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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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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
     
    A Latin instruction manual for an ATM in the Vatican.

Usage notes

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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

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   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 active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives quaesere quaesīvisse,
quaesiisse
quaesītūrum esse quaesī quaesītum esse quaesītum īrī
participles quaesēns quaesītūrus quaesītus quaesendus,
quaesundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
quaesendī quaesendō quaesendum quaesendō quaesītum quaesītū

References

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  • 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