exquiro

Latin

Etymology

From ex- +‎ quaerō (“seek”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ekˈskʷiː.roː/, [ɛkˈs̠kʷiːroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eksˈkwi.ro/, [eksˈkwiːro]

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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		exquīrere	exquīsīvisse	exquīsītūrum esse	exquīrī	exquīsītum esse	exquīsītum īrī
participles		exquīrēns	—	exquīsītūrus	—	exquīsītus	exquīrendus, exquīrundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		exquīrendī	exquīrendō	exquīrendum	exquīrendō	exquīsītum	exquīsītū

Derived terms

• exquīsītus
• exquīsītor

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.