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  • 1 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.
    * * *
    anquirere, anquisivi, anquisitus V
    seek, search diligently after, inquire into, examine judicially; indict

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  • 2 in-vestīgō

        in-vestīgō āvī, ātus, āre,    to track, trace out, search after: ad investigandum sagacitas narium. —Fig., to trace out, find out, discover, investigate, search into: neque ille investigatur, Qui est eius pater, T.: canes investigabant omnia: de Lentulo diligentius: ubi Lentulus sit: illorum conatūs.

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  • 3 investigo

    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.).
    I.
    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.—
    II.
    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.

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  • 4 anquiro

    an-quīro, quīsīvi, sītum, 3, v. a. [2. anand quaero], to seek on all sides, to look about for, to search after.
    I.
    Lit. and in gen.: anquirere est circum quaerere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 22 Müll.:

    anquirere aliquem, apud quem evomet virus, etc.,

    Cic. Lael. 23, 87; so id. ib. 27, 102; id. Off. 1, 4, 11.—
    B.
    Trop., to inquire about, to examine into:

    aut anquirunt aut consultant, conducat id necne,

    Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9:

    anquirentibus nobis omnique acie ingenii contemplantibus,

    id. de Or. 1, 33; so id. Fat. 9; Tac. A. 12, 6 al. —
    II.
    Esp. in judic. lang. t. t.
    A.
    To institute a careful inquiry or examination:

    de perduellione,

    Liv. 6, 20:

    de morte alicujus,

    Tac. A. 3, 12.—
    B.
    To enter a complaint, to accuse one, with the word designating the punishment in the abl. or gen.:

    capite anquisitus,

    Liv. 8, 33:

    pecuniā anquirere,

    id. 26, 3:

    cum capitis anquisissent,

    id. 2, 52; 26, 3.—Hence, anquīsītē, adv., carefully (only in Gell.):

    satis anquisite satisque sollicite,

    Gell. 1, 3, 9, where Hertz now reads inquisite. — Comp.:

    Theophrastus anquisitius super hac ipsā re et exactius pressiusque quam Cicero disserit,

    Gell. 1, 3, 21, where Hertz now reads inquisitius.

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  • 5 anquisite

    an-quīro, quīsīvi, sītum, 3, v. a. [2. anand quaero], to seek on all sides, to look about for, to search after.
    I.
    Lit. and in gen.: anquirere est circum quaerere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 22 Müll.:

    anquirere aliquem, apud quem evomet virus, etc.,

    Cic. Lael. 23, 87; so id. ib. 27, 102; id. Off. 1, 4, 11.—
    B.
    Trop., to inquire about, to examine into:

    aut anquirunt aut consultant, conducat id necne,

    Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9:

    anquirentibus nobis omnique acie ingenii contemplantibus,

    id. de Or. 1, 33; so id. Fat. 9; Tac. A. 12, 6 al. —
    II.
    Esp. in judic. lang. t. t.
    A.
    To institute a careful inquiry or examination:

    de perduellione,

    Liv. 6, 20:

    de morte alicujus,

    Tac. A. 3, 12.—
    B.
    To enter a complaint, to accuse one, with the word designating the punishment in the abl. or gen.:

    capite anquisitus,

    Liv. 8, 33:

    pecuniā anquirere,

    id. 26, 3:

    cum capitis anquisissent,

    id. 2, 52; 26, 3.—Hence, anquīsītē, adv., carefully (only in Gell.):

    satis anquisite satisque sollicite,

    Gell. 1, 3, 9, where Hertz now reads inquisite. — Comp.:

    Theophrastus anquisitius super hac ipsā re et exactius pressiusque quam Cicero disserit,

    Gell. 1, 3, 21, where Hertz now reads inquisitius.

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  • 6 vestigo

    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].
    I.
    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. —
    II.
    Transf.
    A. 1.
    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.—
    2.
    Absol.:

    dimissis deinde per agros, qui vestigarent,

    Liv. 32, 26, 13 dub.; cf. Weissenb. ad loc.—
    B.
    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.—
    III.
    Trop.
    A. 1.
    In simple constr.:

    causas rerum,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 39, 166.—
    2.
    With abl.:

    quā (sc. ratione) omnes illorum conatūs vestigare,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 16, 48.—
    3.
    With cum:

    quod cum desidiosā delectatione vestiges,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 23, 88.—
    B.
    To discover, find out:

    grave imperium regum nihil inexploratum, quod vestigari volunt, efficit,

    Liv. 39, 51, 6.

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  • 7 per-sequor

        per-sequor cūtus or quūtus, ī, dep.,    to follow perseveringly, follow after, follow up, pursue: certum est persequi, T.: me in Asiam, T.: exercitum: Hortensium ipsius vestigiis: alcuius vestigia: te, V.: Hanc persecuta mater, Ph.—With infin: non ego te frangere persequor, H.—To press upon, hunt down, chase, pursue: fugientes usque ad flumen, Cs.: deterrere hostīs a persequendo, S.: feras, O.: beluas, Cu.—To follow up, come up with, overtake: te triginta diebus: Mors fugacem persequitur virum, H.—To search over, to search through: solitudines.—Fig., to follow perseveringly, pursue, follow up: viam, T.: eas artīs.—To pursue, hunt after, seek to obtain, strive after: utilia studiosissime: hereditates, T.: voluptates: meum ius, assert, T.: bona tua lite atque iudicio. —To follow, be a follower of, imitate, copy after: Academiam veterem: te.—To pursue, proceed against, prosecute, revenge, avenge, take vengeance upon: bello civitatem, Cs.: iniurias suas: de persequendis inimicitiis, Cs.—To follow up, follow out, perform, execute, prosecute, bring about, accomplish: ex usu quod est, id persequar, T.: si idem extrema persequitur qui incohavit: vitam inopem et vagam, lead: scelus, O.—To take down, note down, record: quae dicerentur.—To set forth, relate, recount, describe, explain: quae versibus persecutus est Ennius: has res in libro.

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  • 8 scrutans

    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).
    I.
    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.—
    B.
    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.—
    II.
    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.—
    B.
    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,
    b.
    scrūtor, ātus, pass., Amm. 28, 1, 10; 15, 8, 16; Aur. Vict. Orig. 6, 3.

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  • 9 scrutor

    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).
    I.
    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.—
    B.
    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.—
    II.
    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.—
    B.
    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,
    b.
    scrūtor, ātus, pass., Amm. 28, 1, 10; 15, 8, 16; Aur. Vict. Orig. 6, 3.

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  • 10 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.
    * * *
    inquirere, inquisivi, inquisitus V
    examine, investigate, scrutinize; seek grounds for accusation; search, seek

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  • 11 conquiro

    conquīro ( - quaero), quīsīvi (arch. form CONQVAESEIVEI in inscrr.:

    conquisierit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 1; id. Rab. Perd. 5, 15), quīsītum, 3, v. a. [quaero], to seelc or search for, to procure, bring together, collect (class.; esp. freq. in the histt.).
    I.
    In gen.
    A.
    Lit.:

    naves toto flumine Ibero,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 61:

    Lisso Parthinisque et omnibus castellis quod esset frumenti conquiri jussit,

    id. ib. 3, 42:

    haec (cornua) studiose conquisita,

    id. B. G. 6, 28:

    quam plurimum domiti pecoris ex agris,

    Sall. J. 75, 4:

    ea (sc. obsides, arma, servos),

    Caes. B. G. 1, 27 and 28:

    socios ad eum interficiendum,

    Nep. Dion, 8, 3:

    pecuniam,

    Liv. 29, 18, 6; cf.:

    dona ac pecunias acerbe per municipia,

    Tac. H. 3, 76 fin.:

    conquirere et comburere vaticinos libros,

    Liv. 39, 16, 8:

    desertores de exercitu volonum,

    id. 25, 22, 3:

    sacra,

    id. 25, 7, 5 Duker:

    virgines sibi undique,

    Suet. Aug. 71; 83:

    vulgo amantes,

    Prop. 1, 2, 23:

    duces,

    Curt. 9, 9, 1:

    fabros undique,

    Dig. 45, 1, 137, § 3.—
    B.
    Trop., to seek after, search for, go in quest of, to make search for (esp. freq. in Cic. and Tac.):

    conquisita diu dulcique reperta labore carmina,

    Lucr. 3, 419:

    suavitates undique,

    Cic. Off. 3, 33, 117:

    voluptates,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 96; cf.:

    conquirere et comparare voluptatem,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 13, 42; id. Ac. 2, 27, 87:

    vetera exempla,

    id. de Or. 3, 8, 29:

    piacula irae deum,

    Liv. 40, 37, 2:

    impedimenta,

    Tac. A. 1, 47:

    solacia,

    id. ib. 12, 68:

    argumenta,

    id. ib. 14, 44:

    causas,

    id. Or. 15:

    naturae primas causas,

    Cic. Univ. 14 med.:

    omnes artes ad opprimendum eum,

    Tac. A. 15, 56.—
    II.
    Esp. (con intens.), to seek for with earnestness, to search out eagerly or carefully (rare but class.).
    A.
    Lit.:

    Diodorum tota provincia,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 19, § 39:

    (Liberam) investigare et conquirere,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 48, § 106: terrā marique conquiri, Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 9, 2:

    conquirere consulem et sepelire,

    Liv. 22, 52, 6:

    eum ad necem,

    Vell. 2, 41, 2; Nep. Timol. 3, 1; Suet. Vit. 10.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    aliquid sceleris et flagitii,

    to seek to commit, Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 96.—Hence, conquīsītus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to II.), sought out, chosen, costly:

    conquisiti atque electi coloni,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 96: peregrina et conquisita medicamenta, Cels. 5, 26, 23: figurae (opp. obviae dicenti), * Quint. 9, 3, 5.— Sup.:

    mensae conquisitissimis epulis exstruebantur,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 21, 62.— Comp. prob. not in use.— Adv.: conquīsītē, carefully, with much pains (ante- and post-class., and only in posit.): conquisite commercata edulia, Afran. ap. Non. p. 28, 30:

    conquisite admodum scripsit Varro,

    Gell. 3, 10, 16; cf.:

    conquisite conscripsimus (corresp. with diligenter),

    Auct. Her. 2, 31, 50.

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  • 12 persequor

    per-sĕquor, cūtus and quūtus, 3, v. dep. a. and n. ( act. collat. form of the imperat. persece for perseque, Poët. ap. Cic. Att. 13, 23 fin.).
    I. A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.:

    ille servolum Jubet illum persequi,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 35; 4, 2, 30:

    si vis persequi vestigiis,

    id. Men. 4, 1, 9:

    certum est persequi,

    Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 18:

    me in Asiam persequens,

    id. And. 5, 4, 32:

    (persequens dicit perseverationem sequentis ostendens. Persequitur enim qui non desinit sequi, Don. ad h. l.): aliquem,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 35, § 91:

    exercitum,

    id. Phil. 3, 3, 7:

    cursim,

    Petr. 6:

    Hortensium ipsius vestigiis,

    Cic. Brut. 90, 307:

    quā, aut terrā aut mari, persequar eum, qui, etc.,

    id. Att. 7, 22, 2:

    vestigia alicujus,

    id. de Or. 1, 23, 105; Verg. A. 9, 218:

    hanc persecuta mater orare incipit,

    Phaedr. 1, 28, 5.—With inf. ( poet.):

    atqui non ego te tigris ut aspera... frangere persequor,

    Hor. C. 1, 23, 10.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To follow after, press upon, chase, pursue:

    fugientes usque ad flumen persequuntur,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 67:

    bello,

    id. ib. 1, 14:

    deterrere hostes a persequendo,

    Sall. J. 50, 6:

    feras,

    Ov. H. 9, 34:

    beluas,

    Curt. 8, 14, 26.—
    b.
    To go through a place in pursuit of any thing, to search through:

    omnes solitudines,

    Cic. Pis. 22, 53. —
    B.
    Transf., to follow up, come up with, overtake:

    quo ego te ne persequi quidem possem triginta diebus,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 6, 3; id. Div. 2, 72, 149:

    mors et fugacem persequitur virum,

    Hor. C. 3, 2, 14.—
    C.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., to follow perseveringly, to pursue any thing:

    omnes vias persequar,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 6:

    viam,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 4:

    eas artes,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 72.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    With the accessory notion of striving after, to pursue, hunt after, seek to obtain, strive after, = appetere, affectare:

    quis est, qui utilia non studiosissime persequatur?

    Cic. Off. 3, 28, 101:

    ego mihi alios deos penates persequar,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 7: Pl. Tene priusquam hinc abeo savium. Ph. Si quidem mi hercle regnum detur, numquam id potius persequar, id. Curc. 1, 3, 55:

    hereditates,

    Ter. And. 4, 5, 20:

    hereditates aut syngraphas,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 8, 18:

    cujusquemodi voluptates,

    id. Fin. 2, 7, 22: ego meum jus persequar, I will pursue or assert my right, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 9; Cic. Caecin. 3, 8:

    persequendi juris sui potestas,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 6, 21:

    bona tua repetere ac persequi lite atque judicio,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 13, § 32:

    possumus rem nostram persequi,

    id. Quint. 13, 45 fin.:

    cum tribunus plebis poenas a seditioso cive per bonos viros judicio persequi vellet,

    sought to obtain, id. Fam. 1, 9, 15.—
    (β).
    With inf., to hasten, be eager (rare):

    nec scimus quam in partem ingredi persequamur,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 4.—
    b.
    To follow, be a follower of; to imitate, copy after a person or thing as a guide or pattern:

    si vero Academiam veterem persequamur,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 7:

    sectam et instituta alicujus,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 71, § 183:

    ego neglectā barbarorum inscitiā te persequar,

    id. Fam. 9, 3, 2; id. Ac. 2, 23, 74:

    ut, quae maxime excellant in eo, quem imitabitur, ea diligentissime persequatur,

    id. de Or. 2, 22, 90.—
    c.
    To pursue, proceed against, prosecute; to revenge, avenge, take vengeance upon a person or thing:

    aliquem bello,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 1:

    aliquem judicio,

    Cic. Fl. 20, 47:

    alicujus injurias ulcisci ac persequi,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 9; so,

    injuriam,

    id. Mur. 21, 44; Sall. J. 14, 23; cf. Kritz ad Sall. C. 9, 5:

    mortem alicujus,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 3, 2:

    de persequendis inimicitiis,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 83 fin.:

    Trebonii mortem,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 18, 39; Caes. B. G. 7, 38; Liv. 40, 11 fin.:

    adulterium,

    Sen. Contr. 3, 20.—
    d.
    To persecute for religious belief or practice (eccl. Lat.), Tert. ad Scap. 5; Vulg. Johan. 15, 20; id. Act. 7, 52; id. Rom. 12, 14 et saep.—
    e.
    To follow in writing, to take down, minute down:

    celeritate scribendi, quae dicerentur persequi,

    Cic. Sull. 14, 42:

    multa diserte dixit, quae notarius persequi non potuit,

    Sen. Apoc. 9, 2.—
    f.
    To follow up with action, to follow out, perform, execute, bring about, do, accomplish, etc.:

    hoc, ut dico, factis persequar,

    Plaut. Merc. 3, 2, 11:

    erus quod imperavit persequi,

    id. Am. 2, 1, 40:

    imperium patris,

    id. Stich. 1, 2, 84 sq.:

    ex usu quod est, id persequar,

    Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 10:

    mandata,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 14, 3:

    si idem extrema persequitur qui inchoavit,

    id. Prov. Cons. 8, 19:

    vitam inopem et vagam,

    to lead, id. Phil. 12, 7, 15.— Absol.:

    sed tamen ibo et persequar,

    will go and obey, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 64. —
    (β).
    In partic., to follow out in speech or writing, to set forth, treat of, relate, recount, describe, explain, etc.:

    aliquid voce,

    Cic. Planc. 23, 56:

    dum rationes Persequor,

    set forth, treat of, discuss the reasons, Lucr. 5, 56:

    quae versibus persecutus est Ennius,

    Cic. Sen. 6, 16:

    philosophiam Latinis litteris,

    id. Ac. 1, 3, 12:

    aliquid scripturā,

    id. Fam. 15, 21, 4:

    obscenas voluptates,

    id. N. D. 1, 40, 111:

    res Hannibalis,

    id. Div. 1, 24, 49:

    has res in eo libro,

    id. Off. 2, 24, 87:

    quae persequerer, si commemorare possem sine dolore,

    id. Fam. 5, 13, 3: da te in sermonem et persece Et confice, etc., Poët. ap. Cic. Att. 13, 23, 3.—
    * II.
    Neutr., to follow or come after:

    exacta vindemia gramine persecuto,

    when the grass has grown again, Pall. 3, 26, 5.
    ► In a pass.
    signif. (post-class.):

    illa se in mare praecipitavit, ne persequeretur,

    Hyg. Fab. 198 dub.—Hence, persĕquens, entis, P. a., used as subst. *
    A.
    A pursuer, practiser:

    flagitii,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 1, 13.—
    * B.
    A revenger, avenger:

    inimicitiarum persequentissimus,

    Auct. Her. 2, 19, 29.

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  • 13 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.
    * * *
    conquirere, conquisivi, conquisitus V TRANS
    seek out; hunt/rake up; investigate; collect; search out/down/for diligently

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  • 14 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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  • 15 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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  • 16 sector

        sector ātus, ārī, dep. freq.    [sequor], to follow eagerly, run after, attend, accompany, press upon, follow after, chase, pursue: sectari iussi, to join my train, L.: at sectabantur multi: si conducti sectarentur: Chrysogonum (servi): neque te stipator sectabitur, H.: qui eiusmodi est, ut eum pueri sectentur: Ne scuticā dignum horribili sectere flagello, H.—Of game, to chase, hunt: sectaris apros, V.: leporem, H.—Fig., to follow after, pursue eagerly, search for, hunt: hanc miseram praedam, Cs.: litīs, T.: Nomina tironum, H.: Mitte sectari, quo, etc., H.: virtutes, emulate, Ta.
    * * *
    sectari, sectatus sum V DEP
    follow continually; pursue; pursue with punishment; hunt out; run after

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  • 17 circumspectō

        circumspectō āvī, ātus, āre, intens.    [circumspicio], to look about with attention, search around, look after: bestiae ut in pastu circumspectent: ora principum, L.: omnia: mare et silvas, Ta.: quānam ipse evaderet, L.: alius alium, ut proelium ineant, circumspectant, L. — Fig., to look about: circumspectans oratio: circumspectantes defectionis tempus, on the lookout for, L.
    * * *
    circumspectare, circumspectavi, circumspectatus V
    look about (searchingly), search about; examine, watch (suspiciously), be alert

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  • 18 perquīrō

        perquīrō —, quīsītus, ere    [per+quaero], to ask diligently after, make eager search for: vasa: vias in Suevos, Cs.: raptam, O.: non perquiris, cui dixit Apronius?: cognitionem rei, investigate.
    * * *
    perquirere, perquisivi, perquisitus V

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  • 19 conruspor

    conruspari, conruspus sum V DEP
    search for, seek out; search carefully after (L+S)

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  • 20 corruspor

    corruspari, corruspus sum V DEP
    search for, seek out; search carefully after (L+S)

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