perquiro

Latin

Etymology

From per- +‎ quaerō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /perˈkʷiː.roː/, [pɛrˈkʷiːroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /perˈkwi.ro/, [perˈkwiːro]

Verb

perquīrō (present infinitive perquīrere, perfect active perquīsīvī, supine perquīsītum); third conjugation

1. to ask, inquire or search diligently
2. to examine

Conjugation

Conjugation of perquīrō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	perquīrō	perquīris	perquīrit	perquīrimus	perquīritis	perquīrunt
	imperfect	perquīrēbam	perquīrēbās	perquīrēbat	perquīrēbāmus	perquīrēbātis	perquīrēbant
	future	perquīram	perquīrēs	perquīret	perquīrēmus	perquīrētis	perquīrent
	perfect	perquīsīvī	perquīsīvistī	perquīsīvit	perquīsīvimus	perquīsīvistis	perquīsīvērunt, perquīsīvēre
	pluperfect	perquīsīveram	perquīsīverās	perquīsīverat	perquīsīverāmus	perquīsīverātis	perquīsīverant
	future perfect	perquīsīverō	perquīsīveris	perquīsīverit	perquīsīverimus	perquīsīveritis	perquīsīverint
passive	present	perquīror	perquīreris, perquīrere	perquīritur	perquīrimur	perquīriminī	perquīruntur
	imperfect	perquīrēbar	perquīrēbāris, perquīrēbāre	perquīrēbātur	perquīrēbāmur	perquīrēbāminī	perquīrēbantur
	future	perquīrar	perquīrēris, perquīrēre	perquīrētur	perquīrēmur	perquīrēminī	perquīrentur
	perfect	perquīsītus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	perquīsītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	perquīsītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	perquīram	perquīrās	perquīrat	perquīrāmus	perquīrātis	perquīrant
	imperfect	perquīrerem	perquīrerēs	perquīreret	perquīrerēmus	perquīrerētis	perquīrerent
	perfect	perquīsīverim	perquīsīverīs	perquīsīverit	perquīsīverīmus	perquīsīverītis	perquīsīverint
	pluperfect	perquīsīvissem	perquīsīvissēs	perquīsīvisset	perquīsīvissēmus	perquīsīvissētis	perquīsīvissent
passive	present	perquīrar	perquīrāris, perquīrāre	perquīrātur	perquīrāmur	perquīrāminī	perquīrantur
	imperfect	perquīrerer	perquīrerēris, perquīrerēre	perquīrerētur	perquīrerēmur	perquīrerēminī	perquīrerentur
	perfect	perquīsītus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	perquīsītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	perquīre	—	—	perquīrite	—
	future	—	perquīritō	perquīritō	—	perquīritōte	perquīruntō
passive	present	—	perquīrere	—	—	perquīriminī	—
	future	—	perquīritor	perquīritor	—	—	perquīruntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		perquīrere	perquīsīvisse	perquīsītūrum esse	perquīrī	perquīsītum esse	perquīsītum īrī
participles		perquīrēns	—	perquīsītūrus	—	perquīsītus	perquīrendus, perquīrundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		perquīrendī	perquīrendō	perquīrendum	perquīrendō	perquīsītum	perquīsītū

Descendants

• Catalan: perquirir
• English: perquire
• Galician: perquirir
• Portuguese: perquirir
• Spanish: perquirir

References

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