verb
compĕrĭor
Meaning
- to ascertain
compĕrĭor (conp-), īri, pertus sum, 4, v. dep., collat. form of comperio, q. v.,
I. to ascertain, learn, obtain certain knowledge that, etc. (rare); constr. mostly with acc. and inf.:
dum ne ab hoc me falli comperiar, Ter. And. 5, 3, 31; Sall. J. 45, 1; 108, 3; Tac. A. 4, 20; Gell. 3, 3, 1: quid comperior? App. M. 2, p. 124, 11; perf., Tert. adv. Herm. 28.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
comperior (conp-) pertus sum, īrī, dep.
for comperio, to ascertain, learn, find out: ab hoc me falli, T.: Metellum sapientem virum fuisse, S.