inquiro Latin · revision 31494

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=220–130 BC, Pacuvius|origins=la quaerō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''inquīrō''' (present infinitive inquīrere, perfect active inquīsīvī, supine inquīsītum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|in-|t=into]] and [[quaerō|t=to seek]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan finds the origin of ⟨quaerō⟩ disputed and reports Nussbaum's derivation from a root [[ine-pro|*kʷeh₂-|t=to acquire]], cognate with [[grc|πέπαμαι|tr=pépamai|t=to acquire]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Pacuvius,^(de Vaan 2008) whose character calls on the Sun to grant the power of searching out a parent.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to search out a person or thing and to inquire into or investigate, as Lucretius' prying into every secret and Horace's “I shall inquire what madness is”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In law it is to make judicial inquiries, as Cicero's discovery of thefts and crimes during his inquiry, and with ''in'' to search for grounds of accusation against someone, as Cicero's request for a very short time for inquiry in Sicily.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “seek, seek after, desire, search”.^(Stelten 1995) English ''inquire'' came from it through Old French around 1300.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 220–130 BC – Pacuvius of searching for a parent.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of investigating everything.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of a legal inquiry in Sicily.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1300 – English [[m|en|inquire]], through Old French.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To search for, seek out.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To [[m|en|inquire]] into, [[m|en|investigate]], examine.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(law)'' To make inquiries; to search for grounds of accusation against someone.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[adinquiro]]

+ * [[inquīsītiō]]

+ * [[inquīsītor]]

+ * [[praeterinquiro]]

+ * [[inquīsītus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[acquīrō]]

+ * [[conquīrō]]

+ * [[disquīrō]]

+ * [[exquīrō]]

+ * [[perquīrō]]

+ * [[quaerō]]

+ * [[requīrō]]

+ * [[en|inquire]]

+ * [[en|inquisition]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}