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1 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. -
2 exploro
ex-plōro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to search out, seek to discover, to examine, investigate, explore (class.; in Cic. esp. freq. in the part. perf. and P. a.; syn.: speculor, scitor, sciscitor, percontor, quaero, interrogo).I.In gen.(α).With acc.:(β).explora rem totam,
Cic. Att. 6, 8, 5:fugam domini,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 17, § 44:ambitum Africae,
Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 8:altera (manus) motu caecum iter explorat,
Ov. M. 10, 456:vehiculorum onera,
Suet. Tib. 18:glebas gustu,
Col. 2, 2, 20:panis potionisque bonitatem gustu,
Tac. A. 12, 66 et saep.:ad explorandum idoneum locum castris,
for choosing out, Caes. B. C. 1, 81, 1:insidias,
to seek out, Verg. G. 3, 537.—With rel. clause:b.explorare, qui homines inhabitarent,
Petr. 116:apud se explorare, an expediat sibi consilium,
Dig. 17, 1, 2 fin.:exploratum est, ubi controversia incipiat,
Quint. 7, 1, 8.—In the part. perf., examined, ascertained, known:II.exploratum et provisum,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 110:jam explorata nobis sunt ea, quae, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 1, 13:perspecta et explorata perscribere,
id. Att. 3, 15, 8; cf.:res non incertis jactatae rumoribus, sed compertae et exploratae,
Liv. 42, 13, 1:de numero eorum omnia se habere explorata Remi dicebant,
Caes. B. G. 2, 4, 4; id. B. C. 2, 31, 5.—In abl. neutr. absol.: explorato, it being ascertained, i. e. when he knew:explorato, jam profectos amicos,
Tac. H. 2, 49.In partic.A.In milit. lang., to spy out, reconnoitre:B.speculatoribus in omnes partes dimissis, explorat, quo commodissime itinere vallum transire possit,
Caes. B. G. 5, 49 fin.; cf. id. ib. 5, 50, 3:itinera egressusque ejus, postremo loca atque tempora cuncta explorat,
Sall. J. 35, 5:Siciliam adiit, Africam exploravit,
Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 34:occulte explorare loca,
Caes. B. C. 1, 66, 2:explorato hostium consilio,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 18, 2.—In the neutr. absol.:ante explorato et subsidiis positis,
Liv. 23, 42, 9; so id. 23, 43, 7; 27, 2 fin. —To try, test, put to the proof (perh. not ante-Aug.):et suspensa focis explorat robora fumus,
Verg. G. 1, 175:taurus in adversis explorat cornua truncis,
Luc. 2, 603; cf.:hoc jugulo dextram explora,
Sil. 11, 358:animos,
Ov. A. A. 1, 456; Liv. 37, 7, 10:explorans quid hostes agerent,
id. 37, 28, 6:haec exploranda per impigros juvenes esse,
id. 22, 55:secundae res animos,
Tac. H. 1, 15:tyranni fidem,
Luc. 8, 582.—Hence, explōrātus, a, um, P. a. Lit., ascertained; hence, established, confirmed, certain, sure:ut ei jam exploratus et domi conditus consulatus videretur,
Cic. Mur. 24, 49: magna et prope explorata [p. 697] spes, id. Phil. 10, 10, 20; id. Off. 3, 33, 117; id. Tusc. 5, 9, 27:victoria,
Caes. B. G. 7, 52, 2:ratio,
Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 64:litterae exploratae a timore,
i. e. affording certainty, confidence, id. Att. 3, 17, 1 et saep.:de quo mihi exploratum est, ita esse, ut scribis,
I am certain, convinced, id. Fam. 2, 16, 6; cf. id. Ac. 2, 17, 54:quis est tam stultus, cui sit exploratum, se ad vesperum esse victurum?
id. de Sen. 19, 67:in qua (amicitia) nihil fidum, nihil exploratum habeas,
id. Lael. 26, 97:exploratam habere pacem,
id. Phil. 7, 6, 16:(Deus) habet exploratum, fore, etc.,
id. N. D. 1, 19, 51:pro explorato habebat, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 6, 5, 3.— Comp.:facilior et exploratior devitatio legionum fore videtur, etc.,
Cic. Att. 16, 2, 4.— Sup.:exploratissima victoria,
Vell. 84, 1.— Adv.: explōrātē, with certainty, for a certainty, securely, surely (for the most part only in Cic.):haec ita sentio, judico, ad te explorate scribo,
Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, b. 3; cf. judicare, Planc. in Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 6:satis explorate perceptum et cognitum,
Cic. N. D. 1, 1, 1:navigare,
id. Fam. 16, 8, 1.— Comp.:exploratius promittere,
Cic. Fam. 6, 1, 5.— Sup. seems not to occur.