cognitura
From LSJ
τὸν ἀφ' ἱερᾶς κινεῖν λίθον → move one's man from this line, move a piece from this line, try one's last chance, make a last ditch effort
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cognĭtūra: ae, f. id.,
I the office of a fiscal agent, who looks up the debtors to the treasury; a state's attorneyship, a state agency, Gai Inst. 4, § 124; Paul. Sent. 1, 2, § 2; Suet. Vit. 2.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
cognĭtūra,¹⁶ æ, f., office du cognitor, a) représentant d’un plaideur : Quint. 12, 9, 9 ; b) enquêteur : Gaius Inst. 4, 124 ; c) procureur chargé des recouvrements de l’État qui en retour lui allouait une part des sommes recouvrées : Suet. Vitell. 2, 1.
