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(v. a.P. a.) : conquīro (-quaero), quīsīvi (arch. form CONQVAESEIVEI in inscrr.:
* Conquisierit,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 1; id. Rab. Perd. 5, 15), quīsītum, 3, v. a.quaero, to seelc or search for, to procure, bring together, collect (class.; esp. freq. in the histt.).
* In gen.
* Lit.: naves toto flumine Ibero,Caes. B. C. 1, 61: Lisso Parthinisque et omnibus castellis quod esset frumenti conquiri jussit,id. ib. 3, 42: haec (cornua) studiose conquisita,id. B. G. 6, 28: quam plurimum domiti pecoris ex agris,Sall. J. 75, 4: ea (sc. obsides, arma, servos),Caes. B. G. 1, 27 and 28: socios ad eum interficiendum,Nep. Dion, 8, 3: pecuniam,Liv. 29, 18, 6; cf.: dona ac pecunias acerbe per municipia,Tac. H. 3, 76 fin.: conquirere et comburere vaticinos libros,Liv. 39, 16, 8: desertores de exercitu volonum,id. 25, 22, 3: sacra,id. 25, 7, 5 Duker: virgines sibi undique,Suet. Aug. 71; 83: vulgo amantes,Prop. 1, 2, 23: duces,Curt. 9, 9, 1: fabros undique,Dig. 45, 1, 137, § 3.
* Esp. (con intens.), to seek for with earnestness, to search out eagerly or carefully (rare but class.).
* Lit.: Diodorum tota provincia,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 19, § 39: (Liberam) investigare et conquirere,id. ib. 2, 4, 48, § 106: terrā marique conquiri, Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 9, 2: conquirere consulem et sepelire,Liv. 22, 52, 6: eum ad necem,Vell. 2, 41, 2; Nep. Timol. 3, 1; Suet. Vit. 10.
* Trop.: aliquid sceleris et flagitii,to seek to commit,Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 96.—Hence, conquīsītus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to II.), sought out, chosen, costly: conquisiti atque electi coloni,Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 96: peregrina et conquisita medicamenta, Cels. 5, 26, 23: figurae (opp. obviae dicenti), * Quint. 9, 3, 5.—Sup.: mensae conquisitissimis epulis exstruebantur,Cic. Tusc. 5, 21, 62.—Comp. prob. not in use.—Adv.: conquīsītē, carefully, with much pains (ante- and post-class., and only in posit.): conquisite commercata edulia, Afran. ap. Non. p. 28, 30: conquisite admodum scripsit Varro,Gell. 3, 10, 16; cf.: conquisite conscripsimus (corresp. with diligenter),Auct. Her. 2, 31, 50.
* Conquisierit,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 1; id. Rab. Perd. 5, 15), quīsītum, 3, v. a.quaero, to seelc or search for, to procure, bring together, collect (class.; esp. freq. in the histt.).
* In gen.
* Lit.: naves toto flumine Ibero,Caes. B. C. 1, 61: Lisso Parthinisque et omnibus castellis quod esset frumenti conquiri jussit,id. ib. 3, 42: haec (cornua) studiose conquisita,id. B. G. 6, 28: quam plurimum domiti pecoris ex agris,Sall. J. 75, 4: ea (sc. obsides, arma, servos),Caes. B. G. 1, 27 and 28: socios ad eum interficiendum,Nep. Dion, 8, 3: pecuniam,Liv. 29, 18, 6; cf.: dona ac pecunias acerbe per municipia,Tac. H. 3, 76 fin.: conquirere et comburere vaticinos libros,Liv. 39, 16, 8: desertores de exercitu volonum,id. 25, 22, 3: sacra,id. 25, 7, 5 Duker: virgines sibi undique,Suet. Aug. 71; 83: vulgo amantes,Prop. 1, 2, 23: duces,Curt. 9, 9, 1: fabros undique,Dig. 45, 1, 137, § 3.
* Esp. (con intens.), to seek for with earnestness, to search out eagerly or carefully (rare but class.).
* Lit.: Diodorum tota provincia,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 19, § 39: (Liberam) investigare et conquirere,id. ib. 2, 4, 48, § 106: terrā marique conquiri, Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 9, 2: conquirere consulem et sepelire,Liv. 22, 52, 6: eum ad necem,Vell. 2, 41, 2; Nep. Timol. 3, 1; Suet. Vit. 10.
* Trop.: aliquid sceleris et flagitii,to seek to commit,Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 96.—Hence, conquīsītus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to II.), sought out, chosen, costly: conquisiti atque electi coloni,Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 96: peregrina et conquisita medicamenta, Cels. 5, 26, 23: figurae (opp. obviae dicenti), * Quint. 9, 3, 5.—Sup.: mensae conquisitissimis epulis exstruebantur,Cic. Tusc. 5, 21, 62.—Comp. prob. not in use.—Adv.: conquīsītē, carefully, with much pains (ante- and post-class., and only in posit.): conquisite commercata edulia, Afran. ap. Non. p. 28, 30: conquisite admodum scripsit Varro,Gell. 3, 10, 16; cf.: conquisite conscripsimus (corresp. with diligenter),Auct. Her. 2, 31, 50.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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