quaesitus

Latin

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of quaerō.

Participle

quaesītus (feminine quaesīta, neuter quaesītum); first/second-declension participle

1. sought for, having been sought for
2. asked, having been asked, questioned, having been questioned
3. striven for, having been striven for
4. missed, having been missed, lacked, having been lacked
5. desired, having been desired
6. special, having been special
7. far-fetched, having been far-fetched

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	quaesītus	quaesīta	quaesītum		quaesītī	quaesītae	quaesīta
Genitive	quaesītī	quaesītae	quaesītī		quaesītōrum	quaesītārum	quaesītōrum
Dative	quaesītō		quaesītō		quaesītīs
Accusative	quaesītum	quaesītam	quaesītum		quaesītōs	quaesītās	quaesīta
Ablative	quaesītō	quaesītā	quaesītō		quaesītīs
Vocative	quaesīte	quaesīta	quaesītum		quaesītī	quaesītae	quaesīta

Derived terms

• quaesītum

Descendants

• Italian: chiesto
• Old French: quis, queste
  • French: quis, quête
  • → English: quest
• Portuguese: quisto
• Spanish: quisto
• Aragonese: quiesto

Etymology 2

Action noun from quaerō. Compare with quaestus.

Noun

quaesītus m (genitive quaesītūs); fourth declension

1. seeking, searching
2. investigation

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	quaesītus	quaesītūs
Genitive	quaesītūs	quaesītuum
Dative	quaesītuī	quaesītibus
Accusative	quaesītum	quaesītūs
Ablative	quaesītū	quaesītibus
Vocative	quaesītus	quaesītūs

Descendants

• Italian: quesito
• Piedmontese: quesit
• Portuguese: quesito

References

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