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|lshtext=<b>ex-plōro</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,<br /><b>I</b> 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]]).<br /><b>I</b> In gen.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</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.<br /><b>II</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</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 [[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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