perquiro
Latin
Etymology
From per- + quaero.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /perˈkʷiː.roː/, [pɛrˈkᶣiː.roː]
Verb
perquīrō (present infinitive perquīrere, perfect active perquīsīvī, supine perquīsītum); third conjugation
- I ask, inquire or search diligently
- I examine
Inflection
| Conjugation of perquiro (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 | perquīsīverimus | perquīsīveritis | 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 | perquīsītūrus esse | perquīrī | perquīsītus esse | perquīsītum īrī | |
| participles | perquīrēns | — | perquīsītūrus | — | perquīsītus | perquīrendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| perquīrere | perquīrendī | perquīrendō | perquīrendum | perquīsītum | perquīsītū | ||
Descendants
- English: perquire
- 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