acquiro Latin · revision 7324

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''acquīrō''' (present infinitive acquīrere, perfect active acquīsīvī, supine acquīsītum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[ad-]] “to” and [[quaerō]] “to seek”, and is also spelled ⟨adquīrō⟩, and Varro explains it as ⟨ad⟩ and ⟨quaerere⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Cicero, of acquiring goods and other things.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to add to one's possessions, acquire goods or money, and to obtain adherents, positions, qualities, and Lewis and Short call it frequent in Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In Horace it meant to add to a stock, and in the passive to accrue to.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to procure, acquire.^(Stelten 1995) Through Vulgar Latin *acquaerere and Old French ''aquerre'' it gave [[en|acquire]] in the mid-15th century.^(Etymonline) It was borrowed as Spanish and Portuguese ''adquirir''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of acquiring.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace uses it of adding to a stock.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-15th century – English ''acquire'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|acquire]], obtain.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To add to, ''(passive)'' to accrue.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[acquīsītiō]]

+ * [[acquisitrix]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[quaerō]]

+ * [[en|acquire]]

+ * [[en|acquisition]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}