quaeso
Latin
Etymology
Related to quaerō. Perhaps for *quaessō, desiderative formation with Proto-Indo-European *-(h₁)seti (as in vīsō).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkʷae̯.soː/
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Verb
quaesō (present infinitive quaesere, perfect active quaesīvī or quaesiī); third conjugation, no supine stem
- I beg or ask (for)
- I seek
- (in first-person) please
Conjugation
Conjugation of quaesō (third conjugation, no supine stem) | |||||||
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indicative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | quaesō | quaesis | quaesit | quaesimus | quaesitis | quaesunt |
imperfect | quaesēbam | quaesēbās | quaesēbat | quaesēbāmus | quaesēbātis | quaesēbant | |
future | quaesam | quaesēs | quaeset | quaesēmus | quaesētis | quaesent | |
perfect | quaesīvī, quaesiī | quaesīvistī, quaesiistī | quaesīvit, quaesiit | quaesīvimus, quaesiimus | quaesīvistis, quaesiistis | quaesīvērunt, quaesīvēre, quaesiērunt, quaesiēre | |
pluperfect | quaesīveram, quaesieram | quaesīverās, quaesierās | quaesīverat, quaesierat | quaesīverāmus, quaesierāmus | quaesīverātis, quaesierātis | quaesīverant, quaesierant | |
future perfect | quaesīverō, quaesierō | quaesīveris, quaesieris | quaesīverit, quaesierit | quaesīverimus, quaesierimus | quaesīveritis, quaesieritis | quaesīverint, quaesierint | |
passive | present | quaesor | quaeseris, quaesere | quaesitur | quaesimur | quaesiminī | quaesuntur |
imperfect | quaesēbar | quaesēbāris, quaesēbāre | quaesēbātur | quaesēbāmur | quaesēbāminī | quaesēbantur | |
future | quaesar | quaesēris, quaesēre | quaesētur | quaesēmur | quaesēminī | quaesentur | |
subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | quaesam | quaesās | quaesat | quaesāmus | quaesātis | quaesant |
imperfect | quaeserem | quaeserēs | quaeseret | quaeserēmus | quaeserētis | quaeserent | |
perfect | quaesīverim, quaesierim | quaesīverīs, quaesierīs | quaesīverit, quaesierit | quaesīverīmus, quaesierīmus | quaesīverītis, quaesierītis | quaesīverint, quaesierint | |
pluperfect | quaesīvissem, quaesiissem | quaesīvissēs, quaesiissēs | quaesīvisset, quaesiisset | quaesīvissēmus, quaesiissēmus | quaesīvissētis, quaesiissētis | quaesīvissent, quaesiissent | |
passive | present | quaesar | quaesāris, quaesāre | quaesātur | quaesāmur | quaesāminī | quaesantur |
imperfect | quaeserer | quaeserēris, quaeserēre | quaeserētur | quaeserēmur | quaeserēminī | quaeserentur | |
imperative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | — | quaese | — | — | quaesite | — |
future | — | quaesitō | quaesitō | — | quaesitōte | quaesuntō | |
passive | present | — | quaesere | — | — | quaesiminī | — |
future | — | quaesitor | quaesitor | — | — | quaesuntor | |
non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
infinitives | quaesere | quaesīvisse, quaesiisse | — | quaesī | — | — | |
participles | quaesēns | — | — | — | — | quaesendus, quaesundus | |
verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
quaesendī | quaesendō | quaesendum | quaesendō | — | — |
Synonyms
- amabo
Usage notes
The verb was used normally by pre-Classical authors. Classically, however, it was used mainly in the first person singular present, quaesō. Other attested forms listed in the Oxford Latin Dictionary are:
- quaesit, third person singular present active indicative
- quaesumus, first person plural present active indicative (common in Ecclesiastical Latin)
- quaesitur, third person singular present passive
- quaesere, present active infinitive
- quaesentibus, dative or ablative plural of *quaesens, present active participle
- quaesendum, inflected form of *quaesendus, future passive participle (gerundive)
References
- quaeso in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- quaeso in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- quaeso in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, § 457.B