quaesitus
Latin
Etymology 1
Perfect passive participle of quaerō.
Participle
quaesītus (feminine quaesīta, neuter quaesītum); first/second-declension participle
- sought for, having been sought for
- asked, having been asked, questioned, having been questioned
- striven for, having been striven for
- missed, having been missed, lacked, having been lacked
- desired, having been desired
- special, having been special
- far-fetched, having been far-fetched
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | quaesītus | quaesīta | quaesītum | quaesītī | quaesītae | quaesīta | |
| genitive | quaesītī | quaesītae | quaesītī | quaesītōrum | quaesītārum | quaesītōrum | |
| dative | quaesītō | quaesītae | quaesītō | quaesītīs | |||
| accusative | quaesītum | quaesītam | quaesītum | quaesītōs | quaesītās | quaesīta | |
| ablative | quaesītō | quaesītā | quaesītō | quaesītīs | |||
| vocative | quaesīte | quaesīta | quaesītum | quaesītī | quaesītae | quaesīta | |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Italian: chiesto
- Old French: quis, queste
- Portuguese: quisto
- Spanish: quisto
- Aragonese: quiesto
Etymology 2
From quaerō + -tus (forming action nouns). Doublet of quaestus.
Noun
quaesītus m (genitive quaesītūs); fourth declension
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | quaesītus | quaesītūs |
| genitive | quaesītūs | quaesītuum |
| dative | quaesītuī | quaesītibus |
| accusative | quaesītum | quaesītūs |
| ablative | quaesītū | quaesītibus |
| vocative | quaesītus | quaesītūs |
Descendants
References
- “quaesitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “quaesitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “quaesitus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.