exquiro

Latin

Etymology

From ex- +‎ quaerō (“seek”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eksˈkʷiː.roː/, [ɛks̠ˈkʷiːroː]
• (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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		exquīrere			exquīrī			exquīrēns			—
future		exquīsītūrum esse			exquīsītum īrī			exquīsītūrus			exquīrendus, exquīrundus
perfect		exquīsīvisse			exquīsītum esse			—			exquīsītus
future perfect		—			exquīsītum fore			—			—
perfect potential		exquīsītūrum fuisse			—			—			—
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.