acquiro

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ad- +‎ quaero (“seek”).

Pronunciation

Verb

acquīrō (present infinitive acquīrere, perfect active acquīsīvī, supine acquīsītum); third conjugation

  1. to acquire or obtain
    Synonyms: adipīscor, lucror, cōnsequor, parō, pariō, impetrō, mereō, sūmō, emō, comparō, potior, ūsūrpō, inveniō, apīscor, obtineō, conciliō, nancīscor, colligō, alliciō
    Antonym: āmittō
  2. to acquire or amass riches or money
    Synonym: dītō
  3. to accrue

Conjugation

   Conjugation of acquīrō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present acquīrō acquīris acquīrit acquīrimus acquīritis acquīrunt
imperfect acquīrēbam acquīrēbās acquīrēbat acquīrēbāmus acquīrēbātis acquīrēbant
future acquīram acquīrēs acquīret acquīrēmus acquīrētis acquīrent
perfect acquīsīvī acquīsīvistī acquīsīvit acquīsīvimus acquīsīvistis acquīsīvērunt,
acquīsīvēre
pluperfect acquīsīveram acquīsīverās acquīsīverat acquīsīverāmus acquīsīverātis acquīsīverant
future perfect acquīsīverō acquīsīveris acquīsīverit acquīsīverimus acquīsīveritis acquīsīverint
passive present acquīror acquīreris,
acquīrere 		acquīritur acquīrimur acquīriminī acquīruntur
imperfect acquīrēbar acquīrēbāris,
acquīrēbāre 		acquīrēbātur acquīrēbāmur acquīrēbāminī acquīrēbantur
future acquīrar acquīrēris,
acquīrēre 		acquīrētur acquīrēmur acquīrēminī acquīrentur
perfect acquīsītus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect acquīsītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect acquīsītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present acquīram acquīrās acquīrat acquīrāmus acquīrātis acquīrant
imperfect acquīrerem acquīrerēs acquīreret acquīrerēmus acquīrerētis acquīrerent
perfect acquīsīverim acquīsīverīs acquīsīverit acquīsīverīmus acquīsīverītis acquīsīverint
pluperfect acquīsīvissem acquīsīvissēs acquīsīvisset acquīsīvissēmus acquīsīvissētis acquīsīvissent
passive present acquīrar acquīrāris,
acquīrāre 		acquīrātur acquīrāmur acquīrāminī acquīrantur
imperfect acquīrerer acquīrerēris,
acquīrerēre 		acquīrerētur acquīrerēmur acquīrerēminī acquīrerentur
perfect acquīsītus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect acquīsītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — acquīre — — acquīrite —
future — acquīritō acquīritō — acquīritōte acquīruntō
passive present — acquīrere — — acquīriminī —
future — acquīritor acquīritor — — acquīruntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives acquīrere acquīsīvisse acquīsītūrum esse acquīrī acquīsītum esse acquīsītum īrī
participles acquīrēns — acquīsītūrus — acquīsītus acquīrendus,
acquīrundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
acquīrendī acquīrendō acquīrendum acquīrendō acquīsītum acquīsītū

Descendants

  • → Asturian: adquirir
  • → Catalan: adquirir
  • → English: acquire
  • → Galician: adquirir
  • → Portuguese: adquirir
  • → Spanish: adquirir

References

  • “acquiro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • acquiro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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