quaesite
Dictionary entries
- Entry →quaeso, quaesere, -, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
beg, ask, ask for, seek;
pl. pres. act. imp. 2nd - Entry →quaero, quaerere, quaesivi, quaesitus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
search for, seek, strive for; obtain; ask, inquire, demand;
voc. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →quaesitus, quaesita -um, quaesitior -or -us, quaesitissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
special, sought out, looked for; select; artificial, studied, affected;
voc. sg. (m.)
Examples
Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...elephantis, non divom pacem votis adit ac prece quaesit ventorum pavidus paces animasque secundas? ne quiquam, quoniam violento..."FRAGMENTA HISTORIARUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...cura patres exercebat. Ardebat omnis Hispania citerior. Curionem quaesit, uti adulescentior et a populi suffragiis integer aetati concederet..."Liber XIV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...credebaturque haud perinde exitium Antistio quam imperatori gloriam quaesit[tam], ut condemnatum a senatu intercessione tribunicia morti eximeret..."
