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verbthird conjugation

requīrō

requīrō (present infinitive requīrere, perfect active requīsīvī or requīsiī, supine requīsītum)
Classical[rɛˈkʷiː.roː]Ecclesiastical[reˈkʷiː.ro]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. to look after, seek or search for; seek to know, ask or inquire after
  2. to ask for, request
  3. to need or miss

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

quaerō quod perditum est; vir vestem suam requīrit.
requīrō -ere -sīvī — in Mille Verba, Thermae
iterum quaerō
requīrō -ere — in Epistulae, ch. 1

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Requirere · Desiderare

Requirere denotes requisition as an act of the understanding, which has in view the usefulness of the object; desiderare, as an act of feeling, which surrounds the object with love and sympathy. The requirens claims a right, and expects the fulfilment of his claim from others; the desiderans harbors a wish, and expects its fulfilment from the course of things, from fortune. Cic. Fam. vii. 26. Magis tuum officium desiderari, quam abs te requiri putavi meum. (v. 128.)

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.requīrōrequīrēbamrequīramrequīsīvī
requīsiī		requīsīveram
requīsieram		requīsīverō
requīsierō
2nd sg.requīrisrequīrēbāsrequīrēsrequīsīvistī
requīsiistī		requīsīverās
requīsierās		requīsīveris
requīsieris
3rd sg.requīritrequīrēbatrequīretrequīsīvit
requīsiit		requīsīverat
requīsierat		requīsīverit
requīsierit
1st pl.requīrimusrequīrēbāmusrequīrēmusrequīsīvimus
requīsiimus		requīsīverāmus
requīsierāmus		requīsīverimus
requīsierimus
2nd pl.requīritisrequīrēbātisrequīrētisrequīsīvistis
requīsiistis		requīsīverātis
requīsierātis		requīsīveritis
requīsieritis
3rd pl.requīruntrequīrēbantrequīrentrequīsīvērunt
requīsīvēre, requīsiērunt, requīsiēre		requīsīverant
requīsierant		requīsīverint
requīsierint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.requīramrequīreremrequīsīverim
requīsierim		requīsīvissem
requīsiissem
2nd sg.requīrāsrequīrerēsrequīsīverīs
requīsierīs		requīsīvissēs
requīsiissēs
3rd sg.requīratrequīreretrequīsīverit
requīsierit		requīsīvisset
requīsiisset, requīsīsset
1st pl.requīrāmusrequīrerēmusrequīsīverīmus
requīsierīmus		requīsīvissēmus
requīsiissēmus
2nd pl.requīrātisrequīrerētisrequīsīverītis
requīsierītis		requīsīvissētis
requīsiissētis
3rd pl.requīrantrequīrerentrequīsīverint
requīsierint		requīsīvissent
requīsiissent, requīsīssent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.requīrorrequīrēbarrequīrar
2nd sg.requīreris
requīrere		requīrēbāris
requīrēbāre		requīrēris
requīrēre
3rd sg.requīriturrequīrēbāturrequīrētur
1st pl.requīrimurrequīrēbāmurrequīrēmur
2nd pl.requīriminīrequīrēbāminīrequīrēminī
3rd pl.requīrunturrequīrēbanturrequīrentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.requīrarrequīrerer
2nd sg.requīrāris
requīrāre		requīrerēris
requīrerēre
3rd sg.requīrāturrequīrerētur
1st pl.requīrāmurrequīrerēmur
2nd pl.requīrāminīrequīrerēminī
3rd pl.requīranturrequīrerentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.requīrerequīrere
pres. 2nd pl.requīriterequīriminī
fut. 2nd sg.requīritōrequīritor
fut. 3rd sg.requīritōrequīritor
fut. 2nd pl.requīritōte—
fut. 3rd pl.requīruntōrequīruntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiverequīrererequīrī
perfect infinitiverequīsīvisse
requīsiisse		requīsītum esse
future infinitiverequīsītūrum esserequīsītum īrī
present participlerequīrēns—
perfect participle—requīsītus
requīsīta, requīsītā, requīsītae, requīsītam, requīsītārum, requīsītās, requīsīte, requīsītī, requīsītīs, requīsītō, requīsītōrum, requīsītōs
future participlerequīsītūrus
requīsītūra, requīsītūrā, requīsītūrae, requīsītūram, requīsītūrārum, requīsītūrās, requīsītūre, requīsītūrī, requīsītūrīs, requīsītūrō, requīsītūrōrum, requīsītūrōs, requīsītūrum		requīrendus
requīrundus, requīrenda, requīrendā, requīrendae, requīrendam, requīrendārum, requīrendās, requīrende, requīrendīs, requīrendōrum, requīrendōs
gerundrequīrendī, requīrendō, requīrendumsupinerequīsītum, requīsītū

rĕ-quīro, sīvi or sii, sītum, 3, v. a. quaero,
I. to seek again; to look after, to seek or search for; to seek to know, to ask or inquire after (class.; cf.: repeto, reposco, exploro).
I. In gen.: Ph. Quid quaeritas? Ha. Vestigium hic requiro, Qua, etc., Plaut. Cist. 4. 2, 58: ego illam requiram jam, ubi ubi est, id. Ep. 3, 4, 56; so, aliquem, id. As. 2, 2, 1; id. Capt. 3, 1, 13; id. Bacch. 3, 5, 2; id. Pers. 4, 6, 14; Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 65; id. Phorm. 2, 1, 79; 5, 6, 41; Caes. B. C. 2, 35; Cic. Rep. 1, 28, 44; Sall. C. 40, 1: legatos Allobrogum, Greg. M. in Job, 31, 54; Amm. 23, 6 al.; cf.: juvenem oculisque animoque, Ov. M. 4, 129: oculis terram, Curt. 4, 7, 11: cerva requisita, Gell. 15, 22, 6: libros, Cic. Fin. 3, 3, 10; cf.: scripta SCtis abolita, Suet. Calig. 16: extractum anulum, id. Tib. 73: membra omnia, Quint. 11, 2, 13: artus, ossa, Ov. M. 2, 336: portus Velinos, Verg. A. 6, 366: cibos, Col. 8, 8, 1: vinum generosum et lene, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 18: animi neque admirantur neque requirunt rationes earum rerum, quas semper vident, Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 96: causam tam facilis eventus, Front. Strat. 3, 1, 2; cf. causam, Ov. M. 10, 388: vera, Lucr. 1, 640: tua facta, Ov. H. 6, 31: mea facta, id. M 13, 211: quaedam requisita se occultant, et eadem forte succurrunt, Quint. 11, 2, 7; cf. id. 8, prooem. § 30 Zumpt N. cr.; id. 5, 10, 121: quod si quis parum credat, apud ipsum (Lucilium) in nono requirat, id. 1, 7, 19.—With dependent clause: requireres, rogitares, quis esset, aut unde esset, etc., Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 48: (bestiae) ut requirant atque appetant, ad quas se applicent ejusdem generis animantes, Cic. Lael. 21, 81: illud quoque requisivi, quā ratione, etc., id. Quint. 29, 88; cf. id. N. D. 1, 22, 60: requirunt, num aliquid, etc., Quint. 12, 9, 17: forsitan et, Priami fuerint quae fata, requiras, Verg. A. 2, 506: cum requisisset ubinam esset, Nep. Att. 10, 4: secum, cur sit bis rapta, requirit, Ov. M. 15, 233.— Impers. pass.: requiretur fortasse nunc, quemadmodem, etc., Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 22. —Absol.: videmusne, ut pueri ... pulsi requirant et aliquid scire se gaudeant? Cic. Fin. 5, 18, 48: subito res vetustas reddere se et offerre, nec tantum requirentibus, sed etiam sponte interim, Quint. 11, 2, 5: pande requirenti nomen terraeque tuumque, Ov. M. 4, 679. —
b. Requirere ex or ab aliquo (aliquid), to ask, demand, inquire any thing of a person; to question a person about any thing: ex quibus requiram, quonam modo latuerint aut ubi, etc., Cic. Cael. 28, 67: si quis requirit cur Romae non sim, id. Att. 12, 40, 3; cf.: saepe ex me requiris, cur, etc., Tac. Or. 1: quoniam nihil ex te hi requirunt, Cic. Rep. 2, 38, 64; Quint. 1, 6, 31: facilia sunt ea, quae a me de Vatinio requiris, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 19; cf.: ut id a me neve in hoc reo neve in aliis requiras, id. ib. 1, 9, 19: illud mihi numquam in mentem venit a te requirere, id. Ac. 1, 1, 5: aliquid de antiquitate ab aliquo, Nep. Att. 20, 2. —
II. In partic., with the accessory idea of need, to ask for something needed; to need, want, lack, miss, be in want of, require (syn. desidero): omnes hoc loco cives Romani vestram severitatem desiderant, vestram fidem implorant, vestrum auxilium requirunt, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 172: qui beatus est, non intellego, quid requirat, ut sit beatior, id. Tusc. 5, 8, 23: habuit, non habet: desiderat, requirit, indiget, id. ib. 1, 36, 87: isto bono utare, dum assit; cum absit, ne requiras: nisi forte adulescentes pueritiam, paulum aetate progressi adulescentiam debent requirere, id. Sen. 10, 33; id. Fin. 1, 18, 61: magnam res diligentiam requirebat, Caes. B. G. 6, 34: non ex liberis populis reges requiri, Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 48: mala causa est quae requirit misericordiam, Publ. Syr. v. 312 Rib.: divitias, Tib. 1, 1, 41.—
b. Pass., to be required, i. e. to be requisite, necessary: in hoc bello Asiatico virtutes animi magnae et multae requiruntur, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64: haec in altercatione, Quint. 6, 3, 46: aliquae orationes ad cognoscendam litium rationem requiruntur, id. 10, 1, 23; Col. 1, 7, 1.—
B. Transf., like desiderare, to perceive to be wanting, to look in vain for, to miss: qui (oculi) quocumque inciderunt, veterem consuetudinem fori et pristinum morem judiciorum requirunt, Cic. Mil. 1, 1: libertatem meam, id. Planc. 38, 93: et pacis ornamenta et subsidia belli, id. Imp. Pomp. 2, 6: unum ἱστορικόν, id. Att. 6, 1, 8: Caesaris in se indulgentiam, Caes. B. G. 7, 63: quae nonnumquam requirimus, Cic. Mur. 29, 61: aliquid, Quint. 2, 10, 15: multos, Quos quondam vidi, Ov. M. 7, 515: vereor, ne desideres officium meum ... sed tamen vereor, ne litterarum a me officium requiras, Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 1: in quo equidem majorum nostrorum saepe requiro prudentiam, id. Par. 1, 1, 7.— Hence, rĕquīsītum, i, n., P. a., as subst. (acc. to II.), a want, need, requirement (rare): ad requisita naturae, i. e. to the calls, Sall. Fragm. ap. Quint. 8, 6, 59 (Hist. 1, 54 Dietsch); Spart. Car. 6.

Origins

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinrequīrō

Latin quaerō Latin requīrō From re- + quaerō.

Descendants
  • Catalanrequerir
  • Englishrequirefrom Old French requerre
  • Frenchrequérirfrom Old French requerre
  • Italianrichiedere
  • Portugueserequerer
  • Spanishrequerir
  • Galicianrequirir

Quick answers

What does requīrō mean in Latin?
requīrō, a verb, means “to look after, seek or search for; seek to know, ask or inquire after; to ask for, request”.
What are the principal parts of requīrō?
requīrō, requīrere, requīsīvī, requīsītum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce requīrō?
In classical Latin, [rɛˈkʷiː.roː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [reˈkʷiː.ro].
Where does requīrō come from?
Proto-Italic *wre- → Latin requīrō.