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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.).

Act., to follow perseveringly, to follow after, continue to follow, pursue.

Lit.

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.—

In partic.

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.—

To go through a place in pursuit of any thing, to search through:

omnes solitudines,

Cic. Pis. 22, 53. —

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.—

Trop.

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.—

In partic.

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.—

With inf., to hasten, be eager (rare):

nec scimus quam in partem ingredi persequamur,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 4.—

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.—

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. —

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.—

Neutr., to follow or come after:

exacta vindemia gramine persecuto,

when the grass has grown again, Pall. 3, 26, 5.

signif. (post-class.):

illa se in mare praecipitavit, ne persequeretur,

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

A pursuer, practiser:

flagitii,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 1, 13.—

A revenger, avenger:

inimicitiarum persequentissimus,

Auct. Her. 2, 19, 29.

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

Lit., of hounds;

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

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 13, § 31.—

Trop., to seek out, examine, investigate:

operam ut sumam ad pervestigandum, ubi sit illaec,

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

quae a me pervestigata et cognita sunt,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 68, § 174:

Locris sacrilegium pervestigatum a Q. Minucio erat,

Liv. 31, 13, 1.

prae-tento or praetempto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

To feel, search, or grope out beforehand, to examine previously, to estimate beforehand, anticipate (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

praetentare baculo, luminis orbus, iter,

Ov. Ib. 262:

praetentat manu silvas,

id. M. 14, 189:

praetentat pollice chordas,

id. ib. 5, 339:

pedibus praetentat iter,

Tib. 2, 1, 77:

cochleae corniculis praetentant iter,

Plin. 9, 32, 51, § 101:

sinum,

Suet. Aug. 35:

culcitis et stragulis praetentatis et excussis,

id. Claud. 35:

fato pericula vestra praetentate meo,

Luc. 9, 397.—

Trop., to test or try beforehand:

vires,

Ov. M. 8, 7:

judicis misericordiam,

Quint. 4, 1, 28.—

To hold before one's self:

praetentat pallia laevā,

Claud. B. Gild. 438.—

Trop., to make a pretext of:

impia praetentans vulnera,

Val. Fl. 6, 75.

quaerĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [quaero], to seek, search, or look for earnestly (ante-class.).

In gen.:

hominem inter vivos quaeritamus mortuum,

Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 15:

defessus sum quaeritando,

id. Am. 4, 1, 4; id. Cist. 4, 2, 19:

aliquem mari terrāque,

id. Poen. prol. 105:

te ipsum,

Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 2:

hospitium ab aliquo,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 77:

lanā ac telā victum,

to earn, Ter. And. 1, 1, 48: multis languoribus peresus essem te quaeritando, Cat. 58, 15.—Prov.: hujus sermo haud cinerem quaeritat, needs no ashes, i. e. no polishing, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 10. —

In partic., to ask, inquire, or demand earnestly, to wish to know exactly:

quid tu id quaeritas?

Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 22; id. Cist. 4, 2, 57; Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 17.

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.

Lit.

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. —

In partic.

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.—

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.—

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.—

To ask, desire, with ut and subj.:

quaeris ut suscipiam cogitationem quidnam istis agendum putem,

Cic. Att. 14, 20, 4.—

Trop.

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.—

In partic.

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. —

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. —

To seek to learn from any one; to ask, inquire, interrogate (cf.: interrogo, percontor).

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. —

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.—

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.—

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.—

To desire,

With inf. (post-Aug.):

e monte aliquo in alium transilire quaerens,

Plin. 8, 53, 79, § 214:

qui mutare sedes quaerebant,

Tac. G. 2.—

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.—

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. —

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.

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.—

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.—

Subst.: quaesītum, i, n.

A question ( poet.):

accipe quaesiti causam,

Ov. M. 4, 793; id. F. 1, 278; Hor. S. 2, 6, 82.—

A question as a rhetorical figure, = pusma, Mart. Cap. 5, § 524.

rĕ-quīro, sīvi or sii, sītum, 3, v. a. [quaero], to seek again; to look after, to seek or search for; to seek to know, to ask or inquire after (class.; cf.: repeto, reposco, exploro).

In gen.: Ph. Quid quaeritas? Ha. Vestigium hic requiro, Qua, etc., Plaut. Cist. 4. 2, 58:

ego illam requiram jam, ubi ubi est,

id. Ep. 3, 4, 56; so,

aliquem,

id. As. 2, 2, 1; id. Capt. 3, 1, 13; id. Bacch. 3, 5, 2; id. Pers. 4, [p. 1575] 6, 14; Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 65; id. Phorm. 2, 1, 79; 5, 6, 41; Caes. B. C. 2, 35; Cic. Rep. 1, 28, 44; Sall. C. 40, 1: legatos Allobrogum, Greg. M. in Job, 31, 54; Amm. 23, 6 al.; cf.:

juvenem oculisque animoque,

Ov. M. 4, 129:

oculis terram,

Curt. 4, 7, 11:

cerva requisita,

Gell. 15, 22, 6:

libros,

Cic. Fin. 3, 3, 10; cf.:

scripta SCtis abolita,

Suet. Calig. 16:

extractum anulum,

id. Tib. 73:

membra omnia,

Quint. 11, 2, 13:

artus, ossa,

Ov. M. 2, 336:

portus Velinos,

Verg. A. 6, 366:

cibos,

Col. 8, 8, 1:

vinum generosum et lene,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 18:

animi neque admirantur neque requirunt rationes earum rerum, quas semper vident,

Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 96:

causam tam facilis eventus,

Front. Strat. 3, 1, 2; cf.

causam,

Ov. M. 10, 388:

vera,

Lucr. 1, 640:

tua facta,

Ov. H. 6, 31:

mea facta,

id. M 13, 211:

quaedam requisita se occultant, et eadem forte succurrunt,

Quint. 11, 2, 7; cf. id. 8, prooem. § 30 Zumpt N. cr.; id. 5, 10, 121:

quod si quis parum credat, apud ipsum (Lucilium) in nono requirat,

id. 1, 7, 19.—With dependent clause:

requireres, rogitares, quis esset, aut unde esset, etc.,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 48:

(bestiae) ut requirant atque appetant, ad quas se applicent ejusdem generis animantes,

Cic. Lael. 21, 81:

illud quoque requisivi, quā ratione, etc.,

id. Quint. 29, 88; cf. id. N. D. 1, 22, 60:

requirunt, num aliquid, etc.,

Quint. 12, 9, 17:

forsitan et, Priami fuerint quae fata, requiras,

Verg. A. 2, 506:

cum requisisset ubinam esset,

Nep. Att. 10, 4:

secum, cur sit bis rapta, requirit,

Ov. M. 15, 233.— Impers. pass.:

requiretur fortasse nunc, quemadmodem, etc.,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 22. — Absol.:

videmusne, ut pueri... pulsi requirant et aliquid scire se gaudeant?

Cic. Fin. 5, 18, 48:

subito res vetustas reddere se et offerre, nec tantum requirentibus, sed etiam sponte interim,

Quint. 11, 2, 5:

pande requirenti nomen terraeque tuumque,

Ov. M. 4, 679. —

Requirere ex or ab aliquo (aliquid), to ask, demand, inquire any thing of a person; to question a person about any thing:

ex quibus requiram, quonam modo latuerint aut ubi, etc.,

Cic. Cael. 28, 67:

si quis requirit cur Romae non sim,

id. Att. 12, 40, 3; cf.:

saepe ex me requiris, cur, etc.,

Tac. Or. 1:

quoniam nihil ex te hi requirunt,

Cic. Rep. 2, 38, 64; Quint. 1, 6, 31:

facilia sunt ea, quae a me de Vatinio requiris,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 19; cf.:

ut id a me neve in hoc reo neve in aliis requiras,

id. ib. 1, 9, 19:

illud mihi numquam in mentem venit a te requirere,

id. Ac. 1, 1, 5:

aliquid de antiquitate ab aliquo,

Nep. Att. 20, 2. —

In partic., with the accessory idea of need, to ask for something needed; to need, want, lack, miss, be in want of, require (syn. desidero):

omnes hoc loco cives Romani vestram severitatem desiderant, vestram fidem implorant, vestrum auxilium requirunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 172:

qui beatus est, non intellego, quid requirat, ut sit beatior,

id. Tusc. 5, 8, 23:

habuit, non habet: desiderat, requirit, indiget,

id. ib. 1, 36, 87: isto bono utare, dum assit;

cum absit, ne requiras: nisi forte adulescentes pueritiam, paulum aetate progressi adulescentiam debent requirere,

id. Sen. 10, 33; id. Fin. 1, 18, 61:

magnam res diligentiam requirebat,

Caes. B. G. 6, 34:

non ex liberis populis reges requiri,

Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 48:

mala causa est quae requirit misericordiam, Publ. Syr. v. 312 Rib.: divitias,

Tib. 1, 1, 41.—

Pass., to be required, i. e. to be requisite, necessary:

in hoc bello Asiatico virtutes animi magnae et multae requiruntur,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64:

haec in altercatione,

Quint. 6, 3, 46:

aliquae orationes ad cognoscendam litium rationem requiruntur,

id. 10, 1, 23; Col. 1, 7, 1.—

Transf., like desiderare, to perceive to be wanting, to look in vain for, to miss:

qui (oculi) quocumque inciderunt, veterem consuetudinem fori et pristinum morem judiciorum requirunt,

Cic. Mil. 1, 1:

libertatem meam,

id. Planc. 38, 93:

et pacis ornamenta et subsidia belli,

id. Imp. Pomp. 2, 6: unum historikon, id. Att. 6, 1, 8:

Caesaris in se indulgentiam,

Caes. B. G. 7, 63:

quae nonnumquam requirimus,

Cic. Mur. 29, 61:

aliquid,

Quint. 2, 10, 15:

multos, Quos quondam vidi,

Ov. M. 7, 515:

vereor, ne desideres officium meum... sed tamen vereor, ne litterarum a me officium requiras,

Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 1:

in quo equidem majorum nostrorum saepe requiro prudentiam,

id. Par. 1, 1, 7.— Hence, rĕquīsītum, i, n., P. a., as subst. (acc. to II.), a want, need, requirement (rare): ad requisita naturae, i. e. to the calls, Sall. Fragm. ap. Quint. 8, 6, 59 (Hist. 1, 54 Dietsch); Spart. Car. 6.

rīmor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. [rima].

Orig. belonging to agricultural lang., to lay open, tear up, turn up the ground:

rastris terram rimantur,

Verg. G. 3, 534.— Of animals, to root up, turn up, grub through:

volucres rimantur prata Caystri,

Verg. G. 1, 384:

stagna et paludes (volucres),

Col. 8, 15, 1:

paludem (sues),

id. 7, 9, 7.—

Transf., to tear up, turn over insearch of any thing; to pry into, search, examine, explore (not freq. till after the Aug. per.).

Lit.:

vultur Viscera rimatur epulis,

rummages for food, Verg. A. 6, 599:

haruspex Pectora pullorum rimatur et exta catelli,

Juv. 6, 551:

humum pilis et lanceis,

Tac. H. 2, 29:

partes rimatur apertas, Qua vulnus letale ferat,

Verg. A. 11, 748: oculis caeli plagas, Varr. ap. Non. 382, 12; Stat. Th. 11, 526; cf.:

elatis naribus auras,

Ov. Hal. 77; cf.:

rimatus fustem cunctis vastiorem,

App. M. 3, p. 141, 14.— Absol.:

quod cuique repertum Rimanti,

Verg. A. 7, 508. —

Trop., to examine thoroughly, investigate (syn.: scrutor, investigo, indago): hanc quidem rationem naturae difficile est fortasse traducere ad id genus divinationis; sed tamen id quoque rimatur quantum potest, Posidonius (the figure taken from the haruspices or augurs), * Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130:

mihi cuncta rimanti,

Quint. 3, 4, 6; cf. id. 5, 13, 23; 12, 8, 14:

secreta,

Tac. A. 6, 3:

metus ejus,

id. ib. 14, 57:

offensas,

id. H. 4, 11 al. —

To find out, comprehend:

ego autem rimari non queo, unde hoc sit, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 10.

Act. collat. form, rīmo, āre, Att. ap. Non. 382, 10; Poët. ap. Fest. s. v. ruspari, p. 265 Müll.; cf. Prisc. p. 799 P.—

rī-mātus, a, um, pass., Sid. Ep. 7, 2.

rīmor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. [rima].

Orig. belonging to agricultural lang., to lay open, tear up, turn up the ground:

rastris terram rimantur,

Verg. G. 3, 534.— Of animals, to root up, turn up, grub through:

volucres rimantur prata Caystri,

Verg. G. 1, 384:

stagna et paludes (volucres),

Col. 8, 15, 1:

paludem (sues),

id. 7, 9, 7.—

Transf., to tear up, turn over insearch of any thing; to pry into, search, examine, explore (not freq. till after the Aug. per.).

Lit.:

vultur Viscera rimatur epulis,

rummages for food, Verg. A. 6, 599:

haruspex Pectora pullorum rimatur et exta catelli,

Juv. 6, 551:

humum pilis et lanceis,

Tac. H. 2, 29:

partes rimatur apertas, Qua vulnus letale ferat,

Verg. A. 11, 748: oculis caeli plagas, Varr. ap. Non. 382, 12; Stat. Th. 11, 526; cf.:

elatis naribus auras,

Ov. Hal. 77; cf.:

rimatus fustem cunctis vastiorem,

App. M. 3, p. 141, 14.— Absol.:

quod cuique repertum Rimanti,

Verg. A. 7, 508. —

Trop., to examine thoroughly, investigate (syn.: scrutor, investigo, indago): hanc quidem rationem naturae difficile est fortasse traducere ad id genus divinationis; sed tamen id quoque rimatur quantum potest, Posidonius (the figure taken from the haruspices or augurs), * Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130:

mihi cuncta rimanti,

Quint. 3, 4, 6; cf. id. 5, 13, 23; 12, 8, 14:

secreta,

Tac. A. 6, 3:

metus ejus,

id. ib. 14, 57:

offensas,

id. H. 4, 11 al. —

To find out, comprehend:

ego autem rimari non queo, unde hoc sit, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 10.

Act. collat. form, rīmo, āre, Att. ap. Non. 382, 10; Poët. ap. Fest. s. v. ruspari, p. 265 Müll.; cf. Prisc. p. 799 P.—

rī-mātus, a, um, pass., Sid. Ep. 7, 2.

scisco, scīvi, scītum, 3 ( dep. collat. form sciscor, acc. to Prisc. p. 799 P.), v. inch. a. [scio], to seek to know; to search, inquire.

Lit. (ante-class. and very rare; cf., on the other hand, the deriv. sciscitor): praefestinamus, quae sit causa, sciscere, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.: ibo ad eam, ut sciscam, quid velint, Att. ap. Non. 505, 12; cf. Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 17.—

Transf.

Publicists' t. t., of the people, after inquiry or examination, to accept, approve, assent to something proposed; hence, to appoint, enact, decree, ordain, = rem cognitam jubere (cf. sancio):

nullam illi (majores nostri) vim contionis esse voluerunt: quae scisceret plebes aut quae populus juberet summota contione, distributis partibus... auditis auctoribus, re multos dies promulgatā et cognitā, juberi vetarique voluerunt,

Cic. Fl. 7, 15:

illa legitima: consules populum jure rogaverunt populusque jure scivit,

id. Phil. 1, 10, 26; cf.:

rogationes plurimas propter vos populus scivit,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 23:

rogationem Marciam de Liguribus magno consensu plebes scivit jussitque. Ex eo plebiscito, etc.,

Liv. 42, 21 fin.:

adeo id gratum plebi fuit ut id modo sciscerent juberentque, ut senatus decerneret, qui Romae regnaret,

id. 1, 17 fin.:

ad sciscendum plebi,

id. 6, 35:

si Gaditani sciverint nominatim de aliquo cive Romano, ut sit is civis Gaditanus,

Cic. Balb. 11, 27; cf.:

qui (Athenienses) sciverunt, ut, etc.,

id. Off. 3, 11, 46.— Pass.:

multa perniciose sciscuntur in populis (with sancire),

Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 13; cf.:

illud stultissimum, existimare omnia justa esse, quae scita sint in populorum institutis aut legibus,

id. ib. 1, 15, 42 (v. also under P. a.).— Poet., with obj.-clause:

munera Martis Aequent imperio et solem concedere nocti Sciscant,

Sil. 7, 545.—

Transf., in gen. (like decerno), of an individual, to approve, assent to, vote for any thing:

qui ulteriorem (Galliam decernit), ostendit, eam se sciscere legem, quam esse legem neget,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 15, 36:

quod primus scivit legem de publicanis, etc.,

id. Planc. 14, 35. —

To learn, ascertain, know:

ut illi id factum sciscerent,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 68: praefestinamus quae sit causa sciscere, quod, etc., Afran. ap. Charis. 2, p. 186 P. (Com. Rel. v. 396 Rib.). —

Trop., of nature, to decree, establish:

confirmat antem illud vel maxime quod ipsa natura, ut ait ille, sciscet et probet,

Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 23.—Hence, scī-tus, a, um, P. a.

(Acc. to I.) Mid. (orig., that has informed himself, obtained knowledge, had experience; hence), knowing, shrewd, wise, acute, experienced, skilful, adroit, etc. (of persons; mostly poet.; not in Cic., but cf. 2.; syn.: callidus, versatus): doctu', fidelis... Scitus, etc., Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4, 4 (Ann. v. 251 Vahl.):

hominem astutum, doctum, scitum et callidum,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 151:

mulier scita atque prudens,

Gell. 13, 4 fin.: scitus agaso, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 330 Müll. (Ann. v. 217 Vahl.):

sycophanta,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 8:

homo,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 23:

convivator,

a clever, dexterous host, Liv. 35, 49:

scitus bellum (venereum) init,

Plaut. Truc. 5, 42:

ea mulieris scitae comitas,

Gell. 13, 4, 3.— Comp.:

non sum scitior, quae hos rogem, etc.,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 12.— Poet. and in post - Aug. prose with gen.:

Nessus scitus vadorum,

acquainted with, Ov. M. 9, 108:

Thalia lyrae,

id. F. 5, 54:

Sthenelus pugnandi,

Quint. 9, 3, 10 Spald. N. cr. —With obj.-clause ( poet.):

scitus accendere corda Laudibus,

Sil. 17, 293:

accendere Martem,

id. 15, 594.—

Of things, fit, suitable, proper, judicious, sensible, witty, etc.:

pulcre scripsti: scitum syngraphum!

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 57:

scito illa quidem (scripsit) sermone et Attico,

Cic. N. D. 1, 33, 93; cf.

interrogationes,

Quint. 5, 7, 28.— Sup.:

oratio optima et scitissima,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 30:

si quid (dictum) est, quod mihi scitum esse videatur et homini ingenuo dignum atque docto, non aspernor,

Cic. Planc. 14, 35; cf. id. Or. 16, 51:

oratoris dictum,

Tac. A. 6, 20.—Esp. in the phrase scitum est, it is a witty or acute saying; shrewd, clever: vetus illud Catonis admodum scitum est, qui mirari se aiebat, quod non rideret haruspex, haruspicem cum vidisset, Cic. Div. 2, 24, 51; cf.:

scitum est illud Catonis, ut multa: Melius, etc.,

id. Lael. 24, 90;

Scytharum legati,

Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 148:

scitum est, inter Protogenem et eum (Apellem) quod accidit,

a clever thing, id. 35, 10, 36, § 81:

hoc Scitum est, periculum ex aliis facere, tibi quod ex usu siet,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 36; cf. id. Phorm. 5, 4, 2:

scitum est causam conferre in tempus,

Cic. de Or. 3, 61, 228.—

Transf., beautiful, elegant, fine, etc. (mostly ante- and post-class.;

syn.: venustus, bellus): satis scitum filum mulieris,

Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 15; cf.

Iphis,

Petr. 63, 3:

mulierculae formae scitioris,

Lampr. Commod. 2 fin. (v. perscitus):

vox admodum scita et canora,

Gell. 18, 5, 2:

haec nox scita'st exercendo scorto,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 132; cf. scitamenta.—

(Acc. to II. A.) Subst.: scītum, i. n., an ordinance, statute, decree; esp. in connection with plebis (plebei, v. plebs), or, in one word, plebiscitum, an ordinance or decree of the people or of the citizens (opp. to senatusconsultum, a decree of the Senate):

scita plebei appellantur ea, quae plebs suo suffragio sine patribus jussit, plebeio magistratu rogante,

Fest. p. 293 Müll.; cf. Lael. Felix ap. Gell. 15, 27, 4:

quo plebiscito decreta a senatu est quaestio, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 54:

quae (lex) postea plebiscito Canuleio abrogata est,

id. Rep. 2, 37, 63:

plebiscitis consularem potestatem minuere,

id. de Or. 2, 48, 199 et saep. (v. 2. scitus).—In a lusus verbb. with scitus, A.: Ps. Ecquid is homo scitus est? Ch. Plebiscitum non est scitius, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 58.—In the order scitum plebis:

de altero aedile scitum plebis est factum rogantibus tribunis,

Liv. 31, 50 fin.; 10, 22 fin.:

scita plebis injuncta patribus,

id. 3, 67; 22, 26;

Populi is used instead of plebis when the decrees of other nations are spoken of: cum lex esset Athenis, ne quis populi scitum faceret, ut quisquam coronā donaretur, etc.,

Cic. Opt. Gen. 7, 19:

Athenienses quibusdam temporibus sublato Areopago nihil nisi populi scitis ac decretis agebant,

id. Rep. 1, 27, 43; so,

in one word, populiscitum,

Nep. Alcib. 5, 4; id. Epam. 7, 4; id. Phoc. 2, 2:

ut nullum de eā re scitum populi fieret aut litteris mandaretur,

Liv. 45, 25. Tacitus is the first who has populi scita for decrees of the Roman people, Tac. A. 3, 58.—Of Roman popular decrees also simply scita:

cum scita ac jussa nostra sua sententia comprobat,

Cic. Balb. 18, 42.—Rarely of other public or official ordinances (cf.:

decreta, edicta, jussa): (Numa) omnia publica privataque sacra Pontificis scitis subjecit,

Liv. 1, 20:

quo minus ferociter aliorum (decemvirorum) scitis adversarentur,

id. 3, 33; Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 146:

regis,

Vulg. Esth. 3, 8.—

Transf. (with decretum and placitum) as a transl. of the Gr. dogma, a maxim, tenet, dogma, Sen. Ep. 95, 10.— Adv.: scītē (acc. to A.), shrewdly, cleverly, skilfully, adroitly, nicely, tastefully, elegantly (class.):

eho, nimium scite scitus es,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 1, 8; cf.:

tondetur nimium scite,

id. Merc. 3, 1, 28:

satis scite et probe,

id. Trin. 3, 3, 56; id. Bacch. 2, 3, 69; id. Mil. 4, 2, 74; id. Trin. 3, 3, 53; Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 7; Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1 (with commode):

(rationes) ita sunt perscriptae scite et litterate, ut, etc.,

id. Pis. 25, 61; cf.:

scite et venuste facta,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 35, § 87:

illa ex patellis quae evellerat, ita scite in aureis poculis inligabat, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 4, 24, §

54: non scite (dictum),

id. Att. 14, 20, 3; so,

dictum,

Plin. 36, 22, 48, § 166:

scite loqui,

Liv. 10, 19:

parum scite convivium exornare,

Sall. J. 85, 39; cf. Liv. 4, 44 fin. — Comp.:

scitius,

Gell. 4, 11, 10.— Sup.:

scitissime,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 116; Gell. 10, 11, 6; App. M. 9, p. 212, 16.

scisco, scīvi, scītum, 3 ( dep. collat. form sciscor, acc. to Prisc. p. 799 P.), v. inch. a. [scio], to seek to know; to search, inquire.

Lit. (ante-class. and very rare; cf., on the other hand, the deriv. sciscitor): praefestinamus, quae sit causa, sciscere, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.: ibo ad eam, ut sciscam, quid velint, Att. ap. Non. 505, 12; cf. Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 17.—

Transf.

Publicists' t. t., of the people, after inquiry or examination, to accept, approve, assent to something proposed; hence, to appoint, enact, decree, ordain, = rem cognitam jubere (cf. sancio):

nullam illi (majores nostri) vim contionis esse voluerunt: quae scisceret plebes aut quae populus juberet summota contione, distributis partibus... auditis auctoribus, re multos dies promulgatā et cognitā, juberi vetarique voluerunt,

Cic. Fl. 7, 15:

illa legitima: consules populum jure rogaverunt populusque jure scivit,

id. Phil. 1, 10, 26; cf.:

rogationes plurimas propter vos populus scivit,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 23:

rogationem Marciam de Liguribus magno consensu plebes scivit jussitque. Ex eo plebiscito, etc.,

Liv. 42, 21 fin.:

adeo id gratum plebi fuit ut id modo sciscerent juberentque, ut senatus decerneret, qui Romae regnaret,

id. 1, 17 fin.:

ad sciscendum plebi,

id. 6, 35:

si Gaditani sciverint nominatim de aliquo cive Romano, ut sit is civis Gaditanus,

Cic. Balb. 11, 27; cf.:

qui (Athenienses) sciverunt, ut, etc.,

id. Off. 3, 11, 46.— Pass.:

multa perniciose sciscuntur in populis (with sancire),

Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 13; cf.:

illud stultissimum, existimare omnia justa esse, quae scita sint in populorum institutis aut legibus,

id. ib. 1, 15, 42 (v. also under P. a.).— Poet., with obj.-clause:

munera Martis Aequent imperio et solem concedere nocti Sciscant,

Sil. 7, 545.—

Transf., in gen. (like decerno), of an individual, to approve, assent to, vote for any thing:

qui ulteriorem (Galliam decernit), ostendit, eam se sciscere legem, quam esse legem neget,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 15, 36:

quod primus scivit legem de publicanis, etc.,

id. Planc. 14, 35. —

To learn, ascertain, know:

ut illi id factum sciscerent,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 68: praefestinamus quae sit causa sciscere, quod, etc., Afran. ap. Charis. 2, p. 186 P. (Com. Rel. v. 396 Rib.). —

Trop., of nature, to decree, establish:

confirmat antem illud vel maxime quod ipsa natura, ut ait ille, sciscet et probet,

Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 23.—Hence, scī-tus, a, um, P. a.

(Acc. to I.) Mid. (orig., that has informed himself, obtained knowledge, had experience; hence), knowing, shrewd, wise, acute, experienced, skilful, adroit, etc. (of persons; mostly poet.; not in Cic., but cf. 2.; syn.: callidus, versatus): doctu', fidelis... Scitus, etc., Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4, 4 (Ann. v. 251 Vahl.):

hominem astutum, doctum, scitum et callidum,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 151:

mulier scita atque prudens,

Gell. 13, 4 fin.: scitus agaso, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 330 Müll. (Ann. v. 217 Vahl.):

sycophanta,

Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 8:

homo,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 23:

convivator,

a clever, dexterous host, Liv. 35, 49:

scitus bellum (venereum) init,

Plaut. Truc. 5, 42:

ea mulieris scitae comitas,

Gell. 13, 4, 3.— Comp.:

non sum scitior, quae hos rogem, etc.,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 12.— Poet. and in post - Aug. prose with gen.:

Nessus scitus vadorum,

acquainted with, Ov. M. 9, 108:

Thalia lyrae,

id. F. 5, 54:

Sthenelus pugnandi,

Quint. 9, 3, 10 Spald. N. cr. —With obj.-clause ( poet.):

scitus accendere corda Laudibus,

Sil. 17, 293:

accendere Martem,

id. 15, 594.—

Of things, fit, suitable, proper, judicious, sensible, witty, etc.:

pulcre scripsti: scitum syngraphum!

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 57:

scito illa quidem (scripsit) sermone et Attico,

Cic. N. D. 1, 33, 93; cf.

interrogationes,

Quint. 5, 7, 28.— Sup.:

oratio optima et scitissima,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 30:

si quid (dictum) est, quod mihi scitum esse videatur et homini ingenuo dignum atque docto, non aspernor,

Cic. Planc. 14, 35; cf. id. Or. 16, 51:

oratoris dictum,

Tac. A. 6, 20.—Esp. in the phrase scitum est, it is a witty or acute saying; shrewd, clever: vetus illud Catonis admodum scitum est, qui mirari se aiebat, quod non rideret haruspex, haruspicem cum vidisset, Cic. Div. 2, 24, 51; cf.:

scitum est illud Catonis, ut multa: Melius, etc.,

id. Lael. 24, 90;

Scytharum legati,

Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 148:

scitum est, inter Protogenem et eum (Apellem) quod accidit,

a clever thing, id. 35, 10, 36, § 81:

hoc Scitum est, periculum ex aliis facere, tibi quod ex usu siet,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 36; cf. id. Phorm. 5, 4, 2:

scitum est causam conferre in tempus,

Cic. de Or. 3, 61, 228.—

Transf., beautiful, elegant, fine, etc. (mostly ante- and post-class.;

syn.: venustus, bellus): satis scitum filum mulieris,

Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 15; cf.

Iphis,

Petr. 63, 3:

mulierculae formae scitioris,

Lampr. Commod. 2 fin. (v. perscitus):

vox admodum scita et canora,

Gell. 18, 5, 2:

haec nox scita'st exercendo scorto,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 132; cf. scitamenta.—

(Acc. to II. A.) Subst.: scītum, i. n., an ordinance, statute, decree; esp. in connection with plebis (plebei, v. plebs), or, in one word, plebiscitum, an ordinance or decree of the people or of the citizens (opp. to senatusconsultum, a decree of the Senate):

scita plebei appellantur ea, quae plebs suo suffragio sine patribus jussit, plebeio magistratu rogante,

Fest. p. 293 Müll.; cf. Lael. Felix ap. Gell. 15, 27, 4:

quo plebiscito decreta a senatu est quaestio, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 54:

quae (lex) postea plebiscito Canuleio abrogata est,

id. Rep. 2, 37, 63:

plebiscitis consularem potestatem minuere,

id. de Or. 2, 48, 199 et saep. (v. 2. scitus).—In a lusus verbb. with scitus, A.: Ps. Ecquid is homo scitus est? Ch. Plebiscitum non est scitius, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 58.—In the order scitum plebis:

de altero aedile scitum plebis est factum rogantibus tribunis,

Liv. 31, 50 fin.; 10, 22 fin.:

scita plebis injuncta patribus,

id. 3, 67; 22, 26;

Populi is used instead of plebis when the decrees of other nations are spoken of: cum lex esset Athenis, ne quis populi scitum faceret, ut quisquam coronā donaretur, etc.,

Cic. Opt. Gen. 7, 19:

Athenienses quibusdam temporibus sublato Areopago nihil nisi populi scitis ac decretis agebant,

id. Rep. 1, 27, 43; so,

in one word, populiscitum,

Nep. Alcib. 5, 4; id. Epam. 7, 4; id. Phoc. 2, 2:

ut nullum de eā re scitum populi fieret aut litteris mandaretur,

Liv. 45, 25. Tacitus is the first who has populi scita for decrees of the Roman people, Tac. A. 3, 58.—Of Roman popular decrees also simply scita:

cum scita ac jussa nostra sua sententia comprobat,

Cic. Balb. 18, 42.—Rarely of other public or official ordinances (cf.:

decreta, edicta, jussa): (Numa) omnia publica privataque sacra Pontificis scitis subjecit,

Liv. 1, 20:

quo minus ferociter aliorum (decemvirorum) scitis adversarentur,

id. 3, 33; Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 146:

regis,

Vulg. Esth. 3, 8.—

Transf. (with decretum and placitum) as a transl. of the Gr. dogma, a maxim, tenet, dogma, Sen. Ep. 95, 10.— Adv.: scītē (acc. to A.), shrewdly, cleverly, skilfully, adroitly, nicely, tastefully, elegantly (class.):

eho, nimium scite scitus es,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 1, 8; cf.:

tondetur nimium scite,

id. Merc. 3, 1, 28:

satis scite et probe,

id. Trin. 3, 3, 56; id. Bacch. 2, 3, 69; id. Mil. 4, 2, 74; id. Trin. 3, 3, 53; Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 7; Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1 (with commode):

(rationes) ita sunt perscriptae scite et litterate, ut, etc.,

id. Pis. 25, 61; cf.:

scite et venuste facta,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 35, § 87:

illa ex patellis quae evellerat, ita scite in aureis poculis inligabat, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 4, 24, §

54: non scite (dictum),

id. Att. 14, 20, 3; so,

dictum,

Plin. 36, 22, 48, § 166:

scite loqui,

Liv. 10, 19:

parum scite convivium exornare,

Sall. J. 85, 39; cf. Liv. 4, 44 fin. — Comp.:

scitius,

Gell. 4, 11, 10.— Sup.:

scitissime,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 116; Gell. 10, 11, 6; App. M. 9, p. 212, 16.

scŏpo, ĕre [skopeô], to investigate, test, search:

spiritum suum,

Vulg. Psa. 76, 7.

scōpo, āre, v. a. [1. scopa, II.], to brush or sweep away, Vulg. Isa. 14, 23.

scrūtātĭo, ōnis, f. [scrutor], a searching, examining, investigating (post-Aug. and very rare).

Lit.:

domus,

a searching, search, Sen. Vit. Beat. 23.—

Trop.:

insulsa nimis et odiosa,

Gell. 9, 10, 5; Oros. praef. p. 5. [p. 1650]

sub-lĕgo, lēgi, lectum, 3, v. a.

To gather from below, to gather or search for underneath, to gather up:

(puer) sublegit quodcumque jaceret inutile quodque Posset cenantes offendere,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 12:

baca tempestatibus in terram decidit et necesse est eam sublegere,

Col. 12, 52, 1:

ficum viridem,

id. 12, 17, 1.—

In partic., to catch up secretly or by stealth.

Lit.:

liberos,

to kidnap, Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 44.—

Trop.:

clam alicujus sermonem,

to overhear, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 98; so, sermonem hinc, Turp. ap. Non. 332, 30 (Com. Fragm. 5 Rib.):

carmina,

Verg. E. 9, 21.—

To choose or elect in the place of another, to substitute:

collegae, qui una lecti: et qui in eorum locum suppositi, sublecti: additi, allecti,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 66 Müll.; Plebisc. Viator. tab. 1, line 41; tab. 2, line 4;

10: in demortuorum locum,

Liv. 23, 23:

in numerum patriciorum,

Tac. A. 11, 25:

senatum,

Just. 3, 3, 2:

principes Latinorum in ordinem suum,

Val. Max. 6, 4, 1.

vĕ [perh. from same root with vel, volo; but cf. Sanscr. va, or], or; leaving the choice free between two things or among several (always enclitic):

quid tu es tristis? quidve es alacris?

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 13:

telum tormentumve,

Caes. B. C. 3, 51; 3, 56:

lubidines iracundiaeve,

Cic. Rep. 1, 38, 60:

albus aterve fueris, ignorans,

id. Phil. 2, 16, 41:

si id facis facturave es,

Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 13:

ne quid plus minusve faxit,

id. Phorm. 3, 3, 21:

ne quid plus minusve, quam sit necesse, dicat,

Cic. Fl. 5, 12:

duabus tribusve horis,

id. Phil. 14, 6, 16:

Appius ad me ex itinere bis terve litteras miserat,

id. Att. 6, 1, 2:

amici regis duo tresve perdivites sunt,

id. ib. 6, 1, 3:

cum eam (quercum) tempestas vetustasve consumpserit,

id. Leg. 1, 1, 2:

alter ambove, etc.,

id. ib. 5, 19, 53;

v. alter: aliquis unus pluresve,

id. Rep. 1, 32, 48:

ne cui meae Longinquitas aetatis obstet mortemve exspectet meam,

Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 20:

eho, Mysis, puer hic unde est? quisve huc attulit?

id. And. 4, 4, 9:

si quando aut regi justo vim populus attulit regnove eum spoliavit, aut, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 42, 65:

decretumque, ut consules sortirentur conpararentve inter se, uter, etc.,

Liv. 24, 10, 2: quae civitates habent legibus sanctum, si quis quid de re publica a finitimis rumore ac famā acceperit, uti ad magistratum deferat, neve cum quo alio communicet, or (sc. it is ordered by law) that he shall not, etc., Caes. B. G. 6, 20.—

Esp. in neg. sentences, or questions implying a negat., = -que: nullum (membrum rei publicae) reperies perfecti, quod non fractum debilitatumve sit, Cic Fam. 5, 13, 3;

num leges nostras moresve novit?

id. Phil. 5, 5, 13.—

Repeated or with correl. part.

Ve... ve, either... or ( poet.):

corpora vertuntur: nec quod fuimusve sumusve, Cras erimus,

Ov. M. 15, 215:

nullaque laudetur plusve minusve mihi,

id. F. 5, 110; id. M. 11, 493:

illa tamen se Non habitu mutatve loco, peccatve superne,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 64.—

Ve... aut, either... or (very rare):

regnave prima Remi aut animos Carthaginis altae,

Prop. 2, 1, 23.

vē- (sometimes vae-) [perh. = Sanscr. vi-in-, vi-dha-va; Lat. vidua; but cf. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 3809, 135]; an inseparable particle denoting origin, out, which serves either to negative the positive idea lying in the simple word, or to strengthen a simple notion: vegrandis, small; vecors, senseless; vepallidus, very pale; ve-stigo, to search out; Vejovis, an anti-Jove; cf. Gell. 5, 12, 9 sqq.

vĕ [perh. from same root with vel, volo; but cf. Sanscr. va, or], or; leaving the choice free between two things or among several (always enclitic):

quid tu es tristis? quidve es alacris?

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 13:

telum tormentumve,

Caes. B. C. 3, 51; 3, 56:

lubidines iracundiaeve,

Cic. Rep. 1, 38, 60:

albus aterve fueris, ignorans,

id. Phil. 2, 16, 41:

si id facis facturave es,

Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 13:

ne quid plus minusve faxit,

id. Phorm. 3, 3, 21:

ne quid plus minusve, quam sit necesse, dicat,

Cic. Fl. 5, 12:

duabus tribusve horis,

id. Phil. 14, 6, 16:

Appius ad me ex itinere bis terve litteras miserat,

id. Att. 6, 1, 2:

amici regis duo tresve perdivites sunt,

id. ib. 6, 1, 3:

cum eam (quercum) tempestas vetustasve consumpserit,

id. Leg. 1, 1, 2:

alter ambove, etc.,

id. ib. 5, 19, 53;

v. alter: aliquis unus pluresve,

id. Rep. 1, 32, 48:

ne cui meae Longinquitas aetatis obstet mortemve exspectet meam,

Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 20:

eho, Mysis, puer hic unde est? quisve huc attulit?

id. And. 4, 4, 9:

si quando aut regi justo vim populus attulit regnove eum spoliavit, aut, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 42, 65:

decretumque, ut consules sortirentur conpararentve inter se, uter, etc.,

Liv. 24, 10, 2: quae civitates habent legibus sanctum, si quis quid de re publica a finitimis rumore ac famā acceperit, uti ad magistratum deferat, neve cum quo alio communicet, or (sc. it is ordered by law) that he shall not, etc., Caes. B. G. 6, 20.—

Esp. in neg. sentences, or questions implying a negat., = -que: nullum (membrum rei publicae) reperies perfecti, quod non fractum debilitatumve sit, Cic Fam. 5, 13, 3;

num leges nostras moresve novit?

id. Phil. 5, 5, 13.—

Repeated or with correl. part.

Ve... ve, either... or ( poet.):

corpora vertuntur: nec quod fuimusve sumusve, Cras erimus,

Ov. M. 15, 215:

nullaque laudetur plusve minusve mihi,

id. F. 5, 110; id. M. 11, 493:

illa tamen se Non habitu mutatve loco, peccatve superne,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 64.—

Ve... aut, either... or (very rare):

regnave prima Remi aut animos Carthaginis altae,

Prop. 2, 1, 23.

vē- (sometimes vae-) [perh. = Sanscr. vi-in-, vi-dha-va; Lat. vidua; but cf. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 3809, 135]; an inseparable particle denoting origin, out, which serves either to negative the positive idea lying in the simple word, or to strengthen a simple notion: vegrandis, small; vecors, senseless; vepallidus, very pale; ve-stigo, to search out; Vejovis, an anti-Jove; cf. Gell. 5, 12, 9 sqq.

vĕ [perh. from same root with vel, volo; but cf. Sanscr. va, or], or; leaving the choice free between two things or among several (always enclitic):

quid tu es tristis? quidve es alacris?

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 13:

telum tormentumve,

Caes. B. C. 3, 51; 3, 56:

lubidines iracundiaeve,

Cic. Rep. 1, 38, 60:

albus aterve fueris, ignorans,

id. Phil. 2, 16, 41:

si id facis facturave es,

Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 13:

ne quid plus minusve faxit,

id. Phorm. 3, 3, 21:

ne quid plus minusve, quam sit necesse, dicat,

Cic. Fl. 5, 12:

duabus tribusve horis,

id. Phil. 14, 6, 16:

Appius ad me ex itinere bis terve litteras miserat,

id. Att. 6, 1, 2:

amici regis duo tresve perdivites sunt,

id. ib. 6, 1, 3:

cum eam (quercum) tempestas vetustasve consumpserit,

id. Leg. 1, 1, 2:

alter ambove, etc.,

id. ib. 5, 19, 53;

v. alter: aliquis unus pluresve,

id. Rep. 1, 32, 48:

ne cui meae Longinquitas aetatis obstet mortemve exspectet meam,

Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 20:

eho, Mysis, puer hic unde est? quisve huc attulit?

id. And. 4, 4, 9:

si quando aut regi justo vim populus attulit regnove eum spoliavit, aut, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 42, 65:

decretumque, ut consules sortirentur conpararentve inter se, uter, etc.,

Liv. 24, 10, 2: quae civitates habent legibus sanctum, si quis quid de re publica a finitimis rumore ac famā acceperit, uti ad magistratum deferat, neve cum quo alio communicet, or (sc. it is ordered by law) that he shall not, etc., Caes. B. G. 6, 20.—

Esp. in neg. sentences, or questions implying a negat., = -que: nullum (membrum rei publicae) reperies perfecti, quod non fractum debilitatumve sit, Cic Fam. 5, 13, 3;

num leges nostras moresve novit?

id. Phil. 5, 5, 13.—

Repeated or with correl. part.

Ve... ve, either... or ( poet.):

corpora vertuntur: nec quod fuimusve sumusve, Cras erimus,

Ov. M. 15, 215:

nullaque laudetur plusve minusve mihi,

id. F. 5, 110; id. M. 11, 493:

illa tamen se Non habitu mutatve loco, peccatve superne,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 64.—

Ve... aut, either... or (very rare):

regnave prima Remi aut animos Carthaginis altae,

Prop. 2, 1, 23.

vē- (sometimes vae-) [perh. = Sanscr. vi-in-, vi-dha-va; Lat. vidua; but cf. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 3809, 135]; an inseparable particle denoting origin, out, which serves either to negative the positive idea lying in the simple word, or to strengthen a simple notion: vegrandis, small; vecors, senseless; vepallidus, very pale; ve-stigo, to search out; Vejovis, an anti-Jove; cf. Gell. 5, 12, 9 sqq.

ve-stīgo, no perf. and sup., āre, 1, v. a. [etym. dub.; perh. Sanscr. vahis (bahis), out, and stigh-, to climb; cf. Gr. stichos, a row, etc.; Angl. -Sax. stīgan; Germ. steigen, to climb].

Prop., to follow in the track of; to track, trace out (cf.: rimor, indago, scrutor): germana soror, errare videbar, Tardaque vestigare et quaerere te, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 43 Vahl.):

feras vestigat (sc. canis),

Sen. Thyest. 496.—With abl.:

fertur (sc. tigris) praeceps, odore vestigans (sc. raptorem),

Plin. 8, 18, 25, § 66. —

Transf.

To find out by tracing, to trace out, discover.

With abl.:

perfugas et fugitivos, quos inquirendo vestigare potuerint, reddidisse,

Liv. 31, 19, 2:

(cervi) vestigant cavernas (serpentium),

Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 118:

omnis enim jacens piscis magis naribus escam, quam oculis, vestigat,

Col. 8, 17, 14.—

Absol.:

dimissis deinde per agros, qui vestigarent,

Liv. 32, 26, 13 dub.; cf. Weissenb. ad loc.—

To search after; to seek out:

ceterum Alexander, quam regionem Dareus petisset, omni curā vestigans, tamen explorare non poterat,

Curt. 4, 6, 5:

adeo sicca lacuna, ut vestigantium sitim falleret,

id. 4, 16, 14:

equum vestigari jubet,

id. 6, 5, 19:

ergo alte vestiga (sc. ramum) oculis, riteque repertum Carpe manu,

Verg. A. 6, 145.—

Trop.

To inquire into, investigate (class.).

In simple constr.:

causas rerum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 39, 166.—

With abl.:

quā (sc. ratione) omnes illorum conatūs vestigare,

Cic. Verr. 1, 16, 48.—

With cum:

quod cum desidiosā delectatione vestiges,

Cic. de Or. 3, 23, 88.—

To discover, find out:

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

Liv. 39, 51, 6.