exquiro

Latin

Etymology

From ex- +‎ quaerō (“seek”).

Pronunciation

Verb

exquīrō (present infinitive exquīrere, perfect active exquīsīvī, supine exquīsītum); third conjugation

  1. to seek or seek out, search for or hunt up
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.56-57:
      Prīncipiō dēlūbra adeunt, pācemque per ārās / exquīrunt [...].
      [Dido and Anna] first visit the shrines, and through the [sacrificial] altar [rites] they seek divine grace.
      (In context, the women seek grace, search for favorable signs, and inquire into the will of the gods.)
  2. to inquire into

Conjugation

   Conjugation of exquīrō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present exquīrō exquīris exquīrit exquīrimus exquīritis exquīrunt
imperfect exquīrēbam exquīrēbās exquīrēbat exquīrēbāmus exquīrēbātis exquīrēbant
future exquīram exquīrēs exquīret exquīrēmus exquīrētis exquīrent
perfect exquīsīvī exquīsīvistī exquīsīvit exquīsīvimus exquīsīvistis exquīsīvērunt,
exquīsīvēre
pluperfect exquīsīveram exquīsīverās exquīsīverat exquīsīverāmus exquīsīverātis exquīsīverant
future perfect exquīsīverō exquīsīveris exquīsīverit exquīsīverimus exquīsīveritis exquīsīverint
passive present exquīror exquīreris,
exquīrere 		exquīritur exquīrimur exquīriminī exquīruntur
imperfect exquīrēbar exquīrēbāris,
exquīrēbāre 		exquīrēbātur exquīrēbāmur exquīrēbāminī exquīrēbantur
future exquīrar exquīrēris,
exquīrēre 		exquīrētur exquīrēmur exquīrēminī exquīrentur
perfect exquīsītus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect exquīsītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect exquīsītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present exquīram exquīrās exquīrat exquīrāmus exquīrātis exquīrant
imperfect exquīrerem exquīrerēs exquīreret exquīrerēmus exquīrerētis exquīrerent
perfect exquīsīverim exquīsīverīs exquīsīverit exquīsīverīmus exquīsīverītis exquīsīverint
pluperfect exquīsīvissem exquīsīvissēs exquīsīvisset exquīsīvissēmus exquīsīvissētis exquīsīvissent
passive present exquīrar exquīrāris,
exquīrāre 		exquīrātur exquīrāmur exquīrāminī exquīrantur
imperfect exquīrerer exquīrerēris,
exquīrerēre 		exquīrerētur exquīrerēmur exquīrerēminī exquīrerentur
perfect exquīsītus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect exquīsītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — exquīre — — exquīrite —
future — exquīritō exquīritō — exquīritōte exquīruntō
passive present — exquīrere — — exquīriminī —
future — exquīritor exquīritor — — exquīruntor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present exquīrere exquīrī exquīrēns —
future exquīsītūrum esse exquīsītum īrī exquīsītūrus exquīrendus,
exquīrundus
perfect exquīsīvisse exquīsītum esse — exquīsītus
future perfect — exquīsītum fore — —
perfect potential exquīsītūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
exquīrendī exquīrendō exquīrendum exquīrendō exquīsītum exquīsītū

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: exquire

References

  • “exquiro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “exquiro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • exquiro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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