searching after

ex-sĕquor or exĕquor, cūtus, 3, v. dep. a., to follow to the end, to pursue, follow.

In partic., to follow or accompany to the grave (cf. the deriv. exsequiae): funus, Massur. Sabin. ap. Gell. 10, 16, 25: aliquem omni laude et laetitia, Cic. poëta in Tusc. 1, 48, 115 (a transl. of ekpempein, in Eurip.).

Trop. (class.; most freq. in the special significations).

In gen., to follow, follow after, accompany; to go after, to pursue:

quae exanimata exsequitur aspectum tuum,

Plaut. Ep. 4, 2, 3: quid petam praesidi aut exsequar? Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 112 ed. Vahl.):

non igitur dubium, quin aeternitatem maluerit exsequi, etc.,

to follow after, take pattern after, Cic. Univ. 2 fin.:

cur non omnes fatum illius (Pompei) una exsecuti sumus?

followed, pursued, subjected ourselves to, id. Att. 9, 12, 1; cf. id. Phil. 2, 22, 54:

sectam meam exsecutae comites,

joined, Cat. 63, 15:

suam quisque spem, sua consilia, communibus deploratis, exsequentes,

Liv. 5, 40, 5: aerumnam, qs. to pursue, i. e. to undergo, suffer, endure, Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 1:

egestatem,

id. Trin. 3, 2, 60:

mortem,

id. Ps. 4, 2, 38:

probrum,

id. Truc. 2, 5, 8.—

In partic.

To follow up, prosecute, carry out; to perform, execute, accomplish, fulfil (syn.:

conficio, perficio, perago, consummo, patro, perpetro, absolvo): nullam rem oportet dolose aggrediri, nisi Astute accurateque exsequare,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 10; cf.:

est difficile id non exsequi usque ad extremum,

Cic. Rab. Post. 2, 5:

inceptum hoc itiner perficere exsequar,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 72 and 88:

incepta,

Liv. 30, 4, 10:

imperium,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 22:

mandata vestra,

Cic. Phil. 9, 4, 9:

omnia regis officia et munera,

id. de Sen. 10, 34; cf.:

munus officii (with tueri),

id. ib. 20, 72:

munus (with fungi),

id. Tusc. 3, 7, 15:

negotia,

id. Off. 1, 23, 79:

obsidiones,

Tac. A. 15, 4:

scelus,

Curt. 8, 6:

sermonem cum aliquo,

to converse, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 5: cum civitas armis jus suum exsequi conaretur, to assert, maintain, * Caes. B. G. 1, 4, 3:

comptam et mitem orationem,

Cic. de Sen. 9, 28.—With a rel.-clause:

quem locum ipse capturus esset, cogitando aut quaerendo exsequebatur,

Liv. 35, 28, 4:

summa omnia cum cura inquirendo exequebatur,

id. 22. 3, 2.—With ut:

mihi Exsequi certa res est, ut abeam Potius hinc ad forum, quam domi cubem,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 17.—

To go through with in speaking, to relate, describe, say, tell (freq. since the Aug. period):

quae vix verbis exsequi possum,

Cic. Fam. 11, 27, 6:

quidam exsecuti sunt verbosius,

Quint. 5, 12, 15: si omnia exsequi velim, Liv. 27, 27, 12:

haec omnia copiosius,

Quint. 9, 3, 89:

quae diligentius,

id. 10, 4, 6:

quae divine in Oratore (Tullius),

id. 1, 6, 18:

caelestia dona aërii mellis,

Verg. G. 4, 2; cf.:

laudes brassicae,

Plin. 20, 9, 33, § 78:

numerum subtiliter,

Liv. 3, 5, 13:

sententias,

Tac. A. 3, 65:

vetera facunde,

id. ib. 12, 58:

vera,

id. ib. 11, 21:

imagines et elogia universi generis,

Suet. Galb. 3 et saep.—

To pursue with punishment, to punish, avenge (perh. not ante-Aug.):

omnia scire, non omnia exsequi,

Tac. Agr. 19:

deorum hominumque violata jura,

Liv. 3, 25, 8:

injurias accusationibus,

Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 5:

delicta,

Suet. Caes. 67:

doloris exsequendi jus,

Liv. 5, 11, 5:

justum dolorem,

Dig. 29, 5, 33.— Absol.: pater caedetur? defendam: caesus est? exsequar, Sen. de Ira, 1, 12; Dig. 34, 9, 22.—Once with a pers. object:

me L. Tarquinium Superbum cum scelerata coniuge, etc., ferro, igni exsecuturum,

to pursue, Liv. 1, 59, 1 (MSS.; Weissenb. et al. exacturum).—Hence, exsĕ-quens ( exeq-), entis, P. a. (acc. to II.), searching after, studious of:

memoriarum veterum exsequentissimus,

Gell. 10, 12, 9.

► exsequi as pass.: quaerebatur an prioris judicis sententia exsequi possit, could be carried out (cf. II. B. supra), Dig. 2, 1, 19.—Hence, exsĕcūtus ( exec-), a, um, in pass. signif.:

exsecuto regis imperio,

executed, Just. 7, 3, 2.

ex-sĕquor or exĕquor, cūtus, 3, v. dep. a., to follow to the end, to pursue, follow.

In partic., to follow or accompany to the grave (cf. the deriv. exsequiae): funus, Massur. Sabin. ap. Gell. 10, 16, 25: aliquem omni laude et laetitia, Cic. poëta in Tusc. 1, 48, 115 (a transl. of ekpempein, in Eurip.).

Trop. (class.; most freq. in the special significations).

In gen., to follow, follow after, accompany; to go after, to pursue:

quae exanimata exsequitur aspectum tuum,

Plaut. Ep. 4, 2, 3: quid petam praesidi aut exsequar? Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 112 ed. Vahl.):

non igitur dubium, quin aeternitatem maluerit exsequi, etc.,

to follow after, take pattern after, Cic. Univ. 2 fin.:

cur non omnes fatum illius (Pompei) una exsecuti sumus?

followed, pursued, subjected ourselves to, id. Att. 9, 12, 1; cf. id. Phil. 2, 22, 54:

sectam meam exsecutae comites,

joined, Cat. 63, 15:

suam quisque spem, sua consilia, communibus deploratis, exsequentes,

Liv. 5, 40, 5: aerumnam, qs. to pursue, i. e. to undergo, suffer, endure, Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 1:

egestatem,

id. Trin. 3, 2, 60:

mortem,

id. Ps. 4, 2, 38:

probrum,

id. Truc. 2, 5, 8.—

In partic.

To follow up, prosecute, carry out; to perform, execute, accomplish, fulfil (syn.:

conficio, perficio, perago, consummo, patro, perpetro, absolvo): nullam rem oportet dolose aggrediri, nisi Astute accurateque exsequare,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 10; cf.:

est difficile id non exsequi usque ad extremum,

Cic. Rab. Post. 2, 5:

inceptum hoc itiner perficere exsequar,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 72 and 88:

incepta,

Liv. 30, 4, 10:

imperium,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 22:

mandata vestra,

Cic. Phil. 9, 4, 9:

omnia regis officia et munera,

id. de Sen. 10, 34; cf.:

munus officii (with tueri),

id. ib. 20, 72:

munus (with fungi),

id. Tusc. 3, 7, 15:

negotia,

id. Off. 1, 23, 79:

obsidiones,

Tac. A. 15, 4:

scelus,

Curt. 8, 6:

sermonem cum aliquo,

to converse, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 5: cum civitas armis jus suum exsequi conaretur, to assert, maintain, * Caes. B. G. 1, 4, 3:

comptam et mitem orationem,

Cic. de Sen. 9, 28.—With a rel.-clause:

quem locum ipse capturus esset, cogitando aut quaerendo exsequebatur,

Liv. 35, 28, 4:

summa omnia cum cura inquirendo exequebatur,

id. 22. 3, 2.—With ut:

mihi Exsequi certa res est, ut abeam Potius hinc ad forum, quam domi cubem,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 17.—

To go through with in speaking, to relate, describe, say, tell (freq. since the Aug. period):

quae vix verbis exsequi possum,

Cic. Fam. 11, 27, 6:

quidam exsecuti sunt verbosius,

Quint. 5, 12, 15: si omnia exsequi velim, Liv. 27, 27, 12:

haec omnia copiosius,

Quint. 9, 3, 89:

quae diligentius,

id. 10, 4, 6:

quae divine in Oratore (Tullius),

id. 1, 6, 18:

caelestia dona aërii mellis,

Verg. G. 4, 2; cf.:

laudes brassicae,

Plin. 20, 9, 33, § 78:

numerum subtiliter,

Liv. 3, 5, 13:

sententias,

Tac. A. 3, 65:

vetera facunde,

id. ib. 12, 58:

vera,

id. ib. 11, 21:

imagines et elogia universi generis,

Suet. Galb. 3 et saep.—

To pursue with punishment, to punish, avenge (perh. not ante-Aug.):

omnia scire, non omnia exsequi,

Tac. Agr. 19:

deorum hominumque violata jura,

Liv. 3, 25, 8:

injurias accusationibus,

Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 5:

delicta,

Suet. Caes. 67:

doloris exsequendi jus,

Liv. 5, 11, 5:

justum dolorem,

Dig. 29, 5, 33.— Absol.: pater caedetur? defendam: caesus est? exsequar, Sen. de Ira, 1, 12; Dig. 34, 9, 22.—Once with a pers. object:

me L. Tarquinium Superbum cum scelerata coniuge, etc., ferro, igni exsecuturum,

to pursue, Liv. 1, 59, 1 (MSS.; Weissenb. et al. exacturum).—Hence, exsĕ-quens ( exeq-), entis, P. a. (acc. to II.), searching after, studious of:

memoriarum veterum exsequentissimus,

Gell. 10, 12, 9.

► exsequi as pass.: quaerebatur an prioris judicis sententia exsequi possit, could be carried out (cf. II. B. supra), Dig. 2, 1, 19.—Hence, exsĕcūtus ( exec-), a, um, in pass. signif.:

exsecuto regis imperio,

executed, Just. 7, 3, 2.

quaesītĭo, ōnis, f. [quaero], a seeking or searching after (post-Aug.).

In gen.:

Psyche quaesitioni Cupidinis intenta, populos circuibat,

App. M. 5, p. 171, 8.—

In partic., a questioning by torture, the question, inquisition:

cum postero ad quaesitionem retraheretur, proripuit se custodibus,

Tac. A. 4, 45; Inscr. Bertol. Antiq. Aquilei. p. 300, n. 419.

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.

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.

rĕ-pĕrĭo, repperi (less correctly reperi), rĕpertum, 4 (old fut. reperibit, Caecil. ap. Non. 508, 16:

reperibitur,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 48; Pompon. ap. Non. 1. 1.; inf. reperirier, Plaut. Truc. 4, 1, 1; Lucr. 4, 480), v. a. [pario] (orig., perh., to procure or find again; hence), in gen., to find, meet with, find out, either by searching or by accident (cf.: invenio, offendo, nanciscor).

Lit.:

ego illam reperiam,

will find her again, will find her out, Plaut. Ep. 4, 2, 32:

Glycerium suos parentes repperit,

Ter. And. 4, 5, 11; 5, 6, 5:

perscrutabor fanum, si inveniam uspiam Aurum: sed si repperero, etc.,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 14:

quid repperisti? Non quod pueri clamitant in fabā se repperisse,

id. ib. 5, 10; cf. id. Bacch. 3, 6, 33:

facile invenies pejorem... meliorem neque tu reperies, etc.,

id. Stich. 1, 2, 53:

curculiones in tritico,

id. Curc. 4, 4, 31; cf. Ov. M. 1, 654:

aliquem hominem,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 8:

multos,

Cic. Fin. 2, 9, 28:

mortui sunt reperti,

id. Tusc. 1, 47, 114:

puerum aut puellam sibi recens natum,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 16:

ibi quoque equi caput repertum,

Just. 18, 5, 16:

ceterarum artium repertos antistites agriculturae neque discipulos neque praeceptores inventos,

Col. 11, 1, 10:

divitiis incubare repertis,

Verg. A. 6, 610. —

Trop.

In gen., to find, find out, discern; to get, procure, obtain:

occasionem,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 4, 9:

propter paupertatem nomen,

id. Stich. 11, 3, 22:

gloriam armis,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 60:

quamvis malam rem quaeris, illic reperias,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 153; cf.:

si quaerimus, cur, etc.... causas reperiemus verissimas duas,

Cic. Brut. 95, 325:

rem repperi omnem ex tuo magistro, ne nega,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 37:

verae amicitiae difficillime reperiuntur in iis, qui, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 17, 64:

nec quicquam difficilius quam reperire, quod sit omni ex parte in suo genere perfectum,

id. ib. 21, 79:

nec vos exitum reperitis,

id. N. D. 1, 38, 107:

perpauci lintribus inventis sibi salutem reppererunt,

found, obtained, Caes. B. G. 1, 53 Oud. N. cr.:

aristolochia nomen ex inventore reperit,

Cic. Div. 1, 10, 16: sollicitudinis finem, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 15, 4:

cujus praeclara apud Vergilium multa exempla reperio,

Quint. 8, 3, 79; cf. in pass., id. 1, 5, 43:

quibus (armis) quemadmodum salutariter uterentur, non reperiebant,

Cic. Brut. 2, 8. —

In partic.

With a double predicate, to find, discover, perceive, learn, ascertain a thing to be in any manner:

qui invident, omnes inimicos mihi istoc facto repperi,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 6:

hoc si secus reperies, nullam causam dico,

id. Capt. 3, 4, 92:

quam paucos reperias meretricibus Fideles evenire amatores,

Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 1; cf. id. ib. 2, 1, 3:

re ipsā repperi, Facilitate nihil esse homini melius,

id. Ad. 5, 4, 6; cf.:

cum transgressos repperisset consules,

Vell. 2, 50, 1:

quorum de moribus Caesar cum quaereret, sic reperiebat,

Caes. B. G. 2, 15:

neque, quanta esset insulae magnitudo, reperire poterat,

id. ib. 4, 20;

1, 50: Caesar repperit ab Suevis auxilia missa,

id. ib. 6, 9:

repperit esse vera,

id. ib. 1, 18:

quem Tarentum venisse reperio,

Cic. Sen. 4, 10.— So pass., with a double subject (i.e. with a predicate nom.), to be found, discovered, recognized to be any thing:

quos cum censeas Esse amicos, reperiuntur falsi falsimoniis,

Plaut. Bacch. 3. 6, 12:

ingrato ingratus repertus est,

id. Pers. 5, 2, 59:

improbissimus reperiebare,

Cic. Quint. 20, 56:

ceteris rebus aut pares aut etiam inferiores reperiemur, religione multo superiores,

id. N. D. 2, 3, 8; id. Fl. 38, 94.— With inf.:

quoniam duplex natura duarum Dissimilis rerum longe constare reperta'st,

Lucr. 1, 504:

Sybarim et Crotonem et in eas Italiae partes Pythagoras venisse reperitur,

Cic. Rep. 2, 15, 28:

nec ulli periisse nisi in proelio reperiuntur,

Suet. Caes. 75.—

To find out, hit upon, invent, devise, discover (freq. after the Aug. period; cf. repertor;

whereas invenire is used in this signif. in all periods): reperi, comminiscere, cedo calidum consilium cito,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 71; cf.:

aliquid calidi consilii,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 71:

sibi aliquam astutiam,

id. Capt. 3, 4, 7:

repperisti tibi quod placeat,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 35; 3, 2, 22:

consilium,

id. Phorm. 1, 4, 1:

causam,

id. ib. 2, 1, 4:

mihimet ineunda ratio et via reperiunda est, quā, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 46, § 110:

nihil novi reperiens,

id. Ac. 2, 6, 16:

hoc reperire difficilius, quam, cum inveneris, argumentis adjuvare,

Quint. 5, 10, 116:

reperta verba (opp. nativa),

id. 8, 3, 36:

medicina ex observatione salubrium reperta est,

id. 2, 17, 4; 9, 4, 114:

ludusque (scaenicus) repertus,

Hor. A. P. 405:

serrae reperit usum,

Ov. M. 8, 246; 1, 687:

repertā nuper conjuratione,

discovered, Tac. A. 16, 15; cf.:

posterius res inventa est aurumque repertum,

Lucr. 5, 1112; 1240:

in quarum exercitationem reperta est (declamatio),

Quint. 2, 10, 4; 4, 2, 21; 4, 3, 2; 8, 3, 72; 12, 10, 72; Tac. Agr. 19.— With dat., Quint. 8, 6, 19.— With object-clause:

Indi gemmas crystallum tingendo adulterare repererunt,

Plin. 35, 5, 20, § 79 (where, however, Jahn reads invenerunt).—Hence, rĕperta, ōrum, n., inventions (mostly in Lucr.):

exponunt praeclara reperta,

Lucr. 1, 732; 136; 5, 2; 13; 6, 7;

and (perh. in imitation),

Rhem. Fan. Pond. 15.

rĕ-pĕrĭo, repperi (less correctly reperi), rĕpertum, 4 (old fut. reperibit, Caecil. ap. Non. 508, 16:

reperibitur,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 48; Pompon. ap. Non. 1. 1.; inf. reperirier, Plaut. Truc. 4, 1, 1; Lucr. 4, 480), v. a. [pario] (orig., perh., to procure or find again; hence), in gen., to find, meet with, find out, either by searching or by accident (cf.: invenio, offendo, nanciscor).

Lit.:

ego illam reperiam,

will find her again, will find her out, Plaut. Ep. 4, 2, 32:

Glycerium suos parentes repperit,

Ter. And. 4, 5, 11; 5, 6, 5:

perscrutabor fanum, si inveniam uspiam Aurum: sed si repperero, etc.,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 14:

quid repperisti? Non quod pueri clamitant in fabā se repperisse,

id. ib. 5, 10; cf. id. Bacch. 3, 6, 33:

facile invenies pejorem... meliorem neque tu reperies, etc.,

id. Stich. 1, 2, 53:

curculiones in tritico,

id. Curc. 4, 4, 31; cf. Ov. M. 1, 654:

aliquem hominem,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 8:

multos,

Cic. Fin. 2, 9, 28:

mortui sunt reperti,

id. Tusc. 1, 47, 114:

puerum aut puellam sibi recens natum,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 16:

ibi quoque equi caput repertum,

Just. 18, 5, 16:

ceterarum artium repertos antistites agriculturae neque discipulos neque praeceptores inventos,

Col. 11, 1, 10:

divitiis incubare repertis,

Verg. A. 6, 610. —

Trop.

In gen., to find, find out, discern; to get, procure, obtain:

occasionem,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 4, 9:

propter paupertatem nomen,

id. Stich. 11, 3, 22:

gloriam armis,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 60:

quamvis malam rem quaeris, illic reperias,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 153; cf.:

si quaerimus, cur, etc.... causas reperiemus verissimas duas,

Cic. Brut. 95, 325:

rem repperi omnem ex tuo magistro, ne nega,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 37:

verae amicitiae difficillime reperiuntur in iis, qui, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 17, 64:

nec quicquam difficilius quam reperire, quod sit omni ex parte in suo genere perfectum,

id. ib. 21, 79:

nec vos exitum reperitis,

id. N. D. 1, 38, 107:

perpauci lintribus inventis sibi salutem reppererunt,

found, obtained, Caes. B. G. 1, 53 Oud. N. cr.:

aristolochia nomen ex inventore reperit,

Cic. Div. 1, 10, 16: sollicitudinis finem, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 15, 4:

cujus praeclara apud Vergilium multa exempla reperio,

Quint. 8, 3, 79; cf. in pass., id. 1, 5, 43:

quibus (armis) quemadmodum salutariter uterentur, non reperiebant,

Cic. Brut. 2, 8. —

In partic.

With a double predicate, to find, discover, perceive, learn, ascertain a thing to be in any manner:

qui invident, omnes inimicos mihi istoc facto repperi,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 6:

hoc si secus reperies, nullam causam dico,

id. Capt. 3, 4, 92:

quam paucos reperias meretricibus Fideles evenire amatores,

Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 1; cf. id. ib. 2, 1, 3:

re ipsā repperi, Facilitate nihil esse homini melius,

id. Ad. 5, 4, 6; cf.:

cum transgressos repperisset consules,

Vell. 2, 50, 1:

quorum de moribus Caesar cum quaereret, sic reperiebat,

Caes. B. G. 2, 15:

neque, quanta esset insulae magnitudo, reperire poterat,

id. ib. 4, 20;

1, 50: Caesar repperit ab Suevis auxilia missa,

id. ib. 6, 9:

repperit esse vera,

id. ib. 1, 18:

quem Tarentum venisse reperio,

Cic. Sen. 4, 10.— So pass., with a double subject (i.e. with a predicate nom.), to be found, discovered, recognized to be any thing:

quos cum censeas Esse amicos, reperiuntur falsi falsimoniis,

Plaut. Bacch. 3. 6, 12:

ingrato ingratus repertus est,

id. Pers. 5, 2, 59:

improbissimus reperiebare,

Cic. Quint. 20, 56:

ceteris rebus aut pares aut etiam inferiores reperiemur, religione multo superiores,

id. N. D. 2, 3, 8; id. Fl. 38, 94.— With inf.:

quoniam duplex natura duarum Dissimilis rerum longe constare reperta'st,

Lucr. 1, 504:

Sybarim et Crotonem et in eas Italiae partes Pythagoras venisse reperitur,

Cic. Rep. 2, 15, 28:

nec ulli periisse nisi in proelio reperiuntur,

Suet. Caes. 75.—

To find out, hit upon, invent, devise, discover (freq. after the Aug. period; cf. repertor;

whereas invenire is used in this signif. in all periods): reperi, comminiscere, cedo calidum consilium cito,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 71; cf.:

aliquid calidi consilii,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 71:

sibi aliquam astutiam,

id. Capt. 3, 4, 7:

repperisti tibi quod placeat,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 35; 3, 2, 22:

consilium,

id. Phorm. 1, 4, 1:

causam,

id. ib. 2, 1, 4:

mihimet ineunda ratio et via reperiunda est, quā, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 46, § 110:

nihil novi reperiens,

id. Ac. 2, 6, 16:

hoc reperire difficilius, quam, cum inveneris, argumentis adjuvare,

Quint. 5, 10, 116:

reperta verba (opp. nativa),

id. 8, 3, 36:

medicina ex observatione salubrium reperta est,

id. 2, 17, 4; 9, 4, 114:

ludusque (scaenicus) repertus,

Hor. A. P. 405:

serrae reperit usum,

Ov. M. 8, 246; 1, 687:

repertā nuper conjuratione,

discovered, Tac. A. 16, 15; cf.:

posterius res inventa est aurumque repertum,

Lucr. 5, 1112; 1240:

in quarum exercitationem reperta est (declamatio),

Quint. 2, 10, 4; 4, 2, 21; 4, 3, 2; 8, 3, 72; 12, 10, 72; Tac. Agr. 19.— With dat., Quint. 8, 6, 19.— With object-clause:

Indi gemmas crystallum tingendo adulterare repererunt,

Plin. 35, 5, 20, § 79 (where, however, Jahn reads invenerunt).—Hence, rĕperta, ōrum, n., inventions (mostly in Lucr.):

exponunt praeclara reperta,

Lucr. 1, 732; 136; 5, 2; 13; 6, 7;

and (perh. in imitation),

Rhem. Fan. Pond. 15.