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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Ennius|origins=la quaerō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [rɛˈkʷiː.roː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [reˈkʷiː.ro]^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Forms==
+ '''requīrō''' (present infinitive requīrere, perfect active requīsīvī or requīsiī, supine requīsītum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[re-]] and [[quaerō]] “to seek, ask”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) A variant ⟨requae-⟩ occurs in a manuscript of the Old Latin Sirach.^(TLL)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Ennius, of looking for something.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Ennius 204–169 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to look for, seek a person, thing or place, as Plautus' ''vestīgium hīc requīrō'' “I'm looking for a footprint here” and Caesar's search for Varus.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) From Cicero it meant to ask about, inquire, demand, to seek to obtain, to expect to find, to need or call for, and to miss, feel the loss of.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein explains that ''requīrere'' is missing something as an act of the understanding, with a view to its use, ''dēsīderāre'' as an act of feeling.^(Döderlein 1874)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to need, require, seek, ask after, demand.^(Stelten 1995) Vulgar Latin *requaerere gave Old French ''requerre'', the source of [[en|require]] in the late 14th century, first “to ask a question”.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it of looking for.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of searching.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of asking, needing and missing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 14th century – English ''require'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
+ 
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To look for, seek.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To ask about, [[m|en|inquire]]; to demand.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To seek to obtain; to expect to find.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To need; of things, to call for, [[m|en|require]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # To [[m|en|miss]], feel the loss of.^(OLD 2012)
+ 
+ ==Word family==
+ * [[irrequisitus]]
+ * [[requīritō]]
+ * [[requīsītiō]]
+ 
+ ==Related words==
+ * [[quaerō]]
+ * [[dēsīderō]]
+ * [[en|require]]
+ * [[en|request]]
+ 
+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}