[309] Exacta, probably the result of his inquiries; ‘exigere’ being ‘to inquire.’ Ov. A. A. 2. 129, “illic quoque pulchra Calypso Exigit Odrysii fata cruenta ducis.” It may however mean no more than τὰ πεπραγμένα, as in “his demum exactis” 6. 637. Weidner makes it mean “accurate,” comparing 9. 193 “mittique viros, qui certa reportent” with Sil. 1. 684, “mittique viros, qui exacta reportent.” Ulysses reconnoitres alone Od. 10. 144 foll.
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