inquiro
Latin
Etymology
From in- (“in, at, on; into”) + quaerō (“seek, look for”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /inˈkʷiː.roː/, [ɪŋˈkᶣiː.roː]
Verb
inquīrō (present infinitive inquīrere, perfect active inquīsīvī, supine inquīsītum); third conjugation
- I seek after, search for, inquire into something; investigate; pry, examine.
- (law) I search for grounds of accusation against someone.
Inflection
| Conjugation of inquiro (third conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | inquīrō | inquīris | inquīrit | inquīrimus | inquīritis | inquīrunt |
| imperfect | inquīrēbam | inquīrēbās | inquīrēbat | inquīrēbāmus | inquīrēbātis | inquīrēbant | |
| future | inquīram | inquīrēs | inquīret | inquīrēmus | inquīrētis | inquīrent | |
| perfect | inquīsīvī | inquīsīvistī | inquīsīvit | inquīsīvimus | inquīsīvistis | inquīsīvērunt, inquīsīvēre | |
| pluperfect | inquīsīveram | inquīsīverās | inquīsīverat | inquīsīverāmus | inquīsīverātis | inquīsīverant | |
| future perfect | inquīsīverō | inquīsīveris | inquīsīverit | inquīsīverimus | inquīsīveritis | inquīsīverint | |
| passive | present | inquīror | inquīreris, inquīrere | inquīritur | inquīrimur | inquīriminī | inquīruntur |
| imperfect | inquīrēbar | inquīrēbāris, inquīrēbāre | inquīrēbātur | inquīrēbāmur | inquīrēbāminī | inquīrēbantur | |
| future | inquīrar | inquīrēris, inquīrēre | inquīrētur | inquīrēmur | inquīrēminī | inquīrentur | |
| perfect | inquīsītus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | inquīsītus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | inquīsītus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | inquīram | inquīrās | inquīrat | inquīrāmus | inquīrātis | inquīrant |
| imperfect | inquīrerem | inquīrerēs | inquīreret | inquīrerēmus | inquīrerētis | inquīrerent | |
| perfect | inquīsīverim | inquīsīverīs | inquīsīverit | inquīsīverimus | inquīsīveritis | inquīsīverint | |
| pluperfect | inquīsīvissem | inquīsīvissēs | inquīsīvisset | inquīsīvissēmus | inquīsīvissētis | inquīsīvissent | |
| passive | present | inquīrar | inquīrāris, inquīrāre | inquīrātur | inquīrāmur | inquīrāminī | inquīrantur |
| imperfect | inquīrerer | inquīrerēris, inquīrerēre | inquīrerētur | inquīrerēmur | inquīrerēminī | inquīrerentur | |
| perfect | inquīsītus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | inquīsītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | inquīre | — | — | inquīrite | — |
| future | — | inquīritō | inquīritō | — | inquīritōte | inquīruntō | |
| passive | present | — | inquīrere | — | — | inquīriminī | — |
| future | — | inquīritor | inquīritor | — | — | inquīruntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | inquīrere | inquīsīvisse | inquīsītūrus esse | inquīrī | inquīsītus esse | inquīsītum īrī | |
| participles | inquīrēns | — | inquīsītūrus | — | inquīsītus | inquīrendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| inquīrere | inquīrendī | inquīrendō | inquīrendum | inquīsītum | inquīsītū | ||
Derived terms
Derived terms
- adinquīrō
- inquīsītiō
- inquīsītor
- inquīsītus
Related terms
- acquīrō
- conquīrō
- disquīrō
- exquīrō
- perquīrō
- quaerō
- requīrō
Descendants
- English: inquire, enquire
- French: enquérir
- Italian: inchiedere
- Portuguese: inquirir
- Spanish: inquirir
References
- inquiro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- inquiro in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- inquiro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Portuguese
Verb
inquiro
- first-person singular present indicative of inquirir