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|lnetxt=conquiro conquirere, conquisivi, conquisitus V TRANS :: seek out; hunt/rake up; investigate; collect; search out/down/for diligently
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>conquīro</b>: (-[[quaero]]), quīsīvi ([[arch]]. form CONQVAESEIVEI in inscrr.:<br /><b>I</b> conquisierit, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 1; id. Rab. Perd. 5, 15), quīsītum, 3, v. a. [[quaero]], to seelc or [[search]] for, to [[procure]], [[bring]] [[together]], [[collect]] ([[class]].; esp. freq. in the histt.).<br /><b>I</b> In gen.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: naves toto flumine Ibero, Caes. B. C. 1, 61: Lisso Parthinisque et omnibus castellis [[quod]] esset frumenti conquiri jussit, id. ib. 3, 42: haec (cornua) [[studiose]] conquisita, id. B. G. 6, 28: [[quam]] plurimum domiti pecoris ex agris, Sall. J. 75, 4: ea (sc. obsides, [[arma]], servos), Caes. B. G. 1, 27 and 28: socios ad eum interficiendum, Nep. [[Dion]], 8, 3: pecuniam, Liv. 29, 18, 6; cf.: dona ac pecunias [[acerbe]] per municipia, Tac. H. 3, 76 fin.: conquirere et comburere vaticinos libros, Liv. 39, 16, 8: desertores de exercitu volonum, id. 25, 22, 3: sacra, id. 25, 7, 5 Duker: virgines sibi [[undique]], Suet. Aug. 71; 83: [[vulgo]] amantes, Prop. 1, 2, 23: duces, Curt. 9, 9, 1: fabros [[undique]], Dig. 45, 1, 137, § 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop., to [[seek]] [[after]], [[search]] for, go in [[quest]] of, to [[make]] [[search]] for (esp. freq. in Cic. and Tac.): conquisita diu dulcique reperta labore carmina, Lucr. 3, 419: suavitates [[undique]], Cic. Off. 3, 33, 117: voluptates, Caes. B. C. 3, 96; cf.: conquirere et comparare voluptatem, Cic. Fin. 1, 13, 42; id. Ac. 2, 27, 87: vetera exempla, id. de Or. 3, 8, 29: piacula irae deum, Liv. 40, 37, 2: [[impedimenta]], Tac. A. 1, 47: solacia, id. ib. 12, 68: argumenta, id. ib. 14, 44: causas, id. Or. 15: naturae [[primas]] causas, Cic. Univ. 14 med.: omnes artes ad opprimendum eum, Tac. A. 15, 56.—<br /><b>II</b> Esp. (con intens.), to [[seek]] for [[with]] [[earnestness]], to [[search]] [[out]] [[eagerly]] or [[carefully]] ([[rare]] [[but]] [[class]].).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: Diodorum tota [[provincia]], Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 19, § 39: (Liberam) investigare et conquirere, id. ib. 2, 4, 48, § 106: terrā marique conquiri, Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 9, 2: conquirere consulem et sepelire, Liv. 22, 52, 6: eum ad necem, Vell. 2, 41, 2; Nep. Timol. 3, 1; Suet. Vit. 10.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.: aliquid sceleris et flagitii, to [[seek]] to [[commit]], Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 96.—Hence, conquīsītus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to II.), sought [[out]], [[chosen]], [[costly]]: conquisiti [[atque]] electi coloni, Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 96: peregrina et conquisita medicamenta, Cels. 5, 26, 23: figurae (opp. obviae dicenti), * Quint. 9, 3, 5.—Sup.: mensae conquisitissimis epulis exstruebantur, Cic. Tusc. 5, 21, 62.—Comp. prob. not in [[use]].—Adv.: conquīsītē, [[carefully]], [[with]] [[much]] pains (ante- and post-class., and [[only]] in [[posit]].): [[conquisite]] commercata edulia, Afran. ap. Non. p. 28, 30: [[conquisite]] [[admodum]] scripsit [[Varro]], Gell. 3, 10, 16; cf.: [[conquisite]] conscripsimus (corresp. [[with]] [[diligenter]]), Auct. Her. 2, 31, 50.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>conquīrō</b>,¹⁰ quīsīvī, quīsītum, ĕre (cum et quæro), tr., chercher de tous côtés, rassembler en prenant de côté et d’autre : naves conquiri jubent Cæs. C. 1, 61, 5, ils ordonnent qu’on rassemble des vaisseaux ; hæc (cornua) [[studiose]] conquisita Cæs. G. 6, 28, 6, ces cornes recherchées avec passion ; omne [[argentum]] Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 50, rechercher toute l’argenterie ; [[undique]] nequissimos homines Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 22, recruter partout les hommes les [[plus]] pervers &#124;&#124; lever, recruter des soldats] : Cæs. G. 7, 31, 4 &#124;&#124; aliquem investigare et conquirere Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 106, suivre à la trace et rechercher partout qqn (4, 40 ) &#124;&#124; suavitates [[undique]] Cic. Off. 3, 117, rechercher de tous côtés les plaisirs (Fin. 1, 42 ; Ac. 2, 87); [[aliquid]] sceleris Cic. Agr. 2, 97, être en quête de quelque crime [à commettre]. formes sync. du parf. : conquisierunt Her. 1, 1 ; conquisierit Cic. Ac. 2, 87 ; Verr. 2, 4, 1 ; conquisisset Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 22 &#124;&#124; formes arch. conquæro, conquæsivei, etc. CIL 10, 6950, 11 ; 1, 198, 34 ; 1, 198, 31.||lever, recruter des soldats] : Cæs. G. 7, 31, 4||aliquem investigare et conquirere Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 106, suivre à la trace et rechercher partout qqn (4, 40 )||suavitates [[undique]] Cic. Off. 3, 117, rechercher de tous côtés les plaisirs (Fin. 1, 42 ; Ac. 2, 87); [[aliquid]] sceleris Cic. Agr. 2, 97, être en quête de quelque crime [à commettre]. formes sync. du parf. : conquisierunt Her. 1, 1 ; conquisierit Cic. Ac. 2, 87 ; Verr. 2, 4, 1 ; conquisisset Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 22||formes arch. conquæro, conquæsivei, etc. CIL 10, 6950, 11 ; 1, 198, 34 ; 1, 198, 31.
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{{Georges
|georg=conquīro, quīsīvī, quīsītum, ere (con u. [[quaero]]), [[von]] verschiedenen Seiten [[aufsuchen]], [[auf]]- od. [[einsammeln]], aufzubringen [[oder]] beizubringen [[oder]] [[sich]] zu [[verschaffen]] [[suchen]], besond. [[nach]] Verlorenem, Verborgenem [[nachsuchen]], ihm [[nachspüren]], nachhaschen, I) [[auf]] [[mater]]. Wege: a) übh.: pecuniam, Cic.: urorum cornua [[studiose]], Caes.: litteras (Dokumente, schriftliche Beweise), Cic.: vaticinos libros conquirere comburereque, Liv.: c. impedimenta, Tac., [[sacra]] (abhanden gekommene), Liv.: si [[quid]] ablatum est id conquirendi, cognoscendi, repetendi [[ius]] [[esto]], Liv.: Proserpinam investigare et conquirere [[velle]] (v. der [[Ceres]]), Cic.: desertores de exercitu volonum, Liv.: perfugas, Liv. – consulem conquisitum ([[auf]] dem Schlachtfelde) sepultumque, Liv.: roganti [[tempus]] aliquod ad conquirendum (zum [[Aufsuchen]], näml. [[des]] Vermißten) [[non]] dedit, Sen. – pueros minutos [[undique]], Suet.: virgines alci [[undique]], Suet.: iumenta [[undique]], Caes.: ex agris [[quam]] [[plurimum]] domiti pecoris, Sall.: u. Lisso ([[von]] L.) Parthinisque et omnibus castellis [[quod]] esset frumenti conquiri iussit, Caes. b. c. 3, 42, 4. – testam ([[ossis]]) specillo, Cels. – alqm terrā marique, Vatin. in Cic. ep.: naves toto flumine, Caes.: alqm totā provinciā, Cic. – dona ac pecunias per [[omnia]] municipia, Tac.: quieti animi cives per nomenclatorem, Val. Max. – socios ad alqm interficiendum, Nep.: alqm ad mortem, ad necem, Vell. – b) insbes., Kolonisten od. Soldaten [[ausheben]], [[werben]], [[pressen]], colonos, Cic. (vgl. conquisivit quos potuit, [[primum]] Siculos, Nep.). – sagittarios omnes, Caes.: magnum numerum eorum, [[qui]] equo merere deberent, Liv. – II) [[auf]] [[nicht]] [[mater]]. Wege: piacula irae deûm, Liv.: suffragia, Tac.: voluptates, Caes.: voluptatem c. et comparare, Cic.: solacia, Tac.: [[aliquid]] sceleris et flagitii, [[aufsuchen]] (= zu [[begehen]] [[suchen]]), Cic. – vetera exempla (Ggstz. [[uti]] praesentibus exemplis [[atque]] vivis), Cic.: intellegentis sapientisque naturae [[primas]] causas c., [[deinde]] secundas earum rerum, [[quae]] etc., Cic.: omnium factorum historiam, Cic.: vitia ficta conquisitaque, Cic.: figurae conquisitae, weithergeholte (Ggstz. obviae dicenti), Cic. – c. [[undique]] suavitates, Cic. – argumenta in eo, [[quod]] sapientioribus deliberatum est, Tac. – [[non]] causidicum [[nescio]] quem [[neque]] proclamatorem [[aut]] rabulam [[hoc]] sermone nostro conquirimus, Cic.: [[neque]] [[enim]], [[quotiens]] [[verbum]] aliquod est scribendum notis, [[totiens]] [[eius]] verbi [[litterae]] sunt cogitatione conquirendae, Cic. – omnes artes ad alqm opprimendum, Tac. – [[omnia]] [[studiose]] [[contra]] [[sensus]], Cic. – solebat [[mecum]] [[interdum]] [[eiusmodi]] [[aliquid]] conquirere, Cic. – / Zsgz. Perf.-[[Form]] conquisierunt, Cornif. rhet. 1, 1: conquisierit, Cic. Verr. 4, 1; Rabir. perd. 15: conquisisset, Cic. Verr. 3, 22. – arch. Nbf. [[conquaero]], [[wovon]] conquaesivei, Corp. inscr. Lat. 10, 6950, 11: conquaesiverit, ibid. 1, 198, 34: conquaeri, ibid. 1, 198, 31.
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