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sŭb-ausculto , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
I.to listen secretly, to eavesdrop (rare but class.): “subauscultando excipere voces,” Cic. de Or. 2, 36, 153: “opprime os: is est, etiam subauscultemus,” Plaut. As. 3, 2, 40: “tace, subauscultemus, ecquid de me fiat mentio,” id. Mil. 4, 2, 3: “videntur subauscultare quae loquor,” Cic. Att. 10, 18, 1: “viris subauscultantibus pariete interposito,” id. Top. 20, 75.
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 (5):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 10.18.1
    • Plautus, Miles Gloriosus, 4.2
    • Plautus, Asinaria, 3.2
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 2.36
    • Cicero, Topica, 20.75
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