Exquiro, exquîris, pen. prod. exquisiui, exquisitum, pen. prod. exquírere. Ter. To search or trie out: to inquire diligently: to demaunde or aske.Exquire sitnéita vt ego prædico.Plaut.Trie, aske, &c.Quid in aliquo peccatum sit exquirere.Cic.Nihil certi exquirere. Ci. To trie out no certaintie.Est quod volo exquirere te. Plautus. I haue a thing to aske and demaunde of you.Exquirere ab stirpe: Id est principio.Plaut.To enquire a matter euen from the roote and beginning.De aliquo exquirere.Cic.Ex vxore hanc rem pergam exquirere.Plaut.I will goe aske my wife of this matter.Exquirere constantissimè quod dicatur. Cice. Diligenter quid alicui de alio placeat exquirere. Cicero. To make diligent inquisition what ones minde is, &c.Non nimis ab aliquibus quicquam exquirere.Cicer.Not to aske or enquire too much.Exquirere argumentis ex aliquo.Plaut.To aske by takens and signes.Causas alicuius rei exquirere.Cic.Consilium alicuius exquirere. Cicero. To aske, or to desire to knowe ones counsaile or aduise.Exquirere facta alicuius ad antiquæ religionis rationem.Cic.To examine ones doings, &c.Frigus exquirere.Virg.To search for.Honores singulares.Cic.To seeke or hunt for.Iudicium alicuius.Cic.To require to know ones indgement.Mores alicuius. Cice. To enquire of ones behauiour and conditious.Officium ex tempore.Cic.To seeke to know by circumstance of time what duetie is.Exquirere oratione.Cic.Pacem exquirere.Virg.To aske or demaund peace.Precium alicuius rei.Cic.To aske the price.Religionis rationem.Cic.Scntentiam alterius. Cæs. Vallem vmbrosam exquirere medijs æstibus.Virg.To seeke for a shadowed valley.Omnia verba alicuius sententiæ exquirere.Cic.To examine and ponder straightly, &c.Exquirere veritatem.Cic.
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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 askof, 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.