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verbthird conjugation

exquīrō

exquīrō (present infinitive exquīrere, perfect active exquīsīvī, supine exquīsītum)
Classical[ɛkˈskʷiː.roː]Ecclesiastical[ekˈskʷiː.ro]

Meaning

  1. to seek or seek out, search for or hunt up
    Prīncipiō dēlūbra adeunt, pācemque per ārās / exquīrunt [...].[Dido and Anna] first visit the shrines, and through the [sacrificial] altar [rites] they seek divine grace. (In context, the women seek grace, search for favorable signs, and inquire into the will of the gods.)29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.56-57
  2. to inquire into

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

dīligenter quaerō
exquīrō -ere — in Aeneis, ch. 7

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.exquīrōexquīrēbamexquīramexquīsīvīexquīsīveramexquīsīverō
2nd sg.exquīrisexquīrēbāsexquīrēsexquīsīvistī
exquīsīstī		exquīsīverāsexquīsīveris
exquīsīeris
3rd sg.exquīritexquīrēbatexquīretexquīsīvitexquīsīverat
exquīsīerat		exquīsīverit
exquīsīerit
1st pl.exquīrimusexquīrēbāmusexquīrēmusexquīsīvimusexquīsīverāmusexquīsīverimus
2nd pl.exquīritisexquīrēbātisexquīrētisexquīsīvistisexquīsīverātisexquīsīveritis
3rd pl.exquīruntexquīrēbantexquīrentexquīsīvērunt
exquīsīvēre, exquīsīērunt		exquīsīverantexquīsīverint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.exquīramexquīreremexquīsīverimexquīsīvissem
2nd sg.exquīrāsexquīrerēsexquīsīverīs
exquīsīerīs		exquīsīvissēs
exquīsīssēs
3rd sg.exquīratexquīreretexquīsīverit
exquīsīerit		exquīsīvisset
1st pl.exquīrāmusexquīrerēmusexquīsīverīmusexquīsīvissēmus
2nd pl.exquīrātisexquīrerētisexquīsīverītisexquīsīvissētis
3rd pl.exquīrantexquīrerentexquīsīverintexquīsīvissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.exquīrorexquīrēbarexquīrar
2nd sg.exquīreris
exquīrere		exquīrēbāris
exquīrēbāre		exquīrēris
exquīrēre
3rd sg.exquīriturexquīrēbāturexquīrētur
1st pl.exquīrimurexquīrēbāmurexquīrēmur
2nd pl.exquīriminīexquīrēbāminīexquīrēminī
3rd pl.exquīrunturexquīrēbanturexquīrentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.exquīrarexquīrerer
2nd sg.exquīrāris
exquīrāre		exquīrerēris
exquīrerēre
3rd sg.exquīrāturexquīrerētur
1st pl.exquīrāmurexquīrerēmur
2nd pl.exquīrāminīexquīrerēminī
3rd pl.exquīranturexquīrerentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.exquīreexquīrere
pres. 2nd pl.exquīriteexquīriminī
fut. 2nd sg.exquīritōexquīritor
fut. 3rd sg.exquīritōexquīritor
fut. 2nd pl.exquīritōte—
fut. 3rd pl.exquīruntōexquīruntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveexquīrereexquīrī
perfect infinitiveexquīsīvisseexquīsītum esse
future infinitiveexquīsītūrum esseexquīsītum īrī
present participleexquīrēns—
perfect participle—exquīsītus
exquīsīta, exquīsītā, exquīsītae, exquīsītam, exquīsītārum, exquīsītās, exquīsīte, exquīsītī, exquīsītīs, exquīsītō, exquīsītōrum, exquīsītōs
future participleexquīsītūrus
exquīsītūra, exquīsītūrā, exquīsītūrae, exquīsītūram, exquīsītūrārum, exquīsītūrās, exquīsītūre, exquīsītūrī, exquīsītūrīs, exquīsītūrō, exquīsītūrōrum, exquīsītūrōs, exquīsītūrum		exquīrendus
exquīrundus, exquīrenda, exquīrendā, exquīrendae, exquīrendam, exquīrendārum, exquīrendās, exquīrende, exquīrendīs, exquīrendōrum, exquīrendōs
gerundexquīrendī, exquīrendō, exquīrendumsupineexquīsītum, exquīsītū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

doctrina exquisita, subtilis, elegans
sound knowledge; scholarship.
diligentem esse in exquirendis temporibus
to be exact in calculating dates.
iudicium subtile, elegans, exquisitum, intellegens
good taste; delicate perception.
sententiae reconditae ex exquisitae (Brut. 97. 274)
profound sentiments.

ex-quīro (in Plautus also exquaero, Bacch. 4, 4, 70 al.), sīvi, sītum, 3, v. a.,
I. to search out diligently, to seek for; to make inquiry, to inquire, to ask (syn.: requiro, inquiro, investigo, perscrutor; freq. and class.): cum ex te causas divinationis exquirerem, Cic. Div. 2, 20, 46: a te nihildum certi exquiro, id. Att. 7, 12, 4; cf.: sed haec non nimis exquiro a Graecis, to ask of, expect from, id. ib. 7, 18, 3: ancillas dedo, quolibet cruciatu exquire, Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 7: exquisiturum se vel fidiculis de Caesonia sua, cur, etc., that he would search out even by the rack, Suet. Calig. 33: idem ego dicam, si me exquiret miles, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 91: secum et cum aliis, quid in eo peccatum sit, exquirunt, Cic. Off. 1, 41, 147: omissis auctoritatibus ipsa re ac ratione exquirere veritatem, id. de Imp. Pomp. 17, 51: sententias, Caes. B. G. 3, 3, 1: locum, Verg. G. 2, 266: sceleratum frigus, to find out, id. ib. 2, 256: verum, to search into, investigate, Cic. Div. 2, 12, 28; id. Off. 1, 36, 132: facta alicujus ad antiquae religionis rationem, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 5, § 10; cf.: verba exquisita ad sonum, id. Or. 49, 163: rationes agitare et exquirere, id. Tusc. 5, 23, 66: itinere exquisito per Divitiacum, having ascertained the route, Caes. B. G. 1, 41, 4 et saep.: exquire de Blesamio, numquid ad regem contra dignitatem tuam scripserit, inquire respecting Blesamius, Cic. Deiot. 15, 42; cf.: de Varrone tam diligenter, id. Att. 13, 22, 1: eis senatus arbitratur singularis exquirendos honores, to devise, invent, id. Phil. 4, 2, 5.—Pass. impers.: istuc mihi exquisitum est, fuisse hunc, etc., I am accurately informed, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 105: mi istuc primum exquisito est opus, I must first inquire respecting this, id. Am. 2, 2, 159; cf. id. ib. 2, 1, 81; A. and S. Gr. § 243, R. 1: consilia exquirentes, Cic. Fat. 1.—Hence, ex-quīsītus, a, um, P. a., carefully sought out, ripely considered, choice, excellent, exquisite: ipsi omnia, quorum negotium est, consulta ad nos et exquisita deferunt, Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 250: reconditae exquisitaeque sententiae, id. Brut. 79, 274: exquisitum judicium litterarum, id. Off. 1, 37, 133: exquisitis rationibus confirmare, id. Fin. 1, 9, 30: summis ingeniis exquisitaque doctrina philosophi, id. ib. 1, 1, 1: ars, id. de Or. 2, 41, 175: supplicia, id. Off. 3, 27, 100: magistri, id. Brut. 27, 104: munditia non odiosa neque exquisita nimis, too exquisite, id. Off. 1, 36, 130: nihil elegans, nihil exquisitum, id. Pis. 27, 67: epulae, Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 119. —Comp.: accuratius et exquisitius dicendi genus, id. Brut. 82, 283: verba, Quint. 11, 1, 33.—Sup.: laudantur exquisitissimis verbis legiones, Cic. Phil. 4, 3, 6: ad exquisitissimam consuetudinem Graecorum aliquem erudire, id. Rep. 2, 21: scientia exquisitissimae subtilitatis, Plin. 6, 33, 39, § 211.—
B. Sought out, ascertained, made certain: satin istuc mihi exquisitumst? Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 105.—Hence, adv.: exquīsīte, carefully, accurately, particularly, excellently, exquisitely: cum de eo crimine accurate et exquisite disputavisset, Cic. Brut. 80, 277: eleganter atque exquisite dicere aliquid, Quint. 8, 2, 21.—Comp., Cic. Brut. 93, 322; id. Tusc. 1, 48, 116; Quint. 12, 10, 75.—Sup., Tiro Tull. ap. Gell. 10, 1, 7; Gell. 13, 7, 6.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  2. Proto-Italic*eks
  3. Latinexquīrō

Latin ex- Latin quaerō Latin exquīrō From ex- + quaerō (“seek”).

Descendants
  • Englishexquire

In English words that came into English from exquīrō

  • exquisiteexquīsītus

Quick answers

What does exquīrō mean in Latin?
exquīrō, a verb, means “to seek or seek out, search for or hunt up; to inquire into”.
What are the principal parts of exquīrō?
exquīrō, exquīrere, exquīsīvī, exquīsītum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce exquīrō?
In classical Latin, [ɛkˈskʷiː.roː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ekˈskʷiː.ro].
Where does exquīrō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs → Proto-Italic *eks → Latin exquīrō.