scītor, ātus, 1 (old
* Inf. scitarier, Ov. M. 2, 741), v. freq. dep. a. [scio], to seek to know; to ask, inquire (poet. and late Lat.; in Cic. Or. 16, 52, read sciscitari; cf.: interrogo, percunctor): scitari et quaerere causas,Verg. A. 2, 105: causam viae,Ov. M. 2, 511: causam adventūs,id. ib. 2, 741: omnia,id. ib. 2, 548: digna relatu,id. ib. 4, 793: scitanti deus huic de conjuge dixit,id. ib. 10, 564: quid veniat, scitatur,id. ib. 11, 622: Eurypylum scitatum oracula Phoebi Mittimus,i. e. to consult,Verg. A. 2, 114: sunt quae ex te solo scitari volo,Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 13; so, ex aliquo,to ask, inquire,Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 60: ab aliquo,Ov. M. 1, 775; 10, 357: consulta numinum,Amm. 24, 8, 4: scitari, quid molirentur,id. 18, 2, 2.