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|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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