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v. trans.
Search: P. and V. ἐρευνᾶν.
Plunder: P. and V. πορθεῖν, ἁρπάζειν, ἀ̆ναρπάζειν ; see plunder.
v. trans.
Search: P. and V. ἐρευνᾶν.
Plunder: P. and V. πορθεῖν, ἁρπάζειν, ἀ̆ναρπάζειν ; see plunder.
RANSACK
To plunder Vid:
To search thoroughly perscrutari (Cic.); rimari aliquid (Quint.).
To violate throw into confusion fodiendo disjicere aliquid.
To plunder Vid:
To search thoroughly perscrutari (Cic.); rimari aliquid (Quint.).
To violate throw into confusion fodiendo disjicere aliquid.
ransack:
I. To plunder, pillage:
1. dīrĭpio, ui, reptum, 3 (with open violence): my house was being r.'d and burnt, domus mea diripiebatur et ardebat, Cic. in Sen. 7. 18: v.TO PILLAGE .
2. dēpĕcūlor, 1 (secretly and dishonestly): he r.'d many private houses, very many cities, and all the temples, multas domos, plurimas urbes, omnia fana depeculatus est, id. Verr. Act. 1, 4, 11: v.TO PLUNDER , PILLAGE .
3. vexo, 1 (to use roughly and violently): the temple might seem to have been r.'d by barbarous robbers, aedes a barbaris praedonibus vexata esse videatur, Cic. Verr. 4, 55, init.
II. To search thoroughly:
1. scrūtor, 1: to r. secret places, loca abdita scrutari, Sall. J. 12.
2. so comp. perscrūtor, 1 (strengthened): to r. every hole and corner, loca omnia perscrutari, Liv.: to r. the woman's caskets, arculas muliebres p., Cic. Off. 2, 7, 25.
3. rīmor, 1 (to pry about, rummage): the vulture r.s the entrails for food, vultur viscera r. epulis, Virg. Aen. 6, 599: v.TO PRY .
4. exquīro, sīvi, sītum, 3: to r. everything by sea and land to furnish luxuries for the table, vescundi causa terra marique omnia ex., Sall. J. 13.Join : scrutari et quaerere; perscrutari et exquirere; investigare et perscrutari: Cic.
I. To plunder, pillage:
1. dīrĭpio, ui, reptum, 3 (with open violence): my house was being r.'d and burnt, domus mea diripiebatur et ardebat, Cic. in Sen. 7. 18: v.
2. dēpĕcūlor, 1 (secretly and dishonestly): he r.'d many private houses, very many cities, and all the temples, multas domos, plurimas urbes, omnia fana depeculatus est, id. Verr. Act. 1, 4, 11: v.
3. vexo, 1 (to use roughly and violently): the temple might seem to have been r.'d by barbarous robbers, aedes a barbaris praedonibus vexata esse videatur, Cic. Verr. 4, 55, init.
II. To search thoroughly:
1. scrūtor, 1: to r. secret places, loca abdita scrutari, Sall. J. 12.
2. so comp. perscrūtor, 1 (strengthened): to r. every hole and corner, loca omnia perscrutari, Liv.: to r. the woman's caskets, arculas muliebres p., Cic. Off. 2, 7, 25.
3. rīmor, 1 (to pry about, rummage): the vulture r.s the entrails for food, vultur viscera r. epulis, Virg. Aen. 6, 599: v.
4. exquīro, sīvi, sītum, 3: to r. everything by sea and land to furnish luxuries for the table, vescundi causa terra marique omnia ex., Sall. J. 13.