acquiro

Latin

Alternative forms

• adquīrō

Etymology

From ad- +‎ quaero (“seek”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /akˈkʷiː.roː/, [äkˈkʷiːroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /akˈkwi.ro/, [äkˈkwiːro]

Verb

acquīrō (present infinitive acquīrere, perfect active acquīsīvī, supine acquīsītum); third conjugation

1. to acquire or obtain

   Synonyms: adipīscor, lucror, cōnsequor, parō, pariō, impetrō, mereō, sūmō, emō, comparō, potior, ūsūrpō, inveniō, apīscor, obtineō, conciliō, nancīscor, colligō, alliciō

   Antonym: āmittō

2. to acquire or amass riches or money

   Synonym: dītō

3. to accrue

Conjugation

   Conjugation of acquīrō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	acquīrō		acquīris		acquīrit		acquīrimus		acquīritis		acquīrunt
	imperfect	acquīrēbam		acquīrēbās		acquīrēbat		acquīrēbāmus		acquīrēbātis		acquīrēbant
	future	acquīram		acquīrēs		acquīret		acquīrēmus		acquīrētis		acquīrent
	perfect	acquīsīvī		acquīsīvistī		acquīsīvit		acquīsīvimus		acquīsīvistis		acquīsīvērunt, acquīsīvēre
	pluperfect	acquīsīveram		acquīsīverās		acquīsīverat		acquīsīverāmus		acquīsīverātis		acquīsīverant
	future perfect	acquīsīverō		acquīsīveris		acquīsīverit		acquīsīverimus		acquīsīveritis		acquīsīverint
passive	present	acquīror		acquīreris, acquīrere		acquīritur		acquīrimur		acquīriminī		acquīruntur
	imperfect	acquīrēbar		acquīrēbāris, acquīrēbāre		acquīrēbātur		acquīrēbāmur		acquīrēbāminī		acquīrēbantur
	future	acquīrar		acquīrēris, acquīrēre		acquīrētur		acquīrēmur		acquīrēminī		acquīrentur
	perfect	acquīsītus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	acquīsītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	acquīsītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	acquīram		acquīrās		acquīrat		acquīrāmus		acquīrātis		acquīrant
	imperfect	acquīrerem		acquīrerēs		acquīreret		acquīrerēmus		acquīrerētis		acquīrerent
	perfect	acquīsīverim		acquīsīverīs		acquīsīverit		acquīsīverīmus		acquīsīverītis		acquīsīverint
	pluperfect	acquīsīvissem		acquīsīvissēs		acquīsīvisset		acquīsīvissēmus		acquīsīvissētis		acquīsīvissent
passive	present	acquīrar		acquīrāris, acquīrāre		acquīrātur		acquīrāmur		acquīrāminī		acquīrantur
	imperfect	acquīrerer		acquīrerēris, acquīrerēre		acquīrerētur		acquīrerēmur		acquīrerēminī		acquīrerentur
	perfect	acquīsītus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	acquīsītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		acquīre		—		—		acquīrite		—
	future	—		acquīritō		acquīritō		—		acquīritōte		acquīruntō
passive	present	—		acquīrere		—		—		acquīriminī		—
	future	—		acquīritor		acquīritor		—		—		acquīruntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		acquīrere			acquīrī			acquīrēns			—
future		acquīsītūrum esse			acquīsītum īrī			acquīsītūrus			acquīrendus, acquīrundus
perfect		acquīsīvisse			acquīsītum esse			—			acquīsītus
future perfect		—			acquīsītum fore			—			—
perfect potential		acquīsītūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		acquīrendī		acquīrendō		acquīrendum		acquīrendō		acquīsītum		acquīsītū

Descendants

• → Asturian: adquirir
• → Catalan: adquirir
• → English: acquire
• → Galician: adquirir
• → Portuguese: adquirir
• → Spanish: adquirir

References

• “acquiro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• acquiro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.