LAT
quaerito
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Lewis Short
(verb) : quaerĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, quaero
* To seek, search, or look for earnestly (ante-class.).
* In gen.: hominem inter vivos quaeritamus mortuum,Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 15: defessus sum quaeritando,id. Am. 4, 1, 4; id. Cist. 4, 2, 19: aliquem mari terrāque,id. Poen. prol. 105: te ipsum,Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 2: hospitium ab aliquo,Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 77: lanā ac telā victum,to earn,Ter. And. 1, 1, 48: multis languoribus peresus essem te quaeritando, Cat. 58, 15.—Prov.: hujus sermo haud cinerem quaeritat, needs no ashes, i. e. no polishing, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 10.
* In partic., to ask, inquire, or demand earnestly, to wish to know exactly: quid tu id quaeritas?Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 22; id. Cist. 4, 2, 57; Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 17.
* To seek, search, or look for earnestly (ante-class.).
* In gen.: hominem inter vivos quaeritamus mortuum,Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 15: defessus sum quaeritando,id. Am. 4, 1, 4; id. Cist. 4, 2, 19: aliquem mari terrāque,id. Poen. prol. 105: te ipsum,Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 2: hospitium ab aliquo,Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 77: lanā ac telā victum,to earn,Ter. And. 1, 1, 48: multis languoribus peresus essem te quaeritando, Cat. 58, 15.—Prov.: hujus sermo haud cinerem quaeritat, needs no ashes, i. e. no polishing, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 10.
* In partic., to ask, inquire, or demand earnestly, to wish to know exactly: quid tu id quaeritas?Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 22; id. Cist. 4, 2, 57; Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 17.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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