expiscor
expiscor, to fish out, search out, find out
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.
ex-piscor, ātus sum, ārī, eig. herausfischen, nur übtr. = ausforschen, Ter. Phorm. 382: nihil, nicht weiter forschen, Cic. Pis. 69: omnia ab alqo, Cic. ep. 9, 19, 1.
See: expiscari
expiscor, (16) ātus sum, ārī, tr., pêcher [fig.], rechercher, chercher, fouiller, fureter : Ter. Phorm. 382 ; Cic. Fam. 9, 19, 1 ; Pis. 69.
ex-piscor ātus, ārī, dep.,
- to fish out, search out, find out: proinde expiscare, quasi non nosses, T.: nihil, to inquire no further.