(v. a.P. a.adv.) : inquīro, sīvi, sītum, 3, v. a.in-quaero
* To seek after, search for, inquire into any thing (cf. anquirere).
* Lit.: vera illa honestas, quam natura maxime inquirit,Cic. Tusc. 3, 2, 3: omnia ordine,Liv. 22, 7, 11: sedes,Just. 3, 4: inquire in ea quae memoriae sunt prodita,Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 4: de opere,Quint. 3, 11, 21: verborum originem,id. 1, 6, 28: aliquibus inquirenda quaedam mandare,id. 10, 1, 128: vitia (alicujus),Hor. S. 1, 3, 28: quid sit furere,id. ib. 2, 3, 41.
* Trop.
* Jurid., to search for grounds of accusation against one: cum ego diem inquirendi in Siciliam perexiguam postulavissem,Cic. Verr. 1, 2, 6: in competitores,id. Mur. 21: de rebus capitalibus,Curt. 6, 8, 17: inquisitum missi de iis, quorum, etc.,Liv. 40, 20, 3.
* To search, pry, examine, or inquire into any thing: si quis habet causam celebritatis, in eum quid agat inquiritur, etc.,Cic. de Off. 2, 13, 44: nimium inquirens in se, atque ipse sese observans,Cic. Brut. 82, 283: filius ante diem patrios inquirit in annos,to inquire how long his father will live,Ov. M. 1, 148: totum in orbem,id. ib. 12, 63: obstitit oceanus in se simul et in Herculem inquiri,Tac. G. 34.— Hence, inquīsītus, a, um, P. a., searched into or for: res,Liv. 10, 40, 10: corpus magna cum cura inquisitum,searched for,id. 22, 7, 5: istanc rem inquisitam certumst non amittere,not to neglect inquiry,Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 217.— Hence, adv.: inquīsītē, with investigation, thoroughly, Gell. 1, 3, 9; comp., id. 1, 3, 21.

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