verb transitive

per-vestīgo

2nd PP per-vestīgāre · 3rd PP per-vestīgāvi · 4th PP per-vestīgātum · conj. 1st

to trace out; search out

to trace out, search out.

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Lit., of hounds; hence of spies: canes venaticos diceres, ita omnia odorabantur et pervestigabant, ut, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 13, § 31.—

to seek out; examine; investigate figuratively •

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.

Perseus ID: n35715 Key: pervestigo