conquaestus

Latin

Alternative forms

• conquestus, conquīsītus

Etymology

From conquaerō, alternative form of conquīrō (“seek for, collect” in Classical Latin; “acquire”, hence ultimately “conquer” in Vulgar and Medieval Latin), +‎ -tus.

Noun

conquaestus m (genitive conquaestūs); fourth declension (Medieval Latin)

1. acquisition (of property by other means than inheritance)
2. an acquisition, a thing acquired
3. (by extension) conquest
4. wealth
5. revenue

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	conquaestus	conquaestūs
Genitive	conquaestūs	conquaestuum
Dative	conquaestuī	conquaestibus
Accusative	conquaestum	conquaestūs
Ablative	conquaestū	conquaestibus
Vocative	conquaestus	conquaestūs

Related terms

• conquīsītiō

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “conquīrere”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 1058
• conquaestus in Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1967– ) Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch, Munich: C.H. Beck
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “conquaestus”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “conquisitus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, pages 251–2