English → Latin
“search” in Latin
indāgātiōtracking; investigationinvestīgātiōinquiry, investigation; research, searchquaerōto 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 intoperquīrōto ask, inquire or search diligently; to examinescrūtorto search carefully, search into or out, examine thoroughly, explore a thing, investigate; to seek forperscrūtorto search (high and low); to examine or investigate (thoroughly)scīscitorto ask, inquire, question, examine, consult, interrogateexplōrōto investigate, search out, seek, discover, examine, explore; to spy out, reconnoitre; to test, try, put to the proofexpiscorto fish or angle (for information); to find out
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
search s.
indagatio: investigatio: Often by the verbs
search v.
quaerere (by asking): exquirere: perquirere (to inquire or examine strictly): scrutari: perscrutari (to see out or investigate thoroughly): percunctari (to inquire after anything; especially with reference to public news, etc.): sciscitari (to desire to know, endeavor to learn; de aliqua re): sciscitando elicere (to elicit by inquiry): percunctando atque interrogando elicere (by various inquiries): explorare (to spy out): expiscari (= to fish out): odorari (= to smell out): indagare: investigare (= to track out); also, for emphasis, (The words are found in this connection and order.) investigare et scrutari: indagare et pervestigare: indagare et odorari: percunctari et interrogare: tentare (e.g., vulnus, to search a wound): penetrare (to penetrate, enter deeply into): se insinuare (to find its way into). To search anybody, excutere aliquem (to see if he has anything contraband about his person). To search anybody’s house; Vid: HOUSE
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for search?
- The usual Latin words for “search” are indāgātiō, investīgātiō, quaerō; also exquīrō, perquīrō, scrūtor. 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.