enquire into Copy link Outline 1. quaero, 3 (v. preced. art.)2. inquīro, quīsīvi, ītum, 3 (foll. by in and acc., also de and abl., and less freq. acc. alone, esp. of enquiry prompted by curiosity or love of knowledge)3. anquīro, 3 (to investigate on all sides or carefully4. cognosco, nōvi, nĭtum, 3 (to examine judicially; of special cases)5. indāgo, scrūtor, 1 • enquire into: 1. quaero, 3 (v. preced. art.): esp. of judicial enquiry: to e. into a person's death, de alicujus morte q., Cic. R. Am. 41, 119 (where, as oft., it is used impers.): Ter. has a direct accus. after the verb, rem quaere, Ad. 3, 4, 36. 2. inquīro, quīsīvi, ītum, 3 (foll. by in and acc., also de and abl., and less freq. acc. alone, esp. of enquiry prompted by curiosity or love of knowledge): to e. into traditions too curiously, nimis diligenter inq. in ea quae memoriae sunt prodita, Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 4: to e. carefully into a work, diligenter de opere inq., Quint. 3, 11, 21: to e. into vices, vitia inq., Hor. (In judicial sense, only of enquiry in order to collect evidence: v. Lat. Dict. s. v.). 3. anquīro, 3 (to investigate on all sides or carefully: also, to institute a judicial enquiry): to e. into and study anything, (aliquid) an. et [omni acie] contemplari, Cic. de Or. 1, 33., 151: to e. into a person's death, de morte an., Tac.: Liv. 4. cognosco, nōvi, nĭtum, 3 (to examine judicially; of special cases): after e.ing into the case, cognita causa, Caes. B. G. 1, 19: but with any subs. besides causa, usu. foll. by de: to e. into the matter of the Campanian land, de agro Campano c., Cic. Phil. 5, 19, 53: also by super and abl., Ulp. Dig. 23, 2, 13. 5. indāgo, scrūtor, 1: v. to examine.