inquirent
Dictionary entries
- Entry →inquiro, inquirere, inquisivi, inquisitus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
examine, investigate, scrutinize; seek grounds for accusation; search, seek;
pl. fut. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- M
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...sequerisque deum. datur, ecce, loquendi cum Ioue libertas: inquire in fata nefandi Caesaris et patriae uenturos excute mores..." - L
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...loco numerant? Ideo quantum potes te ipse coargue, inquire in te; accusatoris primum partibus fungere, deinde iudicis, novissime..." - L
Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...nunc philosophi, quod de speculi natura disserant; quod inquirant, quid ita facies nostra nobis et quidem..." - P
Metamorphoses XIV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...curre fugamque inhibe, moderatius insequar ipse. cui placeas, inquire tamen: non incola montis, non ego sum pastor..." - P
Metamorphoses IX
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...senes norint, et quid liceatque nefasque fasque sit, inquirant, legumque examina servent. conveniens Venus est annis temeraria nostris..." - P
Metamorphoses I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...curre fugamque inhibe, moderatius insequar ipse. cui placeas, inquire tamen: non incola montis, non ego sum pastor..." - Q
Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...aquila aut serpens Epidaurius? at tibi contra evenit, inquirant vitia ut tua rursus et illi. iracundior est paulo..." - G
Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...imputari. Queri libet, quod in secreta nostra non inquirant principes, nisi quos odimus. Nam si eadem cura bonis..."