pervestigo
Latin > English
pervestigo pervestigare, pervestigavi, pervestigatus V :: make a thorough search of; explore fully
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
per-vestīgo: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
I to trace out, search out.
I Lit., of hounds; hence of spies: canes venaticos diceres, ita omnia odorabantur et pervestigabant, ut, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 13, § 31.—
II Trop., to seek out, examine, investigate: operam ut sumam ad pervestigandum, ubi sit illaec, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 94; cf. id. Rud. 1, 4, 5; Cic. de Or. 2, 34, 147: quae a me pervestigata et cognita sunt, id. Verr. 2, 5, 68, § 174: Locris sacrilegium pervestigatum a Q. Minucio erat, Liv. 31, 13, 1.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
pervestīgō,¹⁵ āvī, ātum, āre, tr., suivre à la piste [comme des chiens], aliquid, qqch. : Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 31 || [fig.] rechercher avec soin, explorer, scruter : Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 174 ; de Or. 2, 146 ; [avec interr. ind.] de Or. 1, 223 ; Pl. Merc. 934.
Latin > German (Georges)
per-vēstīgo, āvī, ātum, āre, ausspüren, ausstöbern, I) eig., v. Jagdhunden, s. Cic. Verr. 4, 31: v. Pers., nosse regiones, intra quas venere (man jagt) et pervestiges, quod quaeras, Cic. de or. 2, 147. – II) übtr., ausspüren = erforschen, verb. perv. et cognoscere, Cic. Verr. 5, 174: Locris sacrilegium pervestigatum a Q. Minucio erat, zu L. war Q. Minucius dem T. auf die Spur gekommen, Liv. 31, 13, 1: m. folg. indir. Fragesatz, perv., ubi sit illaec, Plaut. merc. 935.
