exquiro
Latin
Etymology
From ex- + quaerō (“seek”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ekˈskʷiː.roː/, [ɛkˈskᶣiː.roː]
Verb
exquīrō (present infinitive exquīrere, perfect active exquīsīvī, supine exquīsītum); third conjugation
- I seek out, search for or hunt up.
- I inquire into.
Inflection
| Conjugation of exquiro (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 | exquīsīverimus | exquīsīveritis | 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 | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | exquīrere | exquīsīvisse | exquīsītūrus esse | exquīrī | exquīsītus esse | exquīsītum īrī | |
| participles | exquīrēns | — | exquīsītūrus | — | exquīsītus | exquīrendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| exquīrere | exquīrendī | exquīrendō | exquīrendum | exquīsītum | exquīsītū | ||
Derived terms
- exquīsītus
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