rogito

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

rŏgĭto, āvi, 1, v. freq. a. [rogo],

to ask or inquire with eagerness (a favorite word with Plaut. and Ter.; otherwise very rare): rogitando sum raucus factus, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 16; cf. Ter. Eun. 554: rogitant me, ut valeam, quid agam, Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 39; so, me, id. Am. 4, 2, 9; id. Aul. 3, 6, 15; Ter. Ad. 527: qui me id rogites, id. And. 749; cf.: illum hoc simul, id. Heaut. 943: pisces, to inquire for fish , Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 3: multa super Priamo rogitans, Verg. A. 1, 750; 10, 839 (the correct read., Ter. Eun. 266, is rogare, Umpfenb., Fleck.).

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