quaerito Latin · revision 33684

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈkʷae̯.rɪ.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈkʷɛː.ri.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''quaeritō''' (present infinitive quaeritāre, perfect active quaeritāvī, supine quaeritātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|quaerō|-itō|t1=to seek]], a frequentative verb.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|quaerō]] to [[itc-pro|*kwai-s-e/o-]], and considers the best proposal to date the one that takes it from a root [[ine-pro|*kueh₂-|t=to acquire]], as in [[grc|πέπαμαι|tr=pépāmai|t=to acquire]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008) who uses it often: “we are looking among the living for a dead man”, and “I am worn out with searching”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Lewis & Short note that it is ante-classical.^(Lewis & Short 1879) It means to keep looking for, search for or hunt for someone; to try to obtain or go after something, as in “what do you want? what are you after?”; to ask a person for something; and to ask a question, as in “why do you ask that?”^(OLD 2012) Terence also has it.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin uses it for seeking earnestly.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus, of searching and asking.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence, of looking for someone.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To keep looking for, [[m|en|search]] for, hunt for.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To try to obtain, seek; to ask (someone) for something.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To ask (a question), [[m|en|inquire]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[quaerō]]

+ * [[requīritō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}