acquiro
Latin
Alternative forms
- adquīrō
Etymology
From ad- + quaero (“seek”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /akˈkʷiː.roː/, [akˈkᶣiː.roː]
Verb
acquīrō (present infinitive acquīrere, perfect active acquīsīvī, supine acquīsītum); third conjugation
- I acquire or obtain
- I accrue
Inflection
| Conjugation of acquiro (third conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | acquīrō | acquīris | acquīrit | acquīrimus | acquīritis | acquīrunt |
| imperfect | acquīrēbam | acquīrēbās | acquīrēbat | acquīrēbāmus | acquīrēbātis | acquīrēbant | |
| future | acquīram | acquīrēs | acquīret | acquīrēmus | acquīrētis | acquīrent | |
| perfect | acquīsīvī | acquīsīvistī | acquīsīvit | acquīsīvimus | acquīsīvistis | acquīsīvērunt, acquīsīvēre | |
| pluperfect | acquīsīveram | acquīsīverās | acquīsīverat | acquīsīverāmus | acquīsīverātis | acquīsīverant | |
| future perfect | acquīsīverō | acquīsīveris | acquīsīverit | acquīsīverimus | acquīsīveritis | acquīsīverint | |
| passive | present | acquīror | acquīreris, acquīrere | acquīritur | acquīrimur | acquīriminī | acquīruntur |
| imperfect | acquīrēbar | acquīrēbāris, acquīrēbāre | acquīrēbātur | acquīrēbāmur | acquīrēbāminī | acquīrēbantur | |
| future | acquīrar | acquīrēris, acquīrēre | acquīrētur | acquīrēmur | acquīrēminī | acquīrentur | |
| perfect | acquīsītus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | acquīsītus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | acquīsītus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | acquīram | acquīrās | acquīrat | acquīrāmus | acquīrātis | acquīrant |
| imperfect | acquīrerem | acquīrerēs | acquīreret | acquīrerēmus | acquīrerētis | acquīrerent | |
| perfect | acquīsīverim | acquīsīverīs | acquīsīverit | acquīsīverimus | acquīsīveritis | acquīsīverint | |
| pluperfect | acquīsīvissem | acquīsīvissēs | acquīsīvisset | acquīsīvissēmus | acquīsīvissētis | acquīsīvissent | |
| passive | present | acquīrar | acquīrāris, acquīrāre | acquīrātur | acquīrāmur | acquīrāminī | acquīrantur |
| imperfect | acquīrerer | acquīrerēris, acquīrerēre | acquīrerētur | acquīrerēmur | acquīrerēminī | acquīrerentur | |
| perfect | acquīsītus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | acquīsītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | acquīre | — | — | acquīrite | — |
| future | — | acquīritō | acquīritō | — | acquīritōte | acquīruntō | |
| passive | present | — | acquīrere | — | — | acquīriminī | — |
| future | — | acquīritor | acquīritor | — | — | acquīruntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | acquīrere | acquīsīvisse | acquīsītūrus esse | acquīrī | acquīsītus esse | acquīsītum īrī | |
| participles | acquīrēns | — | acquīsītūrus | — | acquīsītus | acquīrendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| acquīrere | acquīrendī | acquīrendō | acquīrendum | acquīsītum | acquīsītū | ||
Descendants
- Asturian: adquirir
- Catalan: adquirir
- English: acquire
- French: acquérir
- Italian: acquisire
- Portuguese: adquirir
- Spanish: adquirir
References
- acquiro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- acquiro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette