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ex-audĭo , īvi or ii, ītum, 4, v. a.
I. To hear or perceive clearly (class.): “Nec satis exaudiebam, nec sermonis fallebar tamen, Quae loquerentur,” Plaut. Epid. 2, 2, 55; cf. id. Merc. 4, 3, 8; id. Men. 3, 2, 13; id. Trin. 3, 3, 25: “cum aliquantulum progressus esset, subito exaudivit hinnitum,” Cic. Div. 1, 33 fin.; cf. id. Att. 13, 48; Caes. B. G. 6, 39, 1; 7, 61, 3; id. B. C. 1, 66, 1; 3, 105, 3; Liv. 1, 29; 2, 27; 5, 52; “8, 33 et saep.: maxima voce, ut omnes exaudire possint, dico semperque dicam,” Cic. Sull. 1, 33; cf. id. ib. 12, 34; id. Leg. 3; Caes. B. G. 5, 30, 1; id. B. C. 3, 94, 6; Liv. 1, 27.—With acc. and inf., Caes. B. C. 3, 87, 4.—
II. Less freq. in the signif. of audio.
A. To hear, perceive by hearing: “quam multa, quae nos fugiunt in cantu, exaudiunt in eo genere exercitati,” Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 20: “exaudi, vultusque attolle jacentes,” Ov. M. 4, 144: “tum denique saxa non exauditi rubuerunt sanguine vatis,” id. ib. 11, 19: “Haec vix proximis exaudientibus dixerat,” Curt. 7, 7: fingere cinctutis non exaudita Cethegis, Hor. A. P. 50.—Poet.: “licet has exaudiat herbas (i. e. hos cantus),” Luc. 6, 715.—
B. To hearken, listen to; to regard, grant: “tantum miserere precesque Supplicis exaudi,” Ov. M. 13, 856; so, “preces,” Luc. 6, 706; Plin. 28, 2, 3, § 13: “dirae exauditae ab omnibus diis,” Liv. 40, 5, 1: “vota precesque,” Verg. A. 11, 157; Stat. Th. 11, 616: “vota populi,” Sen. Contr. 1, 3, 10: “quae optamus,” Plin. Pan. 94, 2.—Absol., Ov. Am. 2, 9, 51; Lact. 7, 16, 12; 7, 17, 11; Vulg. Psa. 142, 1 et saep.—
C. To give heed to, to obey: “ridebit monitor non exauditus,” Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 14: “exaudi,” Ov. M. 9, 122.—
D. To understand, comprehend = intellegere: “nomina,” Dig. 33, 10, 7; cf. “verba,” ib. 45, 1, 99.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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