(verb) : indāgo, āvi, ātum, āre (
* Dep. form indagatur, Varr. L. L. 5, § 94 Müll.), , to trace out, track, as dogs in hunting (syn.: vestigo, scrutor; class.).
* Lit.: canis natus ad indagandum,Cic. Fin. 2, 13, 39: feras,Varr. L. L. 5, § 94 Müll.: quae tactu quaeque naribus auribusque et oculis indagantur,Col. 3, 10, 9.—So of hunting in gen.: bestiarum cubilia,Sen. Vit. Beat. 14, 4.
* Trop., to search into, investigate, explore; hunt for, strive to obtain: neu rem ipsam indaget, si, etc.,Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 26; cf.: eo si pacto posset indagarier mulier,be traced,id. Merc. 3, 4, 38: indagare et odorari quid cuique opus esset,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 135: indicia communis exitii,id. Mil. 37, 103: inusitatas vias,id. Or. 3, 11: de re publica,id. Att. 2, 4, 4: clementiam misericordiamque apud judices,Gell. 6, 3, 18: intervalla siderum a terra,Plin. 2, 21, 19, § 80: sepulchrum (Archimedis),Cic. Tusc. 5, 23, 64.

indāgo (noun F) :
* An encircling, enclosing (mostly post - Aug.).
* Lit., of surrounding wild beasts with nets, in hunting: dum trepidant alae, saltusque indagine cingunt,Verg. A. 4, 121: densos indagine colles Claudere,Tib. 4, 3, 7: rates captae quasi per indaginem,Flor. 4, 2, 32: indaginis modo sylvas persultare,Tac. Agr. 37.
* Transf., an enclosing, surrounding of enemies: efferam gentem, ritu ferarum, quasi indagine debellabat,Flor. 4, 12, 48; cf. id. 3, 6, 11; so, velut indagine aliquem insidiis circumdare,Hirt. B. G. 8, 18; cf.: cum praemissus eques velut indagine dissipatos Samnites ageret,Liv. 7, 37, 14: vastaque feras indagine claudit,Luc. 6, 42: (delatores) in illa poenarum indagine inclusos,Plin. Pan. 35, 2.—Of legacy-hunting: testamenta et orbos velut indagine capi,Tac. A. 13, 42.
* Trop., a searching into, examining after, investigation: multis persuasisse doctrinae indaginibus,Plin. 9, 7, 6, § 16: cupediarum,Gell. 7, 16, 6: ampliorem exposcere indaginem,Cod. Just. 4, 31, 14: consilium occulta scrutari indagine,Amm. 15, 5, 30.

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