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Latin
Etymology
From in- (“in, at, on; into”) + quaerō (“seek, look for”).
Pronunciation
Verb
inquīrō (present infinitive inquīrere, perfect active inquīsīvī, supine inquīsītum); third conjugation
- to seek after, search for, inquire into something; investigate; pry, examine
- Synonyms: conquīrō, quaesō, spectō, circumspiciō, scrūtor, quaerō, requīrō, interrogō
- (law) to search for grounds of accusation against someone
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References
- “inquiro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “inquiro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- inquiro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Verb
inquiro
- first-person singular present indicative of inquirir