conquirunt
Dictionary entries
- Entry →conquiro, conquirere, conquisivi, conquisitus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
seek out; hunt/rake up; investigate; collect; search out/down/for diligently;
pl. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber VI
Aulus Gellius
"...genus, quae helluones isti terra et mari conquirunt, exposuit inclusitque in numeros senarios. Et ipsos quidem versus..."Liber V
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...supervacua et multos transisse vitam dum vitae instrumenta conquirunt? Recognosce singulos, considera universos: nullius non vita spectat..."ad Helviam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...edunt ut uomant, et epulas quas toto orbe conquirunt nec concoquere dignantur. Ista si quis despicit, quid illi..."