conquiro

Latin

Alternative forms

• conquaerō

Etymology

From con- +‎ quaerō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈkʷiː.roː/, [kɔŋˈkʷiːroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈkwi.ro/, [koŋˈkwiːro]

Verb

conquīrō (present infinitive conquīrere, perfect active conquīsīvī, supine conquīsītum); third conjugation

1. to seek for, hunt up, search out eagerly or carefully, go in quest of

   Synonyms: inquīrō, quaesō, scrūtor, spectō, circumspiciō, quaerō, requīrō

2. to collect, bring together

   Synonyms: cōgō, contrahō, cōnferō, congerō, coniungō, concieō, cōnserō, convehō, cōnstruō, glomerō, concitō, colligō

3. to investigate, search out

   Synonyms: indāgō, investīgō, scrūtor

Conjugation

Conjugation of conquīrō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	conquīrō	conquīris	conquīrit	conquīrimus	conquīritis	conquīrunt
	imperfect	conquīrēbam	conquīrēbās	conquīrēbat	conquīrēbāmus	conquīrēbātis	conquīrēbant
	future	conquīram	conquīrēs	conquīret	conquīrēmus	conquīrētis	conquīrent
	perfect	conquīsīvī	conquīsīvistī	conquīsīvit	conquīsīvimus	conquīsīvistis	conquīsīvērunt, conquīsīvēre
	pluperfect	conquīsīveram	conquīsīverās	conquīsīverat	conquīsīverāmus	conquīsīverātis	conquīsīverant
	future perfect	conquīsīverō	conquīsīveris	conquīsīverit	conquīsīverimus	conquīsīveritis	conquīsīverint
passive	present	conquīror	conquīreris, conquīrere	conquīritur	conquīrimur	conquīriminī	conquīruntur
	imperfect	conquīrēbar	conquīrēbāris, conquīrēbāre	conquīrēbātur	conquīrēbāmur	conquīrēbāminī	conquīrēbantur
	future	conquīrar	conquīrēris, conquīrēre	conquīrētur	conquīrēmur	conquīrēminī	conquīrentur
	perfect	conquīsītus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	conquīsītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	conquīsītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	conquīram	conquīrās	conquīrat	conquīrāmus	conquīrātis	conquīrant
	imperfect	conquīrerem	conquīrerēs	conquīreret	conquīrerēmus	conquīrerētis	conquīrerent
	perfect	conquīsīverim	conquīsīverīs	conquīsīverit	conquīsīverīmus	conquīsīverītis	conquīsīverint
	pluperfect	conquīsīvissem	conquīsīvissēs	conquīsīvisset	conquīsīvissēmus	conquīsīvissētis	conquīsīvissent
passive	present	conquīrar	conquīrāris, conquīrāre	conquīrātur	conquīrāmur	conquīrāminī	conquīrantur
	imperfect	conquīrerer	conquīrerēris, conquīrerēre	conquīrerētur	conquīrerēmur	conquīrerēminī	conquīrerentur
	perfect	conquīsītus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	conquīsītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	conquīre	—	—	conquīrite	—
	future	—	conquīritō	conquīritō	—	conquīritōte	conquīruntō
passive	present	—	conquīrere	—	—	conquīriminī	—
	future	—	conquīritor	conquīritor	—	—	conquīruntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		conquīrere	conquīsīvisse	conquīsītūrum esse	conquīrī	conquīsītum esse	conquīsītum īrī
participles		conquīrēns	—	conquīsītūrus	—	conquīsītus	conquīrendus, conquīrundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		conquīrendī	conquīrendō	conquīrendum	conquīrendō	conquīsītum	conquīsītū

Derived terms

• conquaestus
• conquīsītus
• *conquīsītō

Descendants

• Catalan: conquerir
• Dalmatian: cončaro
• Old French: conquerre, cunquere, cunquerre
  • French: conquérir
  • → Middle English: conqueren, conquer, conquere, conquery, conquire, conqwere
    • English: conquer
    • Middle Scots: conquer, conquere
• Italian: conquidere
• Occitan: conquerir
• Old Galician-Portuguese: conquerer
  • Galician: conquerir
• Romanian: cuceri
• Spanish: conquerir

References

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