I.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. 2, 3, 35: “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, 1,