inquiro

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /inˈkʷiː.roː/, [ɪŋˈkʷiːroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈkwi.ro/, [iŋˈkwiːro]

Verb

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

1. to seek after, search for, inquire into something; investigate; pry, examine

   Synonyms: conquīrō, quaesō, spectō, circumspiciō, scrūtor, quaerō, requīrō, interrogō

2. (law) to search for grounds of accusation against someone

Conjugation

Conjugation of inquīrō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		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
		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
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	inquīre	—	—	inquīrite	—
	future	—	inquīritō	inquīritō	—	inquīritōte	inquīruntō
passive	present	—	inquīrere	—	—	inquīriminī	—
	future	—	inquīritor	inquīritor	—	—	inquīruntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		inquīrere	inquīsīvisse	inquīsītūrum esse	inquīrī	inquīsītum esse	inquīsītum īrī
participles		inquīrēns	—	inquīsītūrus	—	inquīsītus	inquīrendus, inquīrundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		inquīrendī	inquīrendō	inquīrendum	inquīrendō	inquīsītum	inquīsītū

Derived terms

• adinquīrō
• inquīsītiō
• inquīsītor
• inquīsītus

 

Related terms

• acquīrō
• conquīrō
• disquīrō
• exquīrō
• perquīrō
• quaerō
• requīrō

 

Descendants

• Catalan: inquirir
• English: inquire, enquire
• French: enquérir
• 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

1. first-person singular present indicative of inquirir