conquiro

Latin

Alternative forms

conquaerō

Etymology

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈkʷiː.roː/, [kɔŋˈkʷiːroː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈkwi.ro/, [koŋˈkwiːro]

Verb

conquīrō (present infinitive conquīrere, perfect active conquīsīvī, supine conquīsītum); third conjugation

to seek for, hunt up, search out eagerly or carefully, go in quest of
Synonyms: inquīrō, quaesō, scrūtor, spectō, circumspiciō, quaerō, requīrō
to collect, bring together
Synonyms: cōgō, contrahō, cōnferō, congerō, coniungō, concieō, cōnserō, convehō, cōnstruō, glomerō, concitō, colligō
to investigate, search out
Synonyms: indāgō, investīgō, scrūtor

Conjugation

Conjugation of conquīrō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	conquīrō	conquīris	conquīrit	conquīrimus	conquīritis	conquīrunt
	imperfect	conquīrēbam	conquīrēbās	conquīrēbat	conquīrēbāmus	conquīrēbātis	conquīrēbant
	future	conquīram	conquīrēs	conquīret	conquīrēmus	conquīrētis	conquīrent
	perfect	conquīsīvī	conquīsīvistī	conquīsīvit	conquīsīvimus	conquīsīvistis	conquīsīvērunt, conquīsīvēre
	pluperfect	conquīsīveram	conquīsīverās	conquīsīverat	conquīsīverāmus	conquīsīverātis	conquīsīverant
	future perfect	conquīsīverō	conquīsīveris	conquīsīverit	conquīsīverimus	conquīsīveritis	conquīsīverint
passive	present	conquīror	conquīreris, conquīrere	conquīritur	conquīrimur	conquīriminī	conquīruntur
	imperfect	conquīrēbar	conquīrēbāris, conquīrēbāre	conquīrēbātur	conquīrēbāmur	conquīrēbāminī	conquīrēbantur
	future	conquīrar	conquīrēris, conquīrēre	conquīrētur	conquīrēmur	conquīrēminī	conquīrentur
	perfect	conquīsītus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	conquīsītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	conquīsītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	conquīram	conquīrās	conquīrat	conquīrāmus	conquīrātis	conquīrant
imperfect	conquīrerem	conquīrerēs	conquīreret	conquīrerēmus	conquīrerētis	conquīrerent
perfect	conquīsīverim	conquīsīverīs	conquīsīverit	conquīsīverīmus	conquīsīverītis	conquīsīverint
pluperfect	conquīsīvissem	conquīsīvissēs	conquīsīvisset	conquīsīvissēmus	conquīsīvissētis	conquīsīvissent
passive	present	conquīrar	conquīrāris, conquīrāre	conquīrātur	conquīrāmur	conquīrāminī	conquīrantur
imperfect	conquīrerer	conquīrerēris, conquīrerēre	conquīrerētur	conquīrerēmur	conquīrerēminī	conquīrerentur
perfect	conquīsītus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	conquīsītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	conquīre	—	—	conquīrite	—
active	future	—	conquīritō	conquīritō	—	conquīritōte	conquīruntō
passive	present	—	conquīrere	—	—	conquīriminī	—
passive	future	—	conquīritor	conquīritor	—	—	conquīruntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		conquīrere	conquīsīvisse	conquīsītūrum esse	conquīrī	conquīsītum esse	conquīsītum īrī
participles		conquīrēns	—	conquīsītūrus	—	conquīsītus	conquīrendus, conquīrundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		conquīrendī	conquīrendō	conquīrendum	conquīrendō	conquīsītum	conquīsītū

Derived terms

Descendants

Catalan: conquerir
Dalmatian: cončaro
Old French: conquerre, cunquere, cunquerre
- French: conquérir
- → Middle English: conqueren, conquer, conquere, conquery, conquire, conqwere
  - English: conquer
  - Middle Scots: conquer, conquere
  - Middle Welsh: cwncwerio, kwncwerio
    - Welsh: concro (remodelled after modern English)
Italian: conquidere
Occitan: conquerir
Old Galician-Portuguese: conquerer
- Galician: conquerir
Romanian: cuceri
Spanish: conquerir

References

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