis modo silvas persultare, Ta.: velut indagine Samnites agere, hunt like game, L.
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    I
    indagare, indagavi, indagatus V TRANS
    track down, hunt out; search out, try to find/procure by seeking; investigate
    II
    ring of huntsmen/nets/troops/forts; encircling with snares; tracking down

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