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|lshtext=<b>indāgo</b>: āvi, ātum, āre (<br /><b>I</b> dep. form indagatur, Varr. L. L. 5, § 94 Müll.), v. a., to [[trace]] [[out]], [[track]], as dogs in [[hunting]] (syn.: [[vestigo]], [[scrutor]]; [[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[canis]] [[natus]] ad indagandum, Cic. Fin. 2, 13, 39: feras, Varr. L. L. 5, § 94 Müll.: quae tactu quaeque naribus auribusque et oculis indagantur, Col. 3, 10, 9.—So of [[hunting]] in gen.: bestiarum cubilia, Sen. Vit. Beat. 14, 4.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., to [[search]] [[into]], [[investigate]], [[explore]]; [[hunt]] for, [[strive]] to [[obtain]]: neu rem ipsam indaget, si, etc., Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 26; cf.: eo si pacto posset indagarier [[mulier]], be traced, id. Merc. 3, 4, 38: indagare et odorari [[quid]] cuique [[opus]] esset, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 135: indicia [[communis]] exitii, id. Mil. 37, 103: inusitatas vias, id. Or. 3, 11: de re publica, id. Att. 2, 4, 4: clementiam misericordiamque [[apud]] judices, Gell. 6, 3, 18: intervalla siderum a [[terra]], Plin. 2, 21, 19, § 80: sepulchrum (Archimedis), Cic. Tusc. 5, 23, 64.<br /><b>indāgo</b>: ĭnis, f.,<br /><b>I</b> an [[encircling]], enclosing ([[mostly]] [[post]] - Aug.).<br /><b>I</b> Lit., of [[surrounding]] [[wild]] beasts [[with]] nets, in [[hunting]]: dum trepidant alae, saltusque indagine cingunt, Verg. A. 4, 121: densos indagine colles Claudere, Tib. 4, 3, 7: rates captae [[quasi]] per indaginem, Flor. 4, 2, 32: indaginis [[modo]] sylvas persultare, Tac. Agr. 37. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., an enclosing, [[surrounding]] of enemies: efferam gentem, ritu ferarum, [[quasi]] indagine debellabat, Flor. 4, 12, 48; cf. id. 3, 6, 11; so, [[velut]] indagine aliquem insidiis circumdare, Hirt. B. G. 8, 18; cf.: cum [[praemissus]] [[eques]] [[velut]] indagine dissipatos [[Samnites]] ageret, Liv. 7, 37, 14: vastaque feras indagine claudit, Luc. 6, 42: (delatores) in [[illa]] poenarum indagine inclusos, Plin. [[Pan]]. 35, 2.—Of [[legacy]]-[[hunting]]: testamenta et orbos [[velut]] indagine capi, Tac. A. 13, 42.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., a [[searching]] [[into]], examining [[after]], [[investigation]]: multis persuasisse doctrinae indaginibus, Plin. 9, 7, 6, § 16: cupediarum, Gell. 7, 16, 6: ampliorem exposcere indaginem, Cod. Just. 4, 31, 14: [[consilium]] occulta scrutari indagine, Amm. 15, 5, 30.
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