quaeso

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Related to quaerō. Perhaps for *quaessō, desiderative formation with Proto-Indo-European *-(h₁)seti (as in vīsō).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

quaesō (present infinitive quaesere, perfect active quaesīvī or quaesiī, supine quaesītum); third conjugation

  1. to beg or ask (for)
    Synonyms: exposcō, flagitō, efflagitō, exigō, rogō, ērogō, exorō, precor, petō, expetō, prehensō
  2. to seek
    Synonyms: inquīrō, conquīrō, spectō, scrūtor, circumspiciō, quaerō, requīrō
  3. (in first-person) please
    Potesne mihi succurrere, quaesō? ― Can you help me please?

Usage notes

The verb was used normally by pre-Classical authors. Classically, however, it was used mainly in the first person singular present, quaesō. Other attested forms listed in the Oxford Latin Dictionary are:

  • quaesit, third person singular present active indicative
  • quaesumus, first person plural present active indicative (common in Ecclesiastical Latin)
  • quaesitur, third person singular present passive
  • quaesere, present active infinitive
  • quaesentibus, dative or ablative plural of *quaesens, present active participle
  • quaesendum, inflected form of *quaesendus, future passive participle (gerundive)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of quaesō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present quaesō quaesis quaesit quaesimus quaesitis quaesunt
imperfect quaesēbam quaesēbās quaesēbat quaesēbāmus quaesēbātis quaesēbant
future quaesam quaesēs quaeset quaesēmus quaesētis quaesent
perfect quaesīvī,
quaesiī 		quaesīvistī,
quaesiistī 		quaesīvit,
quaesiit 		quaesīvimus,
quaesiimus 		quaesīvistis,
quaesiistis 		quaesīvērunt,
quaesīvēre,
quaesiērunt,
quaesiēre
pluperfect quaesīveram,
quaesieram 		quaesīverās,
quaesierās 		quaesīverat,
quaesierat 		quaesīverāmus,
quaesierāmus 		quaesīverātis,
quaesierātis 		quaesīverant,
quaesierant
future perfect quaesīverō,
quaesierō 		quaesīveris,
quaesieris 		quaesīverit,
quaesierit 		quaesīverimus,
quaesierimus 		quaesīveritis,
quaesieritis 		quaesīverint,
quaesierint
passive present quaesor quaeseris,
quaesere 		quaesitur quaesimur quaesiminī quaesuntur
imperfect quaesēbar quaesēbāris,
quaesēbāre 		quaesēbātur quaesēbāmur quaesēbāminī quaesēbantur
future quaesar quaesēris,
quaesēre 		quaesētur quaesēmur quaesēminī quaesentur
perfect quaesītus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect quaesītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect quaesītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present quaesam quaesās quaesat quaesāmus quaesātis quaesant
imperfect quaeserem quaeserēs quaeseret quaeserēmus quaeserētis quaeserent
perfect quaesīverim,
quaesierim 		quaesīverīs,
quaesierīs 		quaesīverit,
quaesierit 		quaesīverīmus,
quaesierīmus 		quaesīverītis,
quaesierītis 		quaesīverint,
quaesierint
pluperfect quaesīvissem,
quaesiissem 		quaesīvissēs,
quaesiissēs 		quaesīvisset,
quaesiisset 		quaesīvissēmus,
quaesiissēmus 		quaesīvissētis,
quaesiissētis 		quaesīvissent,
quaesiissent
passive present quaesar quaesāris,
quaesāre 		quaesātur quaesāmur quaesāminī quaesantur
imperfect quaeserer quaeserēris,
quaeserēre 		quaeserētur quaeserēmur quaeserēminī quaeserentur
perfect quaesītus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect quaesītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — quaese — — quaesite —
future — quaesitō quaesitō — quaesitōte quaesuntō
passive present — quaesere — — quaesiminī —
future — quaesitor quaesitor — — quaesuntor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present quaesere quaesī quaesēns —
future quaesītūrum esse quaesītum īrī quaesītūrus quaesendus,
quaesundus
perfect quaesīvisse,
quaesiisse 		quaesītum esse — quaesītus
future perfect — quaesītum fore — —
perfect potential quaesītūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
quaesendī quaesendō quaesendum quaesendō quaesītum quaesītū

References

  • “quaeso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “quaeso”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • quaeso in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, § 457.B
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