verbthird conjugation, deponent
queror
queror (present infinitive querī, perfect active questus sum)
Classical[ˈkʷɛ.rɔr]Ecclesiastical[ˈkʷɛː.ror]
№ 518 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- deponentto complain, lament, bewail
Quid prīmum dēserta querar?
“What shall I lament first, [now that I] have been forsaken?”29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.677 - deponentto be indignant
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
dolōrem meum verbīs ostendō: ``male mēcum agitur!''queror querī questus — in Mille Verba, Basilica et Iūs
dolōrem verbīs ostendōqueror -ī — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 7 and IVLIANVS II: Imperium, ch. 8
dolōrem verbīs dīcōqueror -ī — in Epistulae, ch. 3 and Metamorphoses I, ch. 17, 19, 22
complain
queror -ī, questus — in De Bello Gallico II and De Bello Gallico III
they complain
queruntur — in Seneca, ch. VII
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Questus · Quiritatio · Querimonia · Querela
Questus and Quiritatio are expressions of pain; questus, in single, quiritatio in continued tones of lamentation; whereas querimonia and querela are expressions of indignation; querimonia in the just feeling of the injured person, who will not brook an act of injustice; querela in, for the most part, the blamable feeling of the discontented person, who will brook no hardship. The Querimonia is an act of the understanding, and aims at redress or satisfaction; the querela is an act of feeling, and aims, for the most part, only at easing the heart. Cic. Cæcil. 3. In populi Romani quotidiana querimonia: comp. with Fam. v. 14. Tu non intelliges te querelis quotidianis nihil proficere. (v. 310.)
Conjugation conjugation 3 deponent
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | queror | querēbar | querar | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | quereris querere | querēbāris querēbāre | querēris querēre | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | queritur | querēbātur | querētur | — | — | — |
| 1st pl. | querimur | querēbāmur | querēmur | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | queriminī | querēbāminī | querēminī | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | queruntur | querēbantur | querentur | — | — | — |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | querar | quererer | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | querāris querāre | quererēris quererēre | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | querātur | quererētur | — | — |
| 1st pl. | querāmur | quererēmur | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | querāminī | quererēminī | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | querantur | quererentur | — | — |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | querere | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | queriminī | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | queritor | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | queritor | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | queruntor | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | querī | — |
| perfect infinitive | questum esse | — |
| future infinitive | questūrum esse | — |
| present participle | querēns | — |
| perfect participle | questus questa, questā, questae, questam, questārum, questās, queste, questī, questīs, questō, questōrum, questōs | — |
| future participle | questūrus questūra, questūrā, questūrae, questūram, questūrārum, questūrās, questūre, questūrī, questūrīs, questūrō, questūrōrum, questūrōs, questūrum | querendus querundus |
gerundquerendī, querendō, querendumsupinequestum, questū
quĕror, questus, 3,
I. v. dep. a. and n. Sanscr. root, c?*!vas-, to sigh.
I. Lit.
A. In gen., to complain, lament, bewail (class.).
(a). With acc.: suas fortunas, to bewail one's fate, Plaut. As. 3, 1, 12:
suum fatum, Caes. B. G. 1, 39, 4: injuriam, Cic. Att. 5, 8, 2: omnia, id. Fl. 24: fortunam, Ov. M. 15, 493: nova monstra, Hor. C. 1, 2, 6 al.: labem atque ignominiam rei publicae, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 33.—(b). With de:
queritur de Milone per vim expulso, Cic. Att. 9, 14, 2: de injuriis alicujus, id. Fam. 1, 4, 3.— (g). With cum:
quererer tecum, atque expostularem, ni, I would complain to you, Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 7: cum patribus conscriptis, Liv. 35, 8: cum deo, quod, Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 81; Vell. 2, 130, 3: tecum inconsideratae pietatis queror, Sen. Contr. 4, 27, 2.—(d). With apud:
apud novercam, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 80: apud aliquem per litteras, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 13.— (ε) With dat.: nec quereris patri? nor complain to your father? Juv. 2, 131.— (ζ) With obj.-clause: ne querantur se relictas esse, Cic. Tusc. 5, 5, 14.—(η) With quod: legatos miserunt Athenas questum, quod, etc., Nep. Chabr. 3, 1: queri libet, quod in secreta nostra non inquirant principes, Plin. Pan. 68, 8; cf.: quereris super hoc, quod non mittam carmina, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 24. —(θ) With pro: haec pro re publicā, in behalf of, in the name of the State, Cic. de Or. 2, 48, 198.— (ι) Absol.: nisi omni tempore, quod mihi lege concessum est, abusus ero, querere, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 25: non injuste, Vell. 2, 40, 6.— B. In partic., to make a complaint before a court:
de proconsulatu alicujus, Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 2.— II. Transf., of animals and things that utter a plaintive sound. Of apes:
queri rauco stridore, Ov. M. 14, 100.— Of the owl, Verg. A. 4, 463. — In gen., of the song of birds, to complain, lament, to coo, warble, sing, Hor. Epod. 2, 26: dulce queruntur aves, Ov. Am. 3, 1, 4.—Of a musical instrument: flebile nescio quid queritur lyra, Ov. M. 11, 52; Hor. C. 2, 13, 24.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
queror questus, ī, dep.
QVES-, to express grief, complain, lament, bewail : suum fatum, Cs.: fortunam, O.: nova monstra, H.: legis iniquitatem: de re p. graviter: queruntur se non habere: se in vincla esse coniectum.—Of birds and animals, to complain, lament, coo, warble, sing : Queruntur in silvis aves, H.: ferali carmine bubo Saepe queri, V.— To express indignation, complain, make complaint : queruntur Siculi: ita questus est Laelius: iniuriam: multa de meā sententiā: tecum, complain to you : cum patribus conscriptis, L.: apud vos: apud me per litteras: patri, to your father , Iu.: iniuriam tibi factam: pecuniam civitatibus imperatam: quod non retinet alienum: super hoc, quod non mittam carmina, H.: haec pro re p., in behalf of the state .
Origins
Uncertain. Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwes- (“to puff, sigh”), in which case it is cognate with English quarrel, wheeze, Icelandic hvæsa (“to hiss”) and Sanskrit श्वसिति (śvasiti, “to puff”), Pashto ساه (sāh, “breath, blow, puff, soul, spirit, essence”), Baluchi ساہ (sáh, “breath, blow, essence”).