expiscor

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

ex-piscor, ātus, 1,

v. dep. a. (lit., to fish out; hence, trop.), to search out , find out (perh. only vulg.; syn.: rimor, perscrutor, scrutor, indago, investigo, quaero): proinde expiscare, quasi non nosses, Ter. Phorm. 382: nescis me ab illo omnia expiscatum? Cic. Fam. 9, 19, 1: simul atque audivit, a philosopho voluptatem tantopere laudari, nihil expiscatus est, he asked , inquired no further , id. Pis. 28, 69.

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