search (v.) Copy link Outline A. Intrans.1. scrūtor, 1 (oftener trans.)2. rīmor, 1 (to pry intoB. Trans.1. scrūtor, 12. excŭtio, ssi, ssum, 3, (strictly, to examine by shaking a person's dress, in order to discover anything secreted)3. rīmor, 1 (to ransack every corner, to pry into • search (v.): A. Intrans.: to institute a search: 1. scrūtor, 1 (oftener trans.): Sen. Ir. 3, 36 (totum diem mecum scrutor). 2. rīmor, 1 (to pry into: usu. with object expr.: v. infr. II.): Virg. Aen. 7, 508. Not only scrutor, but other trans. verbs of searching may be used with obj. understood: e. g.: s. carefully and you will find, *quaere diligenter, et reperies. (Not however excutio, which must have acc. of person or thing s.'d.) Phr.: to s. everywhere, investigare et perscrutari omnia, Cic. Verr. 4, 21, 47. B. Trans.: to examine by s.ing: 1. scrūtor, 1: to s. secret places, abdita loca s., Sall. Jug. 12: Cic. Strengthened, perscrūtor, 1: Cic. 2. excŭtio, ssi, ssum, 3, (strictly, to examine by shaking a person's dress, in order to discover anything secreted): they ordered him to be s.'d, [ut] excuti (eum) juberent, Phaedr. 5, 5, 19. Cic. Join: non excutio te [si quid forte ferri habuisti], non scrutor, Cic. R. Am. 34, 97. 3. rīmor, 1 (to ransack every corner, to pry into: not in Cic.): Tac. H. 2, 29 (ipsam humum pilis lanceisque rimabantur, viz., in s. of Valens): Virg. Phr.: to s. sea and land, terra marique omnia exquirere, Sall. Cat. 13.
search (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. usu. expr. by verb2. also these subss. occur • search (subs.): 1. usu. expr. by verb: he institutes a s. for the man, hominem conquiri jubet: in the s. for truth, in veritate investiganda, etc.: v. to search. 2. also these subss. occur: (1.) inquīsītio: Cic. Off. 1, 4, 13 (veri inquisitio atque investigatio): Pl. (2.) scrūtātio: Sen. V. B. 23, 2 (s. domus). (3.) investīgatio, indāgātio: v. examination, enquiry.
SEARCH Copy link • SEARCH 1. s. indagatio: investigatio: Often by the verbs 2. v. quaerere (by asking): exquirere: perquirere (to inquire or examine strictly): scrutari: perscrutari (to see out or investigate thoroughly): percunctari (to inquire after anything; especially with reference to public news, etc.): sciscitari (to desire to know, endeavor to learn; de aliqua re): sciscitando elicere (to elicit by inquiry): percunctando atque interrogando elicere (by various inquiries): explorare (to spy out): expiscari (= to fish out): odorari (= to smell out): indagare: investigare (= to track out); also, for emphasis, (The words are found in this connection and order.) investigare et scrutari: indagare et pervestigare: indagare et odorari: percunctari et interrogare: tentare (e.g., vulnus, to search a wound): penetrare (to penetrate, enter deeply into): se insinuare (to find its way into). To search anybody, excutere aliquem (to see if he has anything contraband about his person). To search anybody’s house; Vid: HOUSE