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  • 1 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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  • 2 exquīrō

        exquīrō sīvī, sītus, ere    [ex+quaero], to search out, seek diligently, inquire into, scrutinize, inquire, ask: ex te causas divinationis: haec nimis a Graecis, to be too exacting in: Ancillas cruciatu, T.: secum, quid peccatum sit: sententias, Cs.: eorum tabulas, ransack: matrem, seek, V.: pacem per aras, implore, V.: itinere exquisito per Divitiacum, ascertained, Cs.: singularīs honores, devise: vescendi causā omnia, S.
    * * *
    exquirere, exquisivi, exquisitus V
    seek out, search for, hunt up; inquire into

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  • 3 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.:

    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.—
    (β).
    With rel. clause:

    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.—
    b.
    In the part. perf., examined, ascertained, known:

    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.
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    In milit. lang., to spy out, reconnoitre:

    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. —
    B.
    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.

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  • 4 expetendus

    ex-pĕto, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 3, v. a. and n.
    I.
    Act.
    A.
    To long for, seek after, aspire to, desire, covet, wish a thing (freq. and class.; syn.: appeto, affecto, cupio, concupisco, aveo, gestio, volo, opto, desidero, requiro).
    (α).
    With acc.: assunt, me expetunt, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 89 (Trag. v. 49, ed. Vahl.):

    nihil hominem, nisi quod honestum sit, aut admirari aut optare aut expetere debere,

    Cic. Off. 1, 20, 66:

    unum ab omnibus ad id bellum imperatorem deposci atque expeti,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 2, 5:

    Italia ab hoc auxilium absente expetivit,

    id. ib. 11, 30; cf.: Apollo unde sibi populi et reges consilium expetunt, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 1, 45, 199 (Trag. v. 186, ed. Vahl.):

    nunc a Flacco Lentuli poenae per vos expetuntur,

    are demanded, Cic. Fl. 38, 95:

    poenas ab aliquo,

    id. Pis. 7, 16; Liv. 1, 23, 4; cf.:

    jus ab invitis,

    id. 3, 40, 4:

    facinora ab aliquo,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 25:

    Plautinas fabulas,

    id. Cas. prol. 12:

    pecunia tantopere expetitur,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 40, 172; cf.:

    expetuntur divitiae ad usus vitae necessarios,

    id. Off. 1, 8, 25:

    mortem pro vita civium,

    id. Tusc. 1, 48, 116: ea vita expetitur, quae sit animi corporisque expleta virtutibus, id. Fin. 5, 13, 37:

    in qua (societate) omnia insunt, quae putant homines expetenda, honestas, gloria, etc.,

    id. Lael. 22, 84:

    non ficto crimine insectari, non expetere vitam, non capitis arcessere,

    to attempt one's life, id. Deiot. 11, 30:

    stulta sibi consilia,

    to seek out, contrive, Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 4.—Of an inanimate subject: mare medium terrae locum expetens, striving or tending towards, Cic. N. D. 2, 45, 116.—
    (β).
    With an object-clause (mostly poet.): quem quisque odit, periisse expetit, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 2, 7, 23 (Trag. v. 403, ed. Vahl.); cf.:

    audire expetis?

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 25:

    aliquid facere,

    id. Trin. 3, 2, 48:

    periisse expetunt,

    Liv. 40, 10, 5:

    dum nostram gloriam tua virtute augeri expeto,

    Cic. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 2: di me etsi perdunt, tamen esse adjutam expetunt, Pac. ap. Non. 104, 7:

    videre expeto te,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 20; cf.:

    hoc prius scire expeto, quid perdideris,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 17; id. Hec. 5, 1, 1; Hor. Epod. 11, 3; Ov. M. 7, 476; 9, 550 al.:

    quod et scire expeto et quaerere pudet,

    Curt. 4, 10, 32; 9, 3, 8; Plin. praef. 14.—
    (γ).
    With ut and subj.:

    fatebor et fuisse me et Sejano amicum et ut essem expetisse,

    Tac. A. 6, 8.—
    (δ).
    Absol.:

    ne legaretur A. Gabinius Cn. Pompeio expetenti ac postulanti,

    requesting, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 57.—
    * B.
    To reach, attain to any thing; with respect to time, to outlast:

    malo si quid bene facias, id beneficium interit: Bono si quid male facias, aetatem expetit,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 23.— Hence, expĕtendus, a, um, P. a., desirable, excellent:

    forma expetunda mulier,

    Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 60.
    II.
    Intr. (perh. only ante-class.; cf. Liv. 1, 22, 7 Weisenb. ad loc.).
    A. 1.
    With in aliquem:

    delictum suum suamque culpam expetere in mortalem,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 33:

    illius ira et maledicta in hanc,

    id. ib. 3, 2, 15: omnes clades hujus belli in eum, Tullus ap. Liv. 1, 22, 7:

    quojus ego hodie in tergum faxo ista expetant mendacia,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 42.—
    2.
    With alicui:

    mea sit culpa, si id Alcumenae innocenti expetat,

    Plaut. Am. 3, 1, 12.—
    B.
    Absol., to fall out, happen, occur, result:

    nequiter paene expetivit prima parasitatio,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 22 Lamb. (al. expedivit):

    in servitute expetunt multa iniqua,

    befall, id. ib. 1, 1, 20; so,

    eadem in vigilanti expetunt,

    id. Mil. 2, 4, 40 (not vigilantes, v. Ritschl ad h. l.).

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  • 5 expeto

    ex-pĕto, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 3, v. a. and n.
    I.
    Act.
    A.
    To long for, seek after, aspire to, desire, covet, wish a thing (freq. and class.; syn.: appeto, affecto, cupio, concupisco, aveo, gestio, volo, opto, desidero, requiro).
    (α).
    With acc.: assunt, me expetunt, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 89 (Trag. v. 49, ed. Vahl.):

    nihil hominem, nisi quod honestum sit, aut admirari aut optare aut expetere debere,

    Cic. Off. 1, 20, 66:

    unum ab omnibus ad id bellum imperatorem deposci atque expeti,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 2, 5:

    Italia ab hoc auxilium absente expetivit,

    id. ib. 11, 30; cf.: Apollo unde sibi populi et reges consilium expetunt, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 1, 45, 199 (Trag. v. 186, ed. Vahl.):

    nunc a Flacco Lentuli poenae per vos expetuntur,

    are demanded, Cic. Fl. 38, 95:

    poenas ab aliquo,

    id. Pis. 7, 16; Liv. 1, 23, 4; cf.:

    jus ab invitis,

    id. 3, 40, 4:

    facinora ab aliquo,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 25:

    Plautinas fabulas,

    id. Cas. prol. 12:

    pecunia tantopere expetitur,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 40, 172; cf.:

    expetuntur divitiae ad usus vitae necessarios,

    id. Off. 1, 8, 25:

    mortem pro vita civium,

    id. Tusc. 1, 48, 116: ea vita expetitur, quae sit animi corporisque expleta virtutibus, id. Fin. 5, 13, 37:

    in qua (societate) omnia insunt, quae putant homines expetenda, honestas, gloria, etc.,

    id. Lael. 22, 84:

    non ficto crimine insectari, non expetere vitam, non capitis arcessere,

    to attempt one's life, id. Deiot. 11, 30:

    stulta sibi consilia,

    to seek out, contrive, Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 4.—Of an inanimate subject: mare medium terrae locum expetens, striving or tending towards, Cic. N. D. 2, 45, 116.—
    (β).
    With an object-clause (mostly poet.): quem quisque odit, periisse expetit, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 2, 7, 23 (Trag. v. 403, ed. Vahl.); cf.:

    audire expetis?

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 25:

    aliquid facere,

    id. Trin. 3, 2, 48:

    periisse expetunt,

    Liv. 40, 10, 5:

    dum nostram gloriam tua virtute augeri expeto,

    Cic. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 2: di me etsi perdunt, tamen esse adjutam expetunt, Pac. ap. Non. 104, 7:

    videre expeto te,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 20; cf.:

    hoc prius scire expeto, quid perdideris,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 17; id. Hec. 5, 1, 1; Hor. Epod. 11, 3; Ov. M. 7, 476; 9, 550 al.:

    quod et scire expeto et quaerere pudet,

    Curt. 4, 10, 32; 9, 3, 8; Plin. praef. 14.—
    (γ).
    With ut and subj.:

    fatebor et fuisse me et Sejano amicum et ut essem expetisse,

    Tac. A. 6, 8.—
    (δ).
    Absol.:

    ne legaretur A. Gabinius Cn. Pompeio expetenti ac postulanti,

    requesting, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 19, 57.—
    * B.
    To reach, attain to any thing; with respect to time, to outlast:

    malo si quid bene facias, id beneficium interit: Bono si quid male facias, aetatem expetit,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 23.— Hence, expĕtendus, a, um, P. a., desirable, excellent:

    forma expetunda mulier,

    Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 60.
    II.
    Intr. (perh. only ante-class.; cf. Liv. 1, 22, 7 Weisenb. ad loc.).
    A. 1.
    With in aliquem:

    delictum suum suamque culpam expetere in mortalem,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 33:

    illius ira et maledicta in hanc,

    id. ib. 3, 2, 15: omnes clades hujus belli in eum, Tullus ap. Liv. 1, 22, 7:

    quojus ego hodie in tergum faxo ista expetant mendacia,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 42.—
    2.
    With alicui:

    mea sit culpa, si id Alcumenae innocenti expetat,

    Plaut. Am. 3, 1, 12.—
    B.
    Absol., to fall out, happen, occur, result:

    nequiter paene expetivit prima parasitatio,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 22 Lamb. (al. expedivit):

    in servitute expetunt multa iniqua,

    befall, id. ib. 1, 1, 20; so,

    eadem in vigilanti expetunt,

    id. Mil. 2, 4, 40 (not vigilantes, v. Ritschl ad h. l.).

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  • 6 sector

    1.
    sector, ōris, m. [id.], one who cuts or cuts off, a cutter (rare but class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    zonarius,

    a cutpurse, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 20:

    collorum,

    a cutthroat, Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 80 (v. II.); so id. ib. 31 fin.:

    feni,

    a haycutter, mower, Col. 11, 1, 12.—
    II.
    Publicists' t. t., a bidder, purchaser at a public sale of goods captured or confiscated by the State (cf. quadruplator):

    sectores vocantur qui publica bona mercantur,

    Dig. 4, 146:

    cum de bonis et de caede agatur, testimonium dicturus est is, qui et sector est et sicarius: hoc est, qui et illorum ipsorum bonorum, de quibus agitur, emptor atque possessor est et eum hominem occidendum curavit, de cujus morte quaeritur,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 36, 103:

    sector sis,

    id. Phil. 2, 26, 65:

    Pompeii (sc. bonorum),

    id. ib. 13, 14, 30; Crassus ap. Cic. Fam. 15, 19, 3:

    ubique hasta et sector,

    Tac. H. 1, 20:

    hastae subjecit tabernas, nec sector inventus est,

    Flor. 2, 6, 48; Pacat. Pan. Theod. 25, 28; Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 496; cf. Ps.-Ascon. ap. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 20, § 52, p. 172, and 2, 1, 23, §

    61, p. 177 Orell.—In a double sense, with the signif. I.: nescimus per ista tempora eosdem fere sectores fuisse collorum et bonorum?

    cutthroats and cutpurses, Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 80. —
    * B.
    Trop.:

    hinc rapti pretio fasces sectorque favoris Ipse sui populus,

    seller of his favor, Luc. 1, 178.—
    III. 2.
    sector, ātus, 1 ( inf. sectarier, Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 13; id. Rud. 1, 2, 57; Hor. S. 1, 2, 78), v. dep. freq. a. [sequor], to follow continually or eagerly, in a good or bad sense; to run after, attend, accompany; to follow after, chase, pursue (freq. and class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    equidem te jam sector quintum hunc annum,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 1, 5:

    servum misi, qui sectari solet meum gnatum,

    id. Ep. 3, 4, 50: Chrysogonum (servi), Cic. Rosc. Am. 28, 77:

    praetorem circum omnia fora,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 169:

    si mercede conducti obviam candidatis issent, si conducti sectarentur,

    id. Mur. 32, 67:

    at sectabuntur multi,

    id. ib. 33, 70:

    neque te quisquam stipator Praeter Crispinum sectabitur,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 139:

    equitum manus quae regem ex more sectatur,

    Tac. A. 15, 2; 15, 33 fin.; Gell. 20, 6, 1 et saep.:

    mulieres sectarier,

    to run after, Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 13; 3, 1, 183; cf.:

    desine matronas sectarier,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 78:

    ipse suas sectatur oves, at filius agnos,

    accompanies, guards, Tib. 1, 10, 41:

    aratrum,

    to follow the plough, id. 2, 3, 7: canes, to follow the hounds (that hunt on before), Prop. 3, 14 (4, 13), 14:

    aliquem,

    to run after, pursue, Plaut. Cist. 2, 2, 1: servum, Cato ap. Gell. 17, 6, 3:

    homo ridicule insanus, qui ejusmodi est, ut eum pueri sectentur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 148:

    ne scuticā dignum horribili sectere flagello,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 119:

    exagitet nostros Manes sectetur et umbras, etc.,

    Prop. 2, 8, 19 (2, 8 b, 19).— To visit a place gladly, to frequent:

    gymnasia,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 22, 6.— Absol.:

    homo coepit me obsecrare, Ut sibi liceret discere id de me: sectari jussi (alluding to the train of followers who accompanied the ancient philosophers),

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 31; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 36: at sectabantur multi... Quid opus est sectatoribus? (of the train of a candidate) Cic. Mur. 34, 71.—
    B.
    In partic., to pursue, chase, hunt animals: sues silvaticos in montibus, Varr. ap. Non. 555, 31:

    sectaris apros,

    Verg. E. 3, 75:

    gallinam,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 7:

    simiam,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 24; 2, 2, 106; 2, 3, 13 sq.;

    2, 6, 25: leporem,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 106; 2, 2, 9 et saep.:

    cervam videre fugere, sectari canes,

    Ter. Phorm. prol. 7.—
    II.
    Trop., to follow or strive after; to pursue eagerly (not freq. till after the Aug. per.; not in Cic.): quid vos hanc miseram ac tenuem sectamini praedam? * Caes. B. G. 6, 35; so,

    praedam,

    Tac. A. 1, 65:

    facinora,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 28:

    lites,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 61:

    nomina tironum,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 16:

    sectantem levia nervi Deficiunt,

    id. A. P. 26:

    gymnasia aut porticus,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 22, 6:

    omnes dicendi Veneres,

    Quint. 10, 1, 79; cf.:

    quas figuras,

    id. 9, 3, 100:

    voluptatem,

    id. 10, 1, 28:

    eminentes virtutes,

    to seek out, Tac. A. 1, 80:

    contumaciam sententiarum, habitum vultumque ejus,

    to seek to imitate, id. ib. 16, 22:

    praecepta salubria,

    Suet. Aug. 89:

    commoda,

    id. ib. 25:

    luxuriosa convivia,

    Just. 11, 10, 2:

    in alienis eripiendis vitam sectari,

    id. 27, 2, 8. —
    (β).
    With a rel. or subj.-clause, to hunt or track out, busy one's self:

    mitte sectari, rosa quo locorum Sera moretur,

    Hor. C. 1, 38, 3:

    non ut omnia dicerem sectatus, sed ut maxime necessaria,

    Quint. 1, 10, 1.
    ► In a pass.
    signif.:

    qui vellet se a cane sectari,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 6.

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  • 7 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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  • 8 consector

    consectari, consectatus sum V DEP
    seek, pursue, make for (eagerly); research into; imitate, follow example of; hunt down, overtake, seek out (to destroy); attack/inveigh against; persecute

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  • 9 pervestigo

    per-vestīgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to trace out, search out.
    I.
    Lit., of hounds;

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

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 13, § 31.—
    II.
    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.

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  • 10 conquaerō

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

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  • 11 conruspor

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

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  • 12 corruspor

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

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  • 13 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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  • 14 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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  • 15 re-petō

        re-petō īvī, ītus, ēre,    to fall upon again, attack anew, strike again: regem repetitum ad terram adfixit, after repeated attacks, L.: repetita per ilia ferrum, O.: ad Nolam armis repetendam, L.—To seek again, return to, revisit: fratresque virumque, O.: Hispanā Penatīs ab orā, H.: viam, quā venisset, retrace, L.: domum, H.: Africam, L.: praesaepia, V.: quid enim repetiimus (sc. patriam)? L.—To seek again, demand anew: Gallum a Verticone, qui litteras deferat, Cs.: repetitumque, duobus uti mandaretur imperium, the demand was made again, L.—To seek again, demand back, retake, demand in compensation, claim: pro illā quidquam abs te preti, T.: abs te sestertium miliens ex lege: quae erepta sunt: obsides, Cs.: si forte suas repetitum venerit plumas, H.: Politorium rursus bello repetitum, was retaken, L.: eam, quam patri suo spoponderim, dignitatem: pro eo (beneficio) gratiam, L.: parentum poenas a filiis: ne mors quidem in repetendā libertate fugienda, in the effort to recover: per occasionem libertatem, L.: beneficia ab nullo, S.—In phrases, with res, in war or at law, to demand restitution, require satisfaction: fetialīs mittendi ad res repetendas, L.: bellum rebus repetitis indictum, i. e. for reprisals. —With pecuniam: pecuniam repetere, to sue for the recovery of money: lex de pecuniis repetundis, concerning extortion: pecuniarum repetundarum reus, of extortion, S.: alqm repetundis postulare (sc. pecuniis), sue for extortion, Ta.—To fetch back, bring again, retake, recall: Repudiatus repetor, I was rejected, and am recalled, T.: ad haec (impedimenta) repetenda, Cs.: alii (elephanti) deinde repetiti ac traiecti sunt, were brought and passed over, L.—To take hold of again, undertake anew, enter upon again, recommence, resume, renew, repeat: praetermissa repetimus, incohata persequimur: eadem vetera consilia: Hoc opus, H.: repetitum Mulciber aevum Poscit, O.: auspicia de integro, L.: repetita suis percussit pectora palmis, i. e. again and again, O.: longo Vellera mollibat tractu, by drawing out repeatedly, O.: haec decies repetita placebit, H.—In discourse, to draw, deduce, derive, go back to, seek, trace: populum a stirpe: repetere populi originem: usque a Corace nescio quo: narratio, si non ab ultimo repetetur: res remotas ex litterarum monumentis: tam alte repetita oratio: primā repetens ab origine, V.: longius: repetitis atque enumeratis diebus, reckoned backwards, Cs.—To think over, trace in thought, call to mind, recall, recollect: mearum praecepta litterarum: supra repetere ac paucis instituta maiorum disserere, S.: noctem, O.: te animo repetentem exempla tuorum, V.: memoriā vetera: memoriam ex annalibus, L.

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  • 16 sequor

        sequor (P. praes. gen. plur. sequentūm, V.), secūtus (-quūtus), ī, dep.    [SEC-], to follow, come after, follow after, attend, accompany: I prae, sequor, T.: cum omnibus suis carris, Cs.: servi sequentes, H.: hos falcati currūs sequebantur, Cu.: me intro hac, T.: signa, to march, S.: Ne sequerer moechas, H.: vallem, L.: scrutantīs quā evellant telum non sequitur, i. e. cannot be drawn out, L.: trahit manu lignum; Id vix sequitur, O.: zonā bene te secutā, i. e. which you fortunately have worn, H.— To follow, succeed, come after, come next: sequitur hunc annum Caudina pax, L.: ut male posuimus initia, sic cetera sequuntur: tonitrum secuti nimbi, O.: quae sequuntur, and so forth: sequitur illa divisio, ut, etc.— To go to, seek, be bound for, have for a destination: Formias nunc sequimur: loca, Cs.: Italiam, V.: Rura, O.— To follow, chase, pursue: finem sequendi, Cs.: facere: hanc pestem agmen sequebatur: hostīs, Cs.: (te) fugacem, H.: feras, O.— To follow, fall to the share of, belong to: ut urbes captae Aetolos sequerentur, L.: heredes monumentum ne sequeretur, H.: quo minus petebat gloriam, eo magis illa sequebatur, S.—Fig., to follow, succeed, result, ensue: si verbum sequi volumus, hoc intellegamus necesse est, etc.: patrem sequuntur liberi, take the rank of, L.: damnatum poenam sequi oportebat, ut, etc., to befall, Cs.: modo ne summa turpitudo sequatur, ensue: ex hac re, L.— To follow, take as guide, comply with, accede to, obey, imitate, adopt, conform to: sententiam Scipionis, Cs.: vos vestrum<*> que factum omnia deinceps municipia sunt secuta, have imitated, Cs.: Crassi auctoritatem: quid? iudices non crimina, non testīs sequentur? shall be influenced by: naturam: victricia arma, V.: me auctorem: non lingua valet... nec vox aut verba sequuntur, i. e. obey the will, V.— To follow, pursue, strive after, aim at, seek: iustitiam: amoenitatem: Caesaris gratiam, Cs.: linguam et nomen, L.: Mercedes, H.: ferro extrema, V.—Of an inference, to follow, be proved: ut sequatur vitam beatam virtute confici: hoc sequitur, ut familia Tulli concidi oportuerit?: non enim sequitur, ut, etc.— To follow naturally, come easily, be readily controlled, be obtained without effort: oratio ita flexibilis, ut sequatur, quocumque torqueas: nihil est quod tam facile sequatur quocumque ducas, quam oratio: Verbaque provisam rem non invita sequentur, H.
    * * *
    sequi, secutus sum V DEP
    follow; escort/attend/accompany; aim at/reach after/strive for/make for/seek; support/back/side with; obey, observe; pursue/chase; range/spread over; attain

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  • 17 porrectum

    1.
    porrĭgo, rexi, rectum, 3 (contr. form porgo, porgite, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 26, and Verg. A. 8, 274:

    porge,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 18; Aus. Idyll. 4, 37:

    porgebat, Sil 9, 458: porgens,

    Val. Fl. 2, 656:

    porgi,

    Stat. Th. 8, 755:

    porxit,

    id. S. 2, 1, 204; cf.:

    antiqui etiam porgam dixerunt pro porrigam,

    Fest. p. 218 Müll.—Acc. to Lachmann, Hor. S. 2, 6, 59, instead of perditur, we should read porgitur; v. perdo init.), v. a. [por, = pro, and rego], to stretch or spread out before one's self, to put forth, reach out, extend (class.; syn. extendo).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    jam dudum, si des, porrexi manum,

    Plaut. Ps. 4. 7, 49:

    animal membra porrigit, contrahit,

    Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120:

    manum ad tradendam pyxidem,

    id. Cael. 26, 63:

    crus,

    Liv. 8, 8:

    caelo bracchia,

    Ov. M. 1, 767:

    aciem latius,

    Sall. J. 52, 6.— Pass., to stretch or spread one's self out, to be stretched out, extended:

    (Tityos) per tota novem cui jugera corpus Porrigitur,

    extends, Verg. A. 6. 596:

    porrectus somno,

    Stat. Achill. 2, 75:

    serpens in longam porrigi alvum,

    Ov. M. 4, 574; cf.:

    serpens centum porrectus in ulnas,

    Sil. 6, 153; Trogus ap. Plin. 11, 52, 114, § 275.—So freq. of localities, to stretch out, extend, to lie (mostly post-Aug.):

    cubiculum porrigitur in solem,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 23:

    cujus (loci) pars colles erant, pars in planitiem porrigebatur,

    Tac. A. 13, 38:

    Creta inter ortum occasumque porrigitur,

    Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 58; Just. 42, 2. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To lay at full length, to stretch on the ground (rare):

    in plenos resolutum carmine somnos, Exanimi similem, stratis porrexit in herbis,

    Ov. M. 7, 254:

    utrumque ab equis ingenti porrigit arvo,

    Val. Fl. 6, 553:

    in spatium ingens ruentem porrexit hostem,

    Liv. 7, 10 fin.; Mart. Spect. 15.—
    2.
    To hold forth, reach out, to offer, present:

    dexteram alicui,

    Cic. Deiot. 3, 8:

    dextram,

    Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 250:

    bona alicui,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 84; cf.:

    munera,

    Ov. M. 8, 95:

    pocula,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 92:

    gladium alicui ad occidendum hominem,

    Cic. Mil. 3, 9; Ov. P. 3, 1, 13: manum sani medicis porrigunt, Sen. Tranq. 2, 1.—Prov.:

    maritali porrigere ora capistro,

    to present his head to the marriage halter, Juv. 6, 43.—
    3.
    Porrigere manum, in voting, to put forth or hold up the hand, Cic. Fl. 6, 15.—Hence, transf., i. q. to express one's assent or approval:

    quare si tu quoque huic sententiae manum porrigis,

    Symm. Ep. 7, 15.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To protract, prolong (syn. prolato):

    iter,

    App. M. 2, 14; 6, 3;

    so of the quantity of a syllable: syllabam,

    Quint. 1, 6, 32; cf.:

    ut aliquis impetum morbi trahendo effugiat, porrigaturque in id tempus, etc.,

    i. e. be kept alive, supported, Cels. 2, 5.—
    B.
    (Acc. to I. B. 2.) To offer, to grant a thing:

    praesidium clientibus porrigere atque tendere,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 184:

    et mihi forsan, tibi quod negarit, Porriget hora,

    Hor. C. 2, 16, 32.—
    C.
    Manus ad (in) aliquid porrigere, to reach after, strive for, seek to obtain (mostly post-Aug.):

    Lydiam cepisti... jam etiam ad pecora nostra avaras et insatiabiles manus porrigis,

    Curt. 7, 8, 19:

    fames me appellat, ad proxima quaeque porrigatur manus,

    Sen. Ep. 119, 4; id. Ben. 5, 14, 2; id. Cons. Polyb. 17, 1; Val. Max. 9, 1, 2; Lact. 7, 15, 5:

    manus suas in orientem occidentemque porrexit,

    id. Mort. Pers. 3 fin.; cf.:

    pecunia deesse coepit, neque quo manus porrigeret suppetebat, nisi, etc.,

    Nep. Dion, 7, 2.—
    D.
    Se porrigere, to extend, reach, spread itself:

    jam fortuna Romana se ad orientalia regna porrigere coeperat,

    Just. 39, 5, 3:

    quis gradus ulterior, quo se tua porrigat ira, restat?

    Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 5.— porrectus, a, um, P. a., stretched out, extended, long.
    A.
    Lit.:

    porrecta ac aperta loca,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 19:

    locus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 41:

    syllaba,

    long, Quint. 1, 7, 14; cf.

    mora,

    long, protracted, Ov. P. 4, 12, 14: senex, stretched out, i. e. dead, Cat. 67, 6; cf. in double sense: tuam amicam video. Ca. Ubi ea'st? Ps. Eccam in tabellis porrectam, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 34.— Comp.:

    porrectior acies,

    Tac. Agr. 35 fin.: porrectior frons, i. e. more cheerful (opp. contractior), Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 3.—
    2.
    Subst.: porrectum, i, n.
    a.
    Extent:

    Thessaliae in porrectum longitudo,

    Plin. 4, 9, 16, § 32. —
    b.
    A straight line, Vitr. 10, 8.—
    c.
    A plain, Dig. 8, 3, 8.— Plur., Min. Fel. 17, 10. —
    B.
    Trop., widespread, extended:

    famaque et imperī Porrecta majestas ad ortum Solis ab Hesperio cubili,

    Hor. C. 4, 15, 15.— Hence, adv.: porrectē, widely, extensively, far (post-class.).— Comp.:

    porrectius ire,

    farther, Amm. 21, 9, 1; 29, 5, 48.
    2.
    porrīgo, ĭnis, f., the scurf, dandruff on the head, Cels. 6, 2; Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 53; 20, 6, 27, § 69; 28, 11, 46, § 163; 32, 4, 14, § 35; Hor. S. 2, 3, 126.—Also of other hairy parts of the body, Scrib. Larg. 243.—Of animals, perhaps the mange:

    porci,

    Juv. 2, 80.

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  • 18 porrigo

    1.
    porrĭgo, rexi, rectum, 3 (contr. form porgo, porgite, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 26, and Verg. A. 8, 274:

    porge,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 18; Aus. Idyll. 4, 37:

    porgebat, Sil 9, 458: porgens,

    Val. Fl. 2, 656:

    porgi,

    Stat. Th. 8, 755:

    porxit,

    id. S. 2, 1, 204; cf.:

    antiqui etiam porgam dixerunt pro porrigam,

    Fest. p. 218 Müll.—Acc. to Lachmann, Hor. S. 2, 6, 59, instead of perditur, we should read porgitur; v. perdo init.), v. a. [por, = pro, and rego], to stretch or spread out before one's self, to put forth, reach out, extend (class.; syn. extendo).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    jam dudum, si des, porrexi manum,

    Plaut. Ps. 4. 7, 49:

    animal membra porrigit, contrahit,

    Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120:

    manum ad tradendam pyxidem,

    id. Cael. 26, 63:

    crus,

    Liv. 8, 8:

    caelo bracchia,

    Ov. M. 1, 767:

    aciem latius,

    Sall. J. 52, 6.— Pass., to stretch or spread one's self out, to be stretched out, extended:

    (Tityos) per tota novem cui jugera corpus Porrigitur,

    extends, Verg. A. 6. 596:

    porrectus somno,

    Stat. Achill. 2, 75:

    serpens in longam porrigi alvum,

    Ov. M. 4, 574; cf.:

    serpens centum porrectus in ulnas,

    Sil. 6, 153; Trogus ap. Plin. 11, 52, 114, § 275.—So freq. of localities, to stretch out, extend, to lie (mostly post-Aug.):

    cubiculum porrigitur in solem,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 23:

    cujus (loci) pars colles erant, pars in planitiem porrigebatur,

    Tac. A. 13, 38:

    Creta inter ortum occasumque porrigitur,

    Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 58; Just. 42, 2. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To lay at full length, to stretch on the ground (rare):

    in plenos resolutum carmine somnos, Exanimi similem, stratis porrexit in herbis,

    Ov. M. 7, 254:

    utrumque ab equis ingenti porrigit arvo,

    Val. Fl. 6, 553:

    in spatium ingens ruentem porrexit hostem,

    Liv. 7, 10 fin.; Mart. Spect. 15.—
    2.
    To hold forth, reach out, to offer, present:

    dexteram alicui,

    Cic. Deiot. 3, 8:

    dextram,

    Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 250:

    bona alicui,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 84; cf.:

    munera,

    Ov. M. 8, 95:

    pocula,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 92:

    gladium alicui ad occidendum hominem,

    Cic. Mil. 3, 9; Ov. P. 3, 1, 13: manum sani medicis porrigunt, Sen. Tranq. 2, 1.—Prov.:

    maritali porrigere ora capistro,

    to present his head to the marriage halter, Juv. 6, 43.—
    3.
    Porrigere manum, in voting, to put forth or hold up the hand, Cic. Fl. 6, 15.—Hence, transf., i. q. to express one's assent or approval:

    quare si tu quoque huic sententiae manum porrigis,

    Symm. Ep. 7, 15.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To protract, prolong (syn. prolato):

    iter,

    App. M. 2, 14; 6, 3;

    so of the quantity of a syllable: syllabam,

    Quint. 1, 6, 32; cf.:

    ut aliquis impetum morbi trahendo effugiat, porrigaturque in id tempus, etc.,

    i. e. be kept alive, supported, Cels. 2, 5.—
    B.
    (Acc. to I. B. 2.) To offer, to grant a thing:

    praesidium clientibus porrigere atque tendere,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 184:

    et mihi forsan, tibi quod negarit, Porriget hora,

    Hor. C. 2, 16, 32.—
    C.
    Manus ad (in) aliquid porrigere, to reach after, strive for, seek to obtain (mostly post-Aug.):

    Lydiam cepisti... jam etiam ad pecora nostra avaras et insatiabiles manus porrigis,

    Curt. 7, 8, 19:

    fames me appellat, ad proxima quaeque porrigatur manus,

    Sen. Ep. 119, 4; id. Ben. 5, 14, 2; id. Cons. Polyb. 17, 1; Val. Max. 9, 1, 2; Lact. 7, 15, 5:

    manus suas in orientem occidentemque porrexit,

    id. Mort. Pers. 3 fin.; cf.:

    pecunia deesse coepit, neque quo manus porrigeret suppetebat, nisi, etc.,

    Nep. Dion, 7, 2.—
    D.
    Se porrigere, to extend, reach, spread itself:

    jam fortuna Romana se ad orientalia regna porrigere coeperat,

    Just. 39, 5, 3:

    quis gradus ulterior, quo se tua porrigat ira, restat?

    Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 5.— porrectus, a, um, P. a., stretched out, extended, long.
    A.
    Lit.:

    porrecta ac aperta loca,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 19:

    locus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 41:

    syllaba,

    long, Quint. 1, 7, 14; cf.

    mora,

    long, protracted, Ov. P. 4, 12, 14: senex, stretched out, i. e. dead, Cat. 67, 6; cf. in double sense: tuam amicam video. Ca. Ubi ea'st? Ps. Eccam in tabellis porrectam, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 34.— Comp.:

    porrectior acies,

    Tac. Agr. 35 fin.: porrectior frons, i. e. more cheerful (opp. contractior), Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 3.—
    2.
    Subst.: porrectum, i, n.
    a.
    Extent:

    Thessaliae in porrectum longitudo,

    Plin. 4, 9, 16, § 32. —
    b.
    A straight line, Vitr. 10, 8.—
    c.
    A plain, Dig. 8, 3, 8.— Plur., Min. Fel. 17, 10. —
    B.
    Trop., widespread, extended:

    famaque et imperī Porrecta majestas ad ortum Solis ab Hesperio cubili,

    Hor. C. 4, 15, 15.— Hence, adv.: porrectē, widely, extensively, far (post-class.).— Comp.:

    porrectius ire,

    farther, Amm. 21, 9, 1; 29, 5, 48.
    2.
    porrīgo, ĭnis, f., the scurf, dandruff on the head, Cels. 6, 2; Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 53; 20, 6, 27, § 69; 28, 11, 46, § 163; 32, 4, 14, § 35; Hor. S. 2, 3, 126.—Also of other hairy parts of the body, Scrib. Larg. 243.—Of animals, perhaps the mange:

    porci,

    Juv. 2, 80.

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  • 19 porrigō

        porrigō ( plur 2d pers. porgite, V.: p. praes. porgens, C.), rēxī, rēctus, ere    [por (i. e. pro)+rego], to stretch out, spread out, put forth, reach out, extend: aciem latius, S.: animal membra porrigit: crus, L.: caelo bracchia, O.: expressa psephismata porrigendā manu, by raising hands: per tota novem cui iugera corpus Porrigitur, extends, V.: brumalīs horas, lengthen, O.— To lay at length, stretch out: in spatium ingens ruentem porrexit hostem, L.— To hold forth, reach out, extend, offer, present, hand: mihi dextram: gladium nobis ad hominem occidendum: mihi forsan, tibi quod negarit, Porriget hora, H.—Prov.: maritali porrigere ora capistro, present his head to the marriage halter, Iu.—With manūs, to reach after, strive for, seek to obtain: ad pecora nostra avaras manūs, Cu.: pecunia deesse coepit, neque quo manūs porrigeret suppetebat, N.—With se, to extend, reach, grow: Quis gradus ulterior, tua quo se porrigat ira, Restat? O.— To prolong, extend: syllabam, O.
    * * *
    porrigere, porrexi, porrectus V
    stretch out, extend

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  • 20 exquiro

    ex-quīro (in Plautus also exquaero, Bacch. 4, 4, 70 al.), sīvi, sītum, 3, v. a., to search out diligently, to seek for; to make inquiry, to inquire, to ask (syn.: requiro, inquiro, investigo, perscrutor;

    freq. and class.): cum ex te causas divinationis exquirerem,

    Cic. Div. 2, 20, 46:

    a te nihildum certi exquiro,

    id. Att. 7, 12, 4; cf.: sed haec non nimis exquiro a Graecis, to ask [p. 700] of, expect from, id. ib. 7, 18, 3:

    ancillas dedo, quolibet cruciatu exquire,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 7:

    exquisiturum se vel fidiculis de Caesonia sua, cur, etc.,

    that he would search out even by the rack, Suet. Calig. 33:

    idem ego dicam, si me exquiret miles,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 91:

    secum et cum aliis, quid in eo peccatum sit, exquirunt,

    Cic. Off. 1, 41, 147:

    omissis auctoritatibus ipsa re ac ratione exquirere veritatem,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 17, 51:

    sententias,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 3, 1:

    locum,

    Verg. G. 2, 266:

    sceleratum frigus,

    to find out, id. ib. 2, 256:

    verum,

    to search into, investigate, Cic. Div. 2, 12, 28; id. Off. 1, 36, 132:

    facta alicujus ad antiquae religionis rationem,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 5, § 10; cf.:

    verba exquisita ad sonum,

    id. Or. 49, 163:

    rationes agitare et exquirere,

    id. Tusc. 5, 23, 66:

    itinere exquisito per Divitiacum,

    having ascertained the route, Caes. B. G. 1, 41, 4 et saep.:

    exquire de Blesamio, numquid ad regem contra dignitatem tuam scripserit,

    inquire respecting Blesamius, Cic. Deiot. 15, 42; cf.:

    de Varrone tam diligenter,

    id. Att. 13, 22, 1:

    eis senatus arbitratur singularis exquirendos honores,

    to devise, invent, id. Phil. 4, 2, 5.— Pass. impers.:

    istuc mihi exquisitum est, fuisse hunc, etc.,

    I am accurately informed, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 105:

    mi istuc primum exquisito est opus,

    I must first inquire respecting this, id. Am. 2, 2, 159; cf. id. ib. 2, 1, 81;

    A. and S. Gr. § 243, R. 1: consilia exquirentes,

    Cic. Fat. 1.—Hence, ex-quīsītus, a, um, P. a., carefully sought out, ripely considered, choice, excellent, exquisite:

    ipsi omnia, quorum negotium est, consulta ad nos et exquisita deferunt,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 250:

    reconditae exquisitaeque sententiae,

    id. Brut. 79, 274:

    exquisitum judicium litterarum,

    id. Off. 1, 37, 133:

    exquisitis rationibus confirmare,

    id. Fin. 1, 9, 30:

    summis ingeniis exquisitaque doctrina philosophi,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 1:

    ars,

    id. de Or. 2, 41, 175:

    supplicia,

    id. Off. 3, 27, 100:

    magistri,

    id. Brut. 27, 104:

    munditia non odiosa neque exquisita nimis,

    too exquisite, id. Off. 1, 36, 130:

    nihil elegans, nihil exquisitum,

    id. Pis. 27, 67:

    epulae,

    Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 119. — Comp.:

    accuratius et exquisitius dicendi genus,

    id. Brut. 82, 283:

    verba,

    Quint. 11, 1, 33.— Sup.:

    laudantur exquisitissimis verbis legiones,

    Cic. Phil. 4, 3, 6:

    ad exquisitissimam consuetudinem Graecorum aliquem erudire,

    id. Rep. 2, 21:

    scientia exquisitissimae subtilitatis,

    Plin. 6, 33, 39, § 211.—
    B.
    Sought out, ascertained, made certain:

    satin istuc mihi exquisitumst?

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 105.—Hence, adv.: exquīsīte, carefully, accurately, particularly, excellently, exquisitely:

    cum de eo crimine accurate et exquisite disputavisset,

    Cic. Brut. 80, 277:

    eleganter atque exquisite dicere aliquid,

    Quint. 8, 2, 21.— Comp., Cic. Brut. 93, 322; id. Tusc. 1, 48, 116; Quint. 12, 10, 75.— Sup., Tiro Tull. ap. Gell. 10, 1, 7; Gell. 13, 7, 6.

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