inquiro

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Latin quaerō

Latin inquīrō

From in- (“in, at, on; into”) + quaerō (“seek, look for”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪŋˈkʷiː.roː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [iŋˈkʷiː.ro]

Verb

inquīrō (present infinitive inquīrere, perfect active inquīsīvī, supine inquīsītum); third conjugation

to seek after, search for, inquire into something; investigate; pry, examine
Synonyms: conquīrō, quaesō, spectō, circumspiciō, scrūtor, quaerō, requīrō, interrogō
(law) to search for grounds of accusation against someone

Conjugation

Conjugation of inquīrō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	inquīrō	inquīris		inquīrit	inquīrimus	inquīritis		inquīrunt
	imperfect	inquīrēbam	inquīrēbās		inquīrēbat	inquīrēbāmus	inquīrēbātis		inquīrēbant
	future	inquīram	inquīrēs		inquīret	inquīrēmus	inquīrētis		inquīrent
	perfect	inquīsīvī	inquīsīvistī		inquīsīvit	inquīsīvimus	inquīsīvistis		inquīsīvērunt, inquīsīvēre
	pluperfect	inquīsīveram	inquīsīverās		inquīsīverat	inquīsīverāmus	inquīsīverātis		inquīsīverant
	future perfect	inquīsīverō	inquīsīveris		inquīsīverit	inquīsīverimus	inquīsīveritis		inquīsīverint
passive	present	inquīror	inquīreris, inquīrere		inquīritur	inquīrimur	inquīriminī		inquīruntur
	imperfect	inquīrēbar	inquīrēbāris, inquīrēbāre		inquīrēbātur	inquīrēbāmur	inquīrēbāminī		inquīrēbantur
	future	inquīrar	inquīrēris, inquīrēre		inquīrētur	inquīrēmur	inquīrēminī		inquīrentur
	perfect	inquīsītus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	inquīsītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	inquīsītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	inquīram	inquīrās		inquīrat	inquīrāmus	inquīrātis		inquīrant
	imperfect	inquīrerem	inquīrerēs		inquīreret	inquīrerēmus	inquīrerētis		inquīrerent
	perfect	inquīsīverim	inquīsīverīs		inquīsīverit	inquīsīverīmus	inquīsīverītis		inquīsīverint
	pluperfect	inquīsīvissem	inquīsīvissēs		inquīsīvisset	inquīsīvissēmus	inquīsīvissētis		inquīsīvissent
passive	present	inquīrar	inquīrāris, inquīrāre		inquīrātur	inquīrāmur	inquīrāminī		inquīrantur
	imperfect	inquīrerer	inquīrerēris, inquīrerēre		inquīrerētur	inquīrerēmur	inquīrerēminī		inquīrerentur
	perfect	inquīsītus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	inquīsītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	inquīre		—	—	inquīrite		—
active	future	—	inquīritō		inquīritō	—	inquīritōte		inquīruntō
passive	present	—	inquīrere		—	—	inquīriminī		—
passive	future	—	inquīritor		inquīritor	—	—		inquīruntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		inquīrere		inquīrī		inquīrēns		—
future		inquīsītūrum esse		inquīsītum īrī		inquīsītūrus		inquīrendus, inquīrundus
perfect		inquīsīvisse		inquīsītum esse		—		inquīsītus
future perfect		—		inquīsītum fore		—		—
perfect potential		inquīsītūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		inquīrendī	inquīrendō		inquīrendum	inquīrendō	inquīsītum		inquīsītū

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Old Catalan: enquerre, enquerir
- Catalan: inquirir
Old French: enquerre
- → English: inquire, enquire
- French: enquérir (archaic)
Galician: inquirir
Italian: inchiedere
Portuguese: inquirir
Spanish: inquirir

References

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: in‧qui‧ro

Verb

inquiro

first-person singular present indicative of inquirir