per-vestīgō

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.

per-vestīgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to trace out, search out.

Lit., of hounds;

hence of spies: canes venaticos diceres, ita omnia odorabantur et pervestigabant, ut, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 13, § 31.—

Trop., to seek out, examine, investigate:

operam ut sumam ad pervestigandum, ubi sit illaec,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 94; cf. id. Rud. 1, 4, 5; Cic. de Or. 2, 34, 147:

quae a me pervestigata et cognita sunt,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 68, § 174:

Locris sacrilegium pervestigatum a Q. Minucio erat,

Liv. 31, 13, 1.

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.

in-vestīgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (investigandum for investigandorum, Pac. ap. Non. 495, 26), to track or trace out, as a dog; to search after (class.).

Lit.:

canum tam incredibilis ad investigandum sagacitas narium,

Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158:

illam,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 79:

latentes conscios,

Suet. Dom. 10:

David et Viros ejus,

Vulg. 1 Reg. 24, 3.—

Trop., to trace out, find out, discover, investigate, search into:

nihil investigo quicquam de illa,

Plaut. Merc. 4, 6, 13:

quid dare velis, qui istaec tibi investiget indicetque,

id. Rud. 5, 2, 35:

nil tam difficile est, quin quaerendo investigari possiet,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 8:

qui sim, nequeo certum investigare,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 9, 4:

Cibyratici canes investigabant et perscrutabantur omnia,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 21, § 47:

conjurationem,

id. Sull. 1, 3; 30, 85:

veri investigandi cupidus,

id. Fin. 4, 8, 20:

de Lentulo,

id. Att. 9, 7, 6:

diligentia inimici investigatum est, quod latebat,

id. Lig. 1, 1:

ubi Lentulus sit, investigare non possum,

id. Att. 9, 1, 2:

conatus,

id. Verr. 1, 16, 48:

perquirere et investigare homines,

Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 8:

quae per notas scripta,

to decipher, Suet. Caes. 56.