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Etymology edit

From con- +‎ quaerō.

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Verb edit

conquīrō (present infinitive conquīrere, perfect active conquīsīvī, supine conquīsītum); third conjugation

  1. to seek for, hunt up, search out eagerly or carefully, go in quest of
    Synonyms: inquīrō, quaesō, scrūtor, spectō, circumspiciō, quaerō, requīrō
  2. to collect, bring together
    Synonyms: cōgō, contrahō, cōnferō, congerō, coniungō, concieō, cōnserō, convehō, cōnstruō, glomerō, concitō, colligō
  3. to investigate, search out
    Synonyms: indāgō, investīgō, scrūtor

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of conquīrō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present conquīrō conquīris conquīrit conquīrimus conquīritis conquīrunt
imperfect conquīrēbam conquīrēbās conquīrēbat conquīrēbāmus conquīrēbātis conquīrēbant
future conquīram conquīrēs conquīret conquīrēmus conquīrētis conquīrent
perfect conquīsīvī conquīsīvistī conquīsīvit conquīsīvimus conquīsīvistis conquīsīvērunt,
conquīsīvēre
pluperfect conquīsīveram conquīsīverās conquīsīverat conquīsīverāmus conquīsīverātis conquīsīverant
future perfect conquīsīverō conquīsīveris conquīsīverit conquīsīverimus conquīsīveritis conquīsīverint
passive present conquīror conquīreris,
conquīrere
conquīritur conquīrimur conquīriminī conquīruntur
imperfect conquīrēbar conquīrēbāris,
conquīrēbāre
conquīrēbātur conquīrēbāmur conquīrēbāminī conquīrēbantur
future conquīrar conquīrēris,
conquīrēre
conquīrētur conquīrēmur conquīrēminī conquīrentur
perfect conquīsītus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect conquīsītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect conquīsītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present conquīram conquīrās conquīrat conquīrāmus conquīrātis conquīrant
imperfect conquīrerem conquīrerēs conquīreret conquīrerēmus conquīrerētis conquīrerent
perfect conquīsīverim conquīsīverīs conquīsīverit conquīsīverīmus conquīsīverītis conquīsīverint
pluperfect conquīsīvissem conquīsīvissēs conquīsīvisset conquīsīvissēmus conquīsīvissētis conquīsīvissent
passive present conquīrar conquīrāris,
conquīrāre
conquīrātur conquīrāmur conquīrāminī conquīrantur
imperfect conquīrerer conquīrerēris,
conquīrerēre
conquīrerētur conquīrerēmur conquīrerēminī conquīrerentur
perfect conquīsītus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect conquīsītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present conquīre conquīrite
future conquīritō conquīritō conquīritōte conquīruntō
passive present conquīrere conquīriminī
future conquīritor conquīritor conquīruntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives conquīrere conquīsīvisse conquīsītūrum esse conquīrī conquīsītum esse conquīsītum īrī
participles conquīrēns conquīsītūrus conquīsītus conquīrendus,
conquīrundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
conquīrendī conquīrendō conquīrendum conquīrendō conquīsītum conquīsītū

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References edit

  • conquiro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • conquiro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • conquiro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.