perquiro

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.

Proto-Italic *peri-

Latin per-

Latin quaerō

Latin perquīrō

From per- + quaerō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pɛrˈkʷiː.roː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [perˈkʷiː.ro]

Verb

perquīrō (present infinitive perquīrere, perfect active perquīsīvī, supine perquīsītum); third conjugation

1. to ask, inquire or search diligently
   • c. 200 BCE, Plautus, Stichus 198–204:

     Sed cūriōsī sunt hīc complūrēs malī, aliēnās rēs quī cūrant studiō maximō, quibus ipsīs nūllast rēs, quam prōcūrent, sua: eī quandō quem auctiōnem factūrum sciunt, adeunt, perquīrunt quid sit causae īlicō: aliēnum aes cōgat an parārit praedium, uxōrīn' sit reddenda dōs dīvortiō.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. to examine

Conjugation

   Conjugation of perquīrō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	perquīrō		perquīris		perquīrit		perquīrimus		perquīritis		perquīrunt
	imperfect	perquīrēbam		perquīrēbās		perquīrēbat		perquīrēbāmus		perquīrēbātis		perquīrēbant
	future	perquīram		perquīrēs		perquīret		perquīrēmus		perquīrētis		perquīrent
	perfect	perquīsīvī		perquīsīvistī		perquīsīvit		perquīsīvimus		perquīsīvistis		perquīsīvērunt, perquīsīvēre
	pluperfect	perquīsīveram		perquīsīverās		perquīsīverat		perquīsīverāmus		perquīsīverātis		perquīsīverant
	future perfect	perquīsīverō		perquīsīveris		perquīsīverit		perquīsīverimus		perquīsīveritis		perquīsīverint
passive	present	perquīror		perquīreris, perquīrere		perquīritur		perquīrimur		perquīriminī		perquīruntur
	imperfect	perquīrēbar		perquīrēbāris, perquīrēbāre		perquīrēbātur		perquīrēbāmur		perquīrēbāminī		perquīrēbantur
	future	perquīrar		perquīrēris, perquīrēre		perquīrētur		perquīrēmur		perquīrēminī		perquīrentur
	perfect	perquīsītus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	perquīsītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	perquīsītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	perquīram		perquīrās		perquīrat		perquīrāmus		perquīrātis		perquīrant
	imperfect	perquīrerem		perquīrerēs		perquīreret		perquīrerēmus		perquīrerētis		perquīrerent
	perfect	perquīsīverim		perquīsīverīs		perquīsīverit		perquīsīverīmus		perquīsīverītis		perquīsīverint
	pluperfect	perquīsīvissem		perquīsīvissēs		perquīsīvisset		perquīsīvissēmus		perquīsīvissētis		perquīsīvissent
passive	present	perquīrar		perquīrāris, perquīrāre		perquīrātur		perquīrāmur		perquīrāminī		perquīrantur
	imperfect	perquīrerer		perquīrerēris, perquīrerēre		perquīrerētur		perquīrerēmur		perquīrerēminī		perquīrerentur
	perfect	perquīsītus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	perquīsītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		perquīre		—		—		perquīrite		—
	future	—		perquīritō		perquīritō		—		perquīritōte		perquīruntō
passive	present	—		perquīrere		—		—		perquīriminī		—
	future	—		perquīritor		perquīritor		—		—		perquīruntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		perquīrere			perquīrī			perquīrēns			—
future		perquīsītūrum esse			perquīsītum īrī			perquīsītūrus			perquīrendus, perquīrundus
perfect		perquīsīvisse			perquīsītum esse			—			perquīsītus
future perfect		—			perquīsītum fore			—			—
perfect potential		perquīsītūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		perquīrendī		perquīrendō		perquīrendum		perquīrendō		perquīsītum		perquīsītū

Descendants

• → Catalan: perquirir
• → English: perquire
• → Galician: perquirir
• → Italian: perquisire
• → Portuguese: perquirir
• → Spanish: perquirir

References

• “perquiro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “perquiro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “perquiro”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.