exquiro Latin · revision 31130

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=itc-pro *kʷaise/o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɛkˈskʷiː.roː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ekˈskʷiː.ro]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''exquīrō''' (present infinitive exquīrere, perfect active exquīsīvī, supine exquīsītum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Plautus and Varro also have ''exquaerō''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|ex-]] and [[m|la|quaerō|t=to seek]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨quaerō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*kʷaise/o-]], perhaps from [[ine-pro|*kʷeh₂-i-|t=to acquire]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first example is Plautus' ''Bacchides'', of someone who “inquires into the fates of Troy”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to ask about or inquire into something, and ''pretium exquīrere'' is to work out a price, as in Cicero's ''Verrines''.^(OLD 2012) It is to look for or seek, as Cicero's “if you ask my advice”, to search or examine, as Pliny's greed that explores the inside of the earth, and to find out or discover.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “seek, inquire diligently, seek after”.^(Stelten 1995) Its participle [[exquīsītus]] became an adjective “carefully sought out, choice”.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of inquiring into fates.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of seeking advice and working out a price.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder of exploring the earth.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To ask about, [[m|en|inquire]] into, ''pretium exquīrere'', to work out a price.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To look for, seek; to search, examine.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To find out, discover.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[exquīsītim]]

+ * [[exquisitiō]]

+ * [[exquīsītor]]

+ * [[exquīsītus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[quaerō]]

+ * [[requīrō]]

+ * [[inquīrō]]

+ * [[en|exquisite]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}