exambio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ex-ambĭo, ii, ītum, 4, v. n. and a. (late Lat.).

I Neut. , to go round asking , soliciting : ad Martyras, Cypr. Ep. 20.—

II Act. , to ask , solicit a person: viros, mulierculas, Mamert. Grat. Act. ad Julian. 19: suffragium tui favoris, Symm. Ep. 7, 49: exambita regia, Amm. 26, 7.