perquiro

Latin

Etymology

From per- +‎ quaerō.

Pronunciation

Verb

perquīrō (present infinitive perquīrere, perfect active perquīsīvī, supine perquīsītum); third conjugation

  1. to ask, inquire or search diligently
    • c. 200 BCE, Plautus, Stichus 198–204:
      Sed cūriōsī sunt hīc complūrēs malī, aliēnās rēs quī cūrant studiō maximō, quibus ipsīs nūllast rēs, quam prōcūrent, sua: eī quandō quem auctiōnem factūrum sciunt, adeunt, perquīrunt quid sit causae īlicō: aliēnum aes cōgat an parārit praedium, uxōrīn' sit reddenda dōs dīvortiō.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. to examine

Conjugation

   Conjugation of perquīrō (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 perquīsīverīmus perquīsīverītis 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 infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present perquīrere perquīrī perquīrēns —
future perquīsītūrum esse perquīsītum īrī perquīsītūrus perquīrendus,
perquīrundus
perfect perquīsīvisse perquīsītum esse — perquīsītus
future perfect — perquīsītum fore — —
perfect potential perquīsītūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
perquīrendī perquīrendō perquīrendum perquīrendō perquīsītum perquīsītū

Descendants

  • → Catalan: perquirir
  • → English: perquire
  • → Galician: perquirir
  • → Italian: perquirere
  • → 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.
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