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|lshtext=<b>ex-quīro</b>: (in [[Plautus]] also [[exquaero]], Bacch. 4, 4, 70 al.), sīvi, sītum, 3, v. a.,<br /><b>I</b> 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 [[ask]] of, [[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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</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.

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