verb deponent transitive

ex-piscor

2nd PP ex-piscārī · 3rd PP ex-piscātus · conj. 1st

to search out; find out •

v. dep. a. (lit., to fish out; hence, trop.), to search out, find out (perh. only vulg.; syn.: rimor, perscrutor, scrutor, indago, investigo, quaero): proinde expiscare, quasi non nosses, Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 35: nescis me ab illo omnia expiscatum? Cic. Fam. 9, 19, 1: simul atque audivit, a philosopho voluptatem tantopere laudari, nihil expiscatus est, he asked, inquired no further, id. Pis. 28, 69.

Perseus ID: n17051 Key: expiscor