quĕror (noun N) :
* V. dep. a. and n. Sanscr. root, c?*!vas-, to sigh.
* Lit.
* In gen., to complain, lament, bewail (class.).
* Transf., of animals and things that utter a plaintive sound. Of apes: queri rauco stridore,Ov. M. 14, 100.— Of the owl,Verg. A. 4, 463. — In gen., of the song of birds,to complain, lament, to coo, warble, sing,Hor. Epod. 2, 26: dulce queruntur aves,Ov. Am. 3, 1, 4.—Of a musical instrument: flebile nescio quid queritur lyra,Ov. M. 11, 52; Hor. C. 2, 13, 24.
* In partic., to make a complaint before a court: de proconsulatu alicujus,Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 2.
* With cum: quererer tecum, atque expostularem, ni,I would complain to you,Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 7: cum patribus conscriptis,Liv. 35, 8: cum deo, quod,Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 81; Vell. 2, 130, 3: tecum inconsideratae pietatis queror,Sen. Contr. 4, 27, 2.
* With apud: apud novercam,Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 80: apud aliquem per litteras,Cic. Att. 5, 21, 13.— (ε) With dat.: nec quereris patri?nor complain to your father?Juv. 2, 131.— (ζ) With obj.-clause: ne querantur se relictas esse,Cic. Tusc. 5, 5, 14.—(η) With quod: legatos miserunt Athenas questum, quod, etc.,Nep. Chabr. 3, 1: queri libet, quod in secreta nostra non inquirant principes,Plin. Pan. 68, 8; cf.: quereris super hoc, quod non mittam carmina,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 24. —(θ) With pro: haec pro re publicā,in behalf of, in the name of the State,Cic. de Or. 2, 48, 198.— (ι) Absol.: nisi omni tempore, quod mihi lege concessum est, abusus ero, querere,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 25: non injuste,Vell. 2, 40, 6.