ex-āmen Copy link Outline I. A multitude issuing forth or flying out ...B. Transf., a multitude, crowd, shoal, ...II. A means of examining; hence, the tongue of a balance ...B. Trop., a weighing, consideration, examination ... ⓘexāmĭne: neut abl sg • ex-āmen, ĭnis, n. [for ex-agmen, from ex and ago; cf. contamino and contagies, flamen and flagrare]. I. A multitude issuing forth or flying out, a swarm. Primarily and class. of a swarm of bees: res rusticae laetae sunt tum pecudum pastu, apium examinibus, florum omnium varietate, Cic. de Sen. 15 fin.; so, apium, id. Off. 1, 44, 157; id. Div. 1, 33 fin.; Liv. 4, 33 et saep.; cf. Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 29; Col. 9, 3 fin.; 9, 4 fin. et saep.; Plin. 11, 10, 10, § 23; Verg. G. 2, 452; 4, 21; 103 et saep.— B. Transf., a multitude, crowd, shoal, swarm (freq. only after the Aug. per.): locustarum, Liv. 42, 10: piscium, Plin. 31, 1, 1, § 2: pullorum (arboris), Lucr. 5, 1364: juvenum, Hor. C. 1, 35, 31: infantium, Plin. Pan. 26, 1; cf. Just. 25, 2 fin.: vernarum, Hor. Epod. 2, 65; cf. servorum, Cic. Harusp. Resp. 12, 25: Graium vatum, Stat. S. 5, 3, 284: stuprorum (i. e. feminarum stupratarum), Prop. 2, 32, 41 (3, 30, 41 M.) et saep.—In late Lat. even of abstract things: malorum, Arn. 2, p. 46: maerorum, id. fin.: aetatum, Amm. 21, 5: dilationum, id. 30, 4 et saep.— II. A means of examining; hence, the tongue of a balance (very rare): examen est ligula vel lignum, quod mediam hastam ad pondera adaequanda tenet, Schol. Pers. 1, 6; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 80, 14: Juppiter ipse duas aequato examine lances Sustinet, Verg. A. 12, 725; Cod. Theod. 12, 7, 1.— B. Trop., a weighing, consideration, examination: examenve improbum in illa Castiges trutina, Pers. 1, 6: legum, Ov. M. 9, 552; cf. vitae, Stat. S. 3, 3, 203.
exāmĕn Copy link Outline 1 essaim d'abeilles :2 troupe [d'hommes ou d'animaux] : troupe de jeunes gens, cf. bandes de ...3 aiguille, languette d'une balance : || [fig.] action de peser, examen, contrôle ... ⓘexāmĭne: neut abl sg • exāmĕn, ĭnis, n. (ex, ago), 1. essaim d'abeilles : Cic. Off. 1, 157 2. troupe [d'hommes ou d'animaux] : juvenum examen Hor. O. 1, 35, 31, troupe de jeunes gens, cf. Cic. Har. 25 ; examina piscium Plin. 31, 2, bandes de poissons ; locustarum Liv. 42, 10, 7, nuées de sauterelles || [fig.] : examina malorum Arn. 2, 7, essaim de maux 3. aiguille, languette d'une balance : Virg. En. 12, 725 ; P. Fest. 80, 14 || [fig.] action de peser, examen, contrôle : Ov. M. 9, 552.
examen Copy link ⓘexāmĭne: neut abl sg EXAMEN inis. n. [ἐσμὸς] Noua apum soboles, quam parentes ex suis aluearibus ad nouas sedes quaerendas exire cogunt. […] 🗁 Page Scan
examine Copy link Outline I. In gen. sense1. investīgo, 1 (to inquire carefully)2. interrŏgo, 1 (by questioning)3. exāmĭno, 1 (lit. with a balance4. scrūtor, perscrūtor, 15. excŭtio, ssi, ssum, 3 (lit. by shaking, as to find something secreted)6. perspĭcio, exi, ectum, 3 (by looking carefully through a thing)7. inspĭcio. 3 (by looking into)II. Judicially1. quaero, quaesīvi, ītum, 3 (to hold a formal inquiry2. interrŏgo, 1 (esp. of e.ing witnesses)3. torqueo, 2 (by torture)III. To test qualifications1. prŏbo, 12. tento, 1 (to make trial of) • examine: I. In gen. sense: 1. investīgo, 1 (to inquire carefully): v. to enquire into, investigate. 2. interrŏgo, 1 (by questioning): v. to question. 3. exāmĭno, 1 (lit. with a balance: hence to weigh carefully): a corrupt judge ill e.s the truth, male verum e. corruptus judex, Hor. (Cic. has the word in similar sense, but always in connexion with some such word as pondera, trutina: v. to weigh.) 4. scrūtor, perscrūtor, 1: v. to search. 5. excŭtio, ssi, ssum, 3 (lit. by shaking, as to find something secreted): I am not e.ing you, if perchance you had a weapon about you, non excutio te, si quid forte ferri habuisti, Cic. R. Am. 34, 97: hence, to sift thoroughly: let us e. the whole subject, totum excutiamus locum, Quint. 5, 7, 6. Join: explicare atque excutere [verbum], Cic. 6. perspĭcio, exi, ectum, 3 (by looking carefully through a thing): to e. and thoroughly inquire into oneself, se ipsum p. totumque tentare, Cic. Leg. 1, 22, 59. Join: [causam] pertentare atque perspicere, Cic. 7. inspĭcio. 3 (by looking into): v. to inspect. II. Judicially: 1. quaero, quaesīvi, ītum, 3 (to hold a formal inquiry: v. to inquire): often, by torture: to e. a slave by torture against his master, de servo in dominum q., Cic. Mil. 22, 59: more precisely (aliquid) per tormenta q., Suet. Tib. 58. 2. interrŏgo, 1 (esp. of e.ing witnesses): v. cross-examination. 3. torqueo, 2 (by torture): v. to torture. III. To test qualifications: 1. prŏbo, 1: v. to prove, test (cf. examination, 5). 2. tento, 1 (to make trial of): cf. Cic. Div. 1, 17, 32: "cujus quum tentaret scientiam auguratus." Phr.: to e. boys, *puerorum in doctrina progressus tentare, experiri; pueros probare; pueri quantum in discendo profecerint exquirere (cf. improvement).
EXAMINE Copy link • EXAMINETo weigh carefully (with a view of ascertainin the nature of anything), examinare: ponderare (to weigh with a view of determining whether it has the right weight; then, figuratively, of subjecting the properties of things, notions, etc., to an examination): perpendere (to weigh thoroughly, PROP. and IMPROP., aliquid ad aliquid; e.g., ad praecepta disciplinae aliquid diligenter, diligentissime): tentare (to try or test anything): explorare (to search out and investigate the true nature of anything): considerare (to consider, as an act of the understanding): rationes alicujus rei habere or ducere (to take it fully into calculation): inspicere (to look into it, as it were, with a view to ascertain the nature, state, etc., of the object; both PROP., of ocular inspection, arma militis; and IMPROP., aliquem a puero, etc., of examining his character, mores alicujus, querelam): ☞ There is no authority for probare in this sense. To examine anything by anything, aliquid ad aliquid exigere: to examine anything very strictly, aliquid exactissimo judicio examinare; aliquid ad obrussam exigere (Sen.): to examine anything in a popular way, not with minute critical accuracy, aliquid non aurificis statera sed quadam populari trutina examinare (Cic.). To examine by ocular inspection, inspicere (e.g., arma militis): contemplari (to examine as an act of feeling, absorbed in its object, and surrendering itself to the pleasant or unpleasant feelings it excites; Döderlein): intueri (to contemplate attentively something that strikes the fancy, etc.). (The words are found in this connection and order.) intueri et contemplari: spectare (to gaze quietly at an object that interests the understanding): contueri (to examine an object with fixed, widely opened eyes, etc.): oculis collustrare or perlustrare (to review with the eyes, to examine carefully): perspicere (to examine in all its parts, to examine thoroughly). (The words are found in this connection and order.) contueri perspicereque: circumspicere (to look all round, to take a view of): to examine hastily, oculis percurrere: to examine attentively, intentis oculis contemplari. To examine by a searching enquiry, inspicere (to look into, e.g., mores alicujus): excutere (PROP., to shake a garment, in order to ascertain whether anything had been concealed in it: hence, figuratively, to sift, search thoroughly): scrutari: perscrutari (aliquem or locum, to inspect or visit thoroughly; hence, figuratively, to inquire into): percensere: recensere (to examine critically, etc.): cognoscere aliquid (to require information respecting): quaerere aliquid or de aliqua re (to endeavor to bring to light by investigation; e.g., conjurationem, de alicujus morte): inquirere in aliquid (to collect facts with the view of supporting a judicial inquiry): exquirere aliquid (to inquire closely into; e.g., verum; anybody’s actions by the strictest rule of conscience, alicujus facta ad antiquae religionis rationem): ☞ anquirere means, strictly, to impeach or accuse of a crime for which the penalty was previously determined (of the tribunes): to examine by torture, per tormenta quaerere aliquid; also quaerere only in the construction de servo in dominum (to torture a slave for the purpose of obtaining evidence against his master). To examine one’s self, in sese descendere (Persius); me ipse perspicio totumque tento (I examine myself, Cic., Legg., 2, 22, 59). To examine an account, rationem cognoscere, excutere, dispungere. To examine by questioning, interrogare (e.g., testem). To examine a witness severely, etc., interrogare testem infeste ac premere (Quint.); well, bene (Cic.). ☞ Expendere testem is to ascertain the probable worth of his evidence, by sifting his character, connections, habits, etc. To examine a school, pupils, etc., alicujus scientiam litterarum, doctrinae, artis, etc., tentare (after Cic., De Div., 1, 17, 32, cujus cum tentare vellet scientiam auguratus); explorare, exquirere, etc., quid sciant or didicerint discipuli (Krebs). ☞ Not alicujus profectus explorare.