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Latin
Etymology
From ex- + quaerō (“seek”).
Pronunciation
Verb
exquīrō (present infinitive exquīrere, perfect active exquīsīvī, supine exquīsītum); third conjugation
- to seek or seek out, search for or hunt up
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 4.56-57:
- Prīncipiō dēlūbra adeunt, pācemque per ārās / exquīrunt .
- first visit the shrines, and through the altar they seek divine grace.
(In context, the women seek grace, search for favorable signs, and inquire into the will of the gods.)
- to inquire into
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References
- “exquiro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “exquiro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- exquiro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.