detect Copy link Outline 1. dēprĕhendo, di, sum, 3 (to catch or find out in doing what is criminal)2. comprĕhendo, 3 (less freq. in this sense)3. invĕnio, 44. compĕrio, pĕri, pertum, 45. pătĕfăcio, fēci, etc., 3 (in gen. sense, to lay open, reveal) • detect: 1. dēprĕhendo, di, sum, 3 (to catch or find out in doing what is criminal): to d. an attempt at poisoning, venenum d. (also comprehendere), Cic.: palpably to d. in crime, in facinore manifesto d. (also comprehendere), Cic.: v. to catch, find out. 2. comprĕhendo, 3 (less freq. in this sense): Cic. (v. supr.). 3. invĕnio, 4: v. to discover. 4. compĕrio, pĕri, pertum, 4: all these (machinations) I have d.'d, haec ego omnia comperi, Cic.: v. to find out. 5. pătĕfăcio, fēci, etc., 3 (in gen. sense, to lay open, reveal): if this is concealed I am in fear, if d.'d in disgrace, si hoc celatur in metu sum, si patefit, in probro, Ter.: to explore, d., bring to view, indagare, p., proferre, Cic. (N.B. Not detego, unless the sense is to reveal, disclose: as, children's characters are d.'d in their play, mores puerorum inter ludendum se detegunt.)