What does quaeritō mean in Latin?

quaeritō, a verb, means “to seek, search, or look for earnestly; to ask, inquire, or demand earnestly”.

What are the principal parts of quaeritō?

quaeritō, quaeritāre, quaeritāvī, quaeritātum (first conjugation).

In classical Latin, [ˈkʷae̯.rɪ.toː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈkʷɛː.ri.to].

verbfirst conjugation

quaeritō (present infinitive quaeritāre, perfect active quaeritāvī, supine quaeritātum)

Classical[ˈkʷae̯.rɪ.toː]Ecclesiastical[ˈkʷɛː.ri.to]

active indicative
form	present	imperfect	future	perfect	pluperfect	fut. perfect
1st sg.	quaeritō	quaeritābam	quaeritābō	quaeritāvī	quaeritāveram	quaeritāverō
2nd sg.	quaeritās	quaeritābās	quaeritābis	quaeritāvistī	quaeritāverās	quaeritāveris
3rd sg.	quaeritat	quaeritābat	quaeritābit	quaeritāvit	quaeritāverat	quaeritāverit
1st pl.	quaeritāmus	quaeritābāmus	quaeritābimus	quaeritāvimus	quaeritāverāmus	quaeritāverimus
2nd pl.	quaeritātis	quaeritābātis	quaeritābitis	quaeritāvistis	quaeritāverātis	quaeritāveritis
3rd pl.	quaeritant	quaeritābant	quaeritābunt	quaeritāvērunt quaeritāvēre	quaeritāverant	quaeritāverint

active subjunctive

active subjunctive
form	present	imperfect	perfect	pluperfect
1st sg.	quaeritem	quaeritārem	quaeritāverim	quaeritāvissem
2nd sg.	quaeritēs	quaeritārēs	quaeritāverīs	quaeritāvissēs
3rd sg.	quaeritet	quaeritāret	quaeritāverit	quaeritāvisset
1st pl.	quaeritēmus	quaeritārēmus	quaeritāverīmus	quaeritāvissēmus
2nd pl.	quaeritētis	quaeritārētis	quaeritāverītis	quaeritāvissētis
3rd pl.	quaeritent	quaeritārent	quaeritāverint	quaeritāvissent

passive indicative

passive indicative
form	present	imperfect	future
1st sg.	quaeritor	quaeritābar	quaeritābor
2nd sg.	quaeritāris quaeritāre	quaeritābāris quaeritābāre	quaeritāberis quaeritābere
3rd sg.	quaeritātur	quaeritābātur	quaeritābitur
1st pl.	quaeritāmur	quaeritābāmur	quaeritābimur
2nd pl.	quaeritāminī	quaeritābāminī	quaeritābiminī
3rd pl.	quaeritantur	quaeritābantur	quaeritābuntur

passive subjunctive

passive subjunctive
form	present	imperfect
1st sg.	quaeriter	quaeritārer
2nd sg.	quaeritēris quaeritēre	quaeritārēris quaeritārēre
3rd sg.	quaeritētur	quaeritārētur
1st pl.	quaeritēmur	quaeritārēmur
2nd pl.	quaeritēminī	quaeritārēminī
3rd pl.	quaeritentur	quaeritārentur

imperative

infinitives & participles

infinitives & participles
form	active	passive
present infinitive	quaeritāre	quaeritārī
perfect infinitive	quaeritāvisse	quaeritātum esse
future infinitive	quaeritātūrum esse	quaeritātum īrī
present participle	quaeritāns	—
perfect participle	—	quaeritātus quaeritāta, quaeritātā, quaeritātae, quaeritātam, quaeritātārum, quaeritātās, quaeritātī, quaeritātōrum, quaeritātōs
future participle	quaeritātūrus quaeritātūra, quaeritātūrā, quaeritātūrae, quaeritātūram, quaeritātūrārum, quaeritātūrās, quaeritātūre, quaeritātūrī, quaeritātūrīs, quaeritātūrō, quaeritātūrōrum, quaeritātūrōs, quaeritātūrum	quaeritandus quaeritanda, quaeritandā, quaeritandae, quaeritandam, quaeritandārum, quaeritandās, quaeritande, quaeritandīs, quaeritandōrum, quaeritandōs

gerundquaeritandī, quaeritandō, quaeritandumsupinequaeritātum, quaeritātū

quaerĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. quaero,

I. to seek, search, or look for earnestly (ante-class.).

I. In gen.: hominem inter vivos quaeritamus mortuum, Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 15: defessus sum quaeritando, id. Am. 4, 1, 4; id. Cist. 4, 2, 19: aliquem mari terrāque, id. Poen. prol. 105: te ipsum, Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 2: hospitium ab aliquo, Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 77: lanā ac telā victum, to earn, Ter. And. 1, 1, 48: multis languoribus peresus essem te quaeritando, Cat. 58, 15.—Prov.: hujus sermo haud cinerem quaeritat, needs no ashes, i. e. no polishing, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 10. —

II. In partic., to ask, inquire, or demand earnestly, to wish to know exactly: quid tu id quaeritas? Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 22; id. Cist. 4, 2, 57; Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 17.

Frequentative verb from quaerō.