quaerens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of quaerō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkʷae̯.rens/, [ˈkʷäe̯rẽːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkwe.rens/, [ˈkwɛːrens]

Participle

quaerēns (genitive quaerentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. seeking, looking for
2. asking, questioning, inquiring
3. striving for; endeavoring
4. missing, lacking
5. desiring

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	quaerēns			quaerentēs	quaerentia
genitive	quaerentis			quaerentium
dative	quaerentī			quaerentibus
accusative	quaerentem	quaerēns		quaerentēs quaerentīs	quaerentia
ablative	quaerente quaerentī1			quaerentibus
vocative	quaerēns			quaerentēs	quaerentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Noun

quaerēns m (genitive quaerentis); third declension

• (Medieval Latin)

1. (law) a plaintiff or complainant

   nec alicui quaerentī respondēre possit

   no plaintiff whatsoever may be able to answer

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	quaerēns	quaerentēs
genitive	quaerentis	quaerentium
dative	quaerentī	quaerentibus
accusative	quaerentem	quaerentēs quaerentīs
ablative	quaerente	quaerentibus
vocative	quaerēns	quaerentēs

Descendants

• Old French: querant
  • → English: querent

References

• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “quaerens”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 877/1