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per-vestīgo , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
I.to trace out, search out.
I. Lit., of hounds; “hence of spies: canes venaticos diceres, ita omnia odorabantur et pervestigabant, ut, etc.,” Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 13, § 31.—
II. Trop., to seek out, examine, investigate: “operam ut sumam ad pervestigandum, ubi sit illaec,” Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 94; cf. id. Rud. 1, 4, 5; Cic. de Or. 2, 34, 147: “quae a me pervestigata et cognita sunt,” Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 68, § 174: “Locris sacrilegium pervestigatum a Q. Minucio erat,” Liv. 31, 13, 1.
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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.4.31
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.5.174
    • Plautus, Mercator, 5.2
    • Plautus, Rudens, 1.4
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 2.34
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 31, 13
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