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rē-scisco , īvi or ii, ītum, 3 (the primitive form, rescio, is assumed by Gell. 2, 19, 4, but is not confirmed by any example),
I.v. inch. n., to learn, find out, ascertain a thing (qs. bringing it again to light from concealment; cf. reperio; mostly ante-class.; esp. freq. in Ter.).
1. In tempp. press.: “omnia omnes ubi resciscunt,” Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 27 sq.; Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 29; id. As. 3, 3, 153; id. Bacch. 4, 7, 28 et saep.; Ter. And. 2, 3, 26; id. Heaut. 4, 2, 3; 4, 3, 19 et saep.—
2. In tempp. perff.: ea Lucani ubi resciverunt, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 2, 19, 7; Naev. and Cato ap. Gell. l. l.; Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 40; id. Cist. 1, 3, 48; id. Capt. 5, 1, 25; id. Bacch. 4, 6, 12 et saep.; Ter. And. 2, 2, 3; 3, 2, 14; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 47; id. Ad. 5, 3, 5: cum id rescierit, * Cic. Off. 3, 23, 91; Caes. B. G. 1, 28; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 2; Liv. 41, 22; Suet. Calig. 17; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 227; Ov. M. 2, 424: “rescierunt,” Nep. Paus. 3, 4: “resciit,” id. Dat. 2, 4: “rescituros,” id. Eum. 8, 6: “rescitum iri,” Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 45.
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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    • Caesar, Gallic War, 1.28
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 2.424
    • Plautus, Asinaria, 3.3
    • Plautus, Bacchides, 4.6
    • Plautus, Cistellaria, 1.3
    • Plautus, Amphitruo, 1.2
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    • Plautus, Bacchides, 4.7
    • Plautus, Captivi, 5.1
    • Suetonius, Caligula, 17
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    • Cornelius Nepos, Eumenes, 8.6
    • Cornelius Nepos, Pausanias, 3.4
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 41, 22
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 3.23
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 2.19.4
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 2.19.7
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