English → Latin
“enquire” in Latin
interrogōto ask, question, inquire, interrogate, to seek information from; to put a formal question to (in making a stipulation);quaerōto seek, look for; to ask, question, seek or search for a thing, inquire, query, interrogate; to strive for; endeavor; sexquīrōto seek or seek out, search for or hunt up; to inquire intoutrumwhether
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
enquire
A sk, interrogare, rogare aliquem or (less frequently) de aliquo: anybody about anything, aliquem aliquid (or less commonly de re): sciscitari ex aliquo: quaerere, exquirere, requirere ex or ab aliquo: percunctari de or ex aliquo; whether, utrum; if or whether anything, ecquid or quid (not si quid). [SYN. in ASK.] To enquire in a captious manner, captiose interrogare; to enquire one’s way, rogare viam (†); exquirere iter.
To enquire into a subject, quaerere aliquid or de re; inquirere in aliquid: exquirere aliquid. Vid. EXAMINE, INVESTIGATE.
To enquire judicially, quaerere (e.g., de morte alicujus; de tanta re; also, de servo in dominum, by torture): inquirere (e.g., in competitores, Cic.): cognoscere (absolutely and de re; for which Dig. has super aliqua re).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for enquire?
- The usual Latin words for “enquire” are interrogō, quaerō, exquīrō; also utrum. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.