inquiro

Latin

Etymology

From in- (“in, at, on; into”) +‎ quaerō (“seek, look for”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪŋˈkʷiː.roː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [iŋˈkʷiː.ro]

Verb

inquīrō (present infinitive inquīrere, perfect active inquīsīvī, supine inquīsītum); third conjugation

1. to seek after, search for, inquire into something; investigate; pry, examine

   Synonyms: conquīrō, quaesō, spectō, circumspiciō, scrūtor, quaerō, requīrō, interrogō

2. (law) to search for grounds of accusation against someone

Conjugation

   Conjugation of inquīrō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	inquīrō		inquīris		inquīrit		inquīrimus		inquīritis		inquīrunt
	imperfect	inquīrēbam		inquīrēbās		inquīrēbat		inquīrēbāmus		inquīrēbātis		inquīrēbant
	future	inquīram		inquīrēs		inquīret		inquīrēmus		inquīrētis		inquīrent
	perfect	inquīsīvī		inquīsīvistī		inquīsīvit		inquīsīvimus		inquīsīvistis		inquīsīvērunt, inquīsīvēre
	pluperfect	inquīsīveram		inquīsīverās		inquīsīverat		inquīsīverāmus		inquīsīverātis		inquīsīverant
	future perfect	inquīsīverō		inquīsīveris		inquīsīverit		inquīsīverimus		inquīsīveritis		inquīsīverint
passive	present	inquīror		inquīreris, inquīrere		inquīritur		inquīrimur		inquīriminī		inquīruntur
	imperfect	inquīrēbar		inquīrēbāris, inquīrēbāre		inquīrēbātur		inquīrēbāmur		inquīrēbāminī		inquīrēbantur
	future	inquīrar		inquīrēris, inquīrēre		inquīrētur		inquīrēmur		inquīrēminī		inquīrentur
	perfect	inquīsītus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	inquīsītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	inquīsītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	inquīram		inquīrās		inquīrat		inquīrāmus		inquīrātis		inquīrant
	imperfect	inquīrerem		inquīrerēs		inquīreret		inquīrerēmus		inquīrerētis		inquīrerent
	perfect	inquīsīverim		inquīsīverīs		inquīsīverit		inquīsīverīmus		inquīsīverītis		inquīsīverint
	pluperfect	inquīsīvissem		inquīsīvissēs		inquīsīvisset		inquīsīvissēmus		inquīsīvissētis		inquīsīvissent
passive	present	inquīrar		inquīrāris, inquīrāre		inquīrātur		inquīrāmur		inquīrāminī		inquīrantur
	imperfect	inquīrerer		inquīrerēris, inquīrerēre		inquīrerētur		inquīrerēmur		inquīrerēminī		inquīrerentur
	perfect	inquīsītus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	inquīsītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		inquīre		—		—		inquīrite		—
	future	—		inquīritō		inquīritō		—		inquīritōte		inquīruntō
passive	present	—		inquīrere		—		—		inquīriminī		—
	future	—		inquīritor		inquīritor		—		—		inquīruntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		inquīrere			inquīrī			inquīrēns			—
future		inquīsītūrum esse			inquīsītum īrī			inquīsītūrus			inquīrendus, inquīrundus
perfect		inquīsīvisse			inquīsītum esse			—			inquīsītus
future perfect		—			inquīsītum fore			—			—
perfect potential		inquīsītūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		inquīrendī		inquīrendō		inquīrendum		inquīrendō		inquīsītum		inquīsītū

Derived terms

• adinquīrō
• inquīsītiō
• inquīsītor
• inquīsītus

Related terms

• acquīrō
• conquīrō
• disquīrō
• exquīrō
• perquīrō
• quaerō
• requīrō

Descendants

• Old Catalan: enquerre, enquerir
  • Catalan: inquirir
• Old French: enquerre
  • → English: inquire, enquire
  • French: enquérir (archaic)
• Galician: inquirir
• Italian: inchiedere
• Portuguese: inquirir
• Spanish: inquirir

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

• Hyphenation: in‧qui‧ro

Verb

inquiro

1. first-person singular present indicative of inquirir