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τίκτει τοι κόρος ὕβριν, ὅταν κακῷ ὄλβος ἕπηται ἀνθρώπῳ καὶ ὅτῳ μὴ νόος ἄρτιος ᾖ → satiety engenders hybris when great prosperity attends on a base man or one whose mind is not set up right
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|lshtext=<b>rĕ-quīro</b>: sīvi or sii, sītum, 3, v. a. [[quaero]],<br /><b>I</b> to [[seek]] [[again]]; to [[look]] [[after]], to [[seek]] or [[search]] for; to [[seek]] to [[know]], to [[ask]] or [[inquire]] [[after]] ([[class]].; cf.: [[repeto]], [[reposco]], [[exploro]]).<br /><b>I</b> In gen.: Ph. Quid quaeritas? Ha. Vestigium hic [[requiro]], Qua, etc., Plaut. Cist. 4. 2, 58: ego illam requiram jam, ubi ubi est, id. Ep. 3, 4, 56; so, aliquem, id. As. 2, 2, 1; id. Capt. 3, 1, 13; id. Bacch. 3, 5, 2; id. Pers. 4, 6, 14; Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 65; id. Phorm. 2, 1, 79; 5, 6, 41; Caes. B. C. 2, 35; Cic. Rep. 1, 28, 44; Sall. C. 40, 1: legatos Allobrogum, Greg. M. in Job, 31, 54; Amm. 23, 6 al.; cf.: juvenem oculisque animoque, Ov. M. 4, 129: oculis terram, Curt. 4, 7, 11: [[cerva]] requisita, Gell. 15, 22, 6: libros, Cic. Fin. 3, 3, 10; cf.: scripta SCtis abolita, Suet. Calig. 16: extractum anulum, id. Tib. 73: membra omnia, Quint. 11, 2, 13: [[artus]], ossa, Ov. M. 2, 336: [[portus]] Velinos, Verg. A. 6, 366: cibos, Col. 8, 8, 1: [[vinum]] generosum et [[lene]], Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 18: animi [[neque]] admirantur [[neque]] requirunt rationes earum rerum, quas [[semper]] vident, Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 96: causam tam [[facilis]] [[eventus]], Front. Strat. 3, 1, 2; cf. causam, Ov. M. 10, 388: vera, Lucr. 1, 640: tua facta, Ov. H. 6, 31: mea facta, id. M 13, 211: quaedam requisita se occultant, et [[eadem]] [[forte]] succurrunt, Quint. 11, 2, 7; cf. id. 8, prooem. § 30 Zumpt N. cr.; id. 5, 10, 121: [[quod]] si [[quis]] [[parum]] credat, [[apud]] ipsum (Lucilium) in [[nono]] requirat, id. 1, 7, 19.—With [[dependent]] [[clause]]: requireres, rogitares, [[quis]] esset, aut [[unde]] esset, etc., Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 48: (bestiae) ut requirant [[atque]] appetant, ad quas se applicent ejusdem generis animantes, Cic. Lael. 21, 81: illud [[quoque]] requisivi, quā ratione, etc., id. Quint. 29, 88; cf. id. N. D. 1, 22, 60: requirunt, num aliquid, etc., Quint. 12, 9, 17: [[forsitan]] et, Priami fuerint quae fata, requiras, Verg. A. 2, 506: cum requisisset [[ubinam]] esset, Nep. Att. 10, 4: [[secum]], [[cur]] [[sit]] bis rapta, requirit, Ov. M. 15, 233.— Impers. [[pass]].: requiretur [[fortasse]] [[nunc]], quemadmodem, etc., Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 22. —Absol.: videmusne, ut pueri ... pulsi requirant et aliquid scire se gaudeant? Cic. Fin. 5, 18, 48: [[subito]] res [[vetustas]] reddere se et offerre, nec [[tantum]] requirentibus, sed [[etiam]] [[sponte]] [[interim]], Quint. 11, 2, 5: pande requirenti [[nomen]] terraeque tuumque, Ov. M. 4, 679. —<br /> <b>b</b> Requirere ex or ab [[aliquo]] (aliquid), to [[ask]], [[demand]], [[inquire]] [[any]] [[thing]] of a [[person]]; to [[question]] a [[person]] [[about]] [[any]] [[thing]]: ex quibus requiram, [[quonam]] [[modo]] latuerint aut ubi, etc., Cic. Cael. 28, 67: si [[quis]] requirit [[cur]] Romae non sim, id. Att. 12, 40, 3; cf.: [[saepe]] ex me requiris, [[cur]], etc., Tac. Or. 1: [[quoniam]] [[nihil]] ex te hi requirunt, Cic. Rep. 2, 38, 64; Quint. 1, 6, 31: facilia sunt ea, quae a me de Vatinio requiris, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 19; cf.: ut id a me [[neve]] in hoc reo [[neve]] in aliis requiras, id. ib. 1, 9, 19: illud mihi [[numquam]] in mentem venit a te requirere, id. Ac. 1, 1, 5: aliquid de antiquitate ab [[aliquo]], Nep. Att. 20, 2. —<br /><b>II</b> In partic., [[with]] the [[accessory]] [[idea]] of [[need]], to [[ask]] for [[something]] needed; to [[need]], [[want]], [[lack]], [[miss]], be in [[want]] of, [[require]] (syn. [[desidero]]): omnes hoc [[loco]] cives Romani vestram severitatem desiderant, vestram fidem implorant, vestrum [[auxilium]] requirunt, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 172: qui [[beatus]] est, non [[intellego]], [[quid]] requirat, ut [[sit]] beatior, id. Tusc. 5, 8, 23: habuit, non habet: desiderat, requirit, indiget, id. ib. 1, 36, 87: [[isto]] bono utare, dum assit; cum absit, ne requiras: [[nisi]] [[forte]] adulescentes pueritiam, [[paulum]] aetate progressi adulescentiam debent requirere, id. Sen. 10, 33; id. Fin. 1, 18, 61: magnam res diligentiam requirebat, Caes. B. G. 6, 34: non ex liberis populis reges requiri, Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 48: [[mala]] [[causa]] est quae requirit misericordiam, Publ. Syr. v. 312 Rib.: divitias, Tib. 1, 1, 41.—<br /> <b>b</b> Pass., to be required, i. e. to be [[requisite]], [[necessary]]: in hoc [[bello]] Asiatico virtutes animi magnae et multae requiruntur, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64: haec in altercatione, Quint. 6, 3, 46: aliquae orationes ad cognoscendam litium rationem requiruntur, id. 10, 1, 23; Col. 1, 7, 1.—<br /> <b>B</b> Transf., [[like]] desiderare, to [[perceive]] to be [[wanting]], to [[look]] in [[vain]] for, to [[miss]]: qui (oculi) [[quocumque]] inciderunt, veterem consuetudinem [[fori]] et pristinum morem judiciorum requirunt, Cic. Mil. 1, 1: libertatem meam, id. Planc. 38, 93: et pacis ornamenta et subsidia belli, id. Imp. Pomp. 2, 6: unum ἱστορικόν,> id. Att. 6, 1, 8: Caesaris in se indulgentiam, Caes. B. G. 7, 63: quae [[nonnumquam]] requirimus, Cic. Mur. 29, 61: aliquid, Quint. 2, 10, 15: multos, Quos [[quondam]] vidi, Ov. M. 7, 515: [[vereor]], ne desideres [[officium]] [[meum]] ... sed [[tamen]] [[vereor]], ne litterarum a me [[officium]] requiras, Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 1: in quo [[equidem]] majorum nostrorum [[saepe]] [[requiro]] prudentiam, id. Par. 1, 1, 7.— Hence, rĕquīsītum, i, n., P. a., as subst. (acc. to II.), a [[want]], [[need]], [[requirement]] ([[rare]]): ad requisita naturae, i. e. to the calls, Sall. Fragm. ap. Quint. 8, 6, 59 (Hist. 1, 54 Dietsch); Spart. Car. 6. | |lshtext=<b>rĕ-quīro</b>: sīvi or sii, sītum, 3, v. a. [[quaero]],<br /><b>I</b> to [[seek]] [[again]]; to [[look]] [[after]], to [[seek]] or [[search]] for; to [[seek]] to [[know]], to [[ask]] or [[inquire]] [[after]] ([[class]].; cf.: [[repeto]], [[reposco]], [[exploro]]).<br /><b>I</b> In gen.: Ph. Quid quaeritas? Ha. Vestigium hic [[requiro]], Qua, etc., Plaut. Cist. 4. 2, 58: ego illam requiram jam, ubi ubi est, id. Ep. 3, 4, 56; so, aliquem, id. As. 2, 2, 1; id. Capt. 3, 1, 13; id. Bacch. 3, 5, 2; id. Pers. 4, 6, 14; Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 65; id. Phorm. 2, 1, 79; 5, 6, 41; Caes. B. C. 2, 35; Cic. Rep. 1, 28, 44; Sall. C. 40, 1: legatos Allobrogum, Greg. M. in Job, 31, 54; Amm. 23, 6 al.; cf.: juvenem oculisque animoque, Ov. M. 4, 129: oculis terram, Curt. 4, 7, 11: [[cerva]] requisita, Gell. 15, 22, 6: libros, Cic. Fin. 3, 3, 10; cf.: scripta SCtis abolita, Suet. Calig. 16: extractum anulum, id. Tib. 73: membra omnia, Quint. 11, 2, 13: [[artus]], ossa, Ov. M. 2, 336: [[portus]] Velinos, Verg. A. 6, 366: cibos, Col. 8, 8, 1: [[vinum]] generosum et [[lene]], Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 18: animi [[neque]] admirantur [[neque]] requirunt rationes earum rerum, quas [[semper]] vident, Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 96: causam tam [[facilis]] [[eventus]], Front. Strat. 3, 1, 2; cf. causam, Ov. M. 10, 388: vera, Lucr. 1, 640: tua facta, Ov. H. 6, 31: mea facta, id. M 13, 211: quaedam requisita se occultant, et [[eadem]] [[forte]] succurrunt, Quint. 11, 2, 7; cf. id. 8, prooem. § 30 Zumpt N. cr.; id. 5, 10, 121: [[quod]] si [[quis]] [[parum]] credat, [[apud]] ipsum (Lucilium) in [[nono]] requirat, id. 1, 7, 19.—With [[dependent]] [[clause]]: requireres, rogitares, [[quis]] esset, aut [[unde]] esset, etc., Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 48: (bestiae) ut requirant [[atque]] appetant, ad quas se applicent ejusdem generis animantes, Cic. Lael. 21, 81: illud [[quoque]] requisivi, quā ratione, etc., id. Quint. 29, 88; cf. id. N. D. 1, 22, 60: requirunt, num aliquid, etc., Quint. 12, 9, 17: [[forsitan]] et, Priami fuerint quae fata, requiras, Verg. A. 2, 506: cum requisisset [[ubinam]] esset, Nep. Att. 10, 4: [[secum]], [[cur]] [[sit]] bis rapta, requirit, Ov. M. 15, 233.— Impers. [[pass]].: requiretur [[fortasse]] [[nunc]], quemadmodem, etc., Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 22. —Absol.: videmusne, ut pueri ... pulsi requirant et aliquid scire se gaudeant? Cic. Fin. 5, 18, 48: [[subito]] res [[vetustas]] reddere se et offerre, nec [[tantum]] requirentibus, sed [[etiam]] [[sponte]] [[interim]], Quint. 11, 2, 5: pande requirenti [[nomen]] terraeque tuumque, Ov. M. 4, 679. —<br /> <b>b</b> Requirere ex or ab [[aliquo]] (aliquid), to [[ask]], [[demand]], [[inquire]] [[any]] [[thing]] of a [[person]]; to [[question]] a [[person]] [[about]] [[any]] [[thing]]: ex quibus requiram, [[quonam]] [[modo]] latuerint aut ubi, etc., Cic. Cael. 28, 67: si [[quis]] requirit [[cur]] Romae non sim, id. Att. 12, 40, 3; cf.: [[saepe]] ex me requiris, [[cur]], etc., Tac. Or. 1: [[quoniam]] [[nihil]] ex te hi requirunt, Cic. Rep. 2, 38, 64; Quint. 1, 6, 31: facilia sunt ea, quae a me de Vatinio requiris, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 19; cf.: ut id a me [[neve]] in hoc reo [[neve]] in aliis requiras, id. ib. 1, 9, 19: illud mihi [[numquam]] in mentem venit a te requirere, id. Ac. 1, 1, 5: aliquid de antiquitate ab [[aliquo]], Nep. Att. 20, 2. —<br /><b>II</b> In partic., [[with]] the [[accessory]] [[idea]] of [[need]], to [[ask]] for [[something]] needed; to [[need]], [[want]], [[lack]], [[miss]], be in [[want]] of, [[require]] (syn. [[desidero]]): omnes hoc [[loco]] cives Romani vestram severitatem desiderant, vestram fidem implorant, vestrum [[auxilium]] requirunt, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 172: qui [[beatus]] est, non [[intellego]], [[quid]] requirat, ut [[sit]] beatior, id. Tusc. 5, 8, 23: habuit, non habet: desiderat, requirit, indiget, id. ib. 1, 36, 87: [[isto]] bono utare, dum assit; cum absit, ne requiras: [[nisi]] [[forte]] adulescentes pueritiam, [[paulum]] aetate progressi adulescentiam debent requirere, id. Sen. 10, 33; id. Fin. 1, 18, 61: magnam res diligentiam requirebat, Caes. B. G. 6, 34: non ex liberis populis reges requiri, Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 48: [[mala]] [[causa]] est quae requirit misericordiam, Publ. Syr. v. 312 Rib.: divitias, Tib. 1, 1, 41.—<br /> <b>b</b> Pass., to be required, i. e. to be [[requisite]], [[necessary]]: in hoc [[bello]] Asiatico virtutes animi magnae et multae requiruntur, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64: haec in altercatione, Quint. 6, 3, 46: aliquae orationes ad cognoscendam litium rationem requiruntur, id. 10, 1, 23; Col. 1, 7, 1.—<br /> <b>B</b> Transf., [[like]] desiderare, to [[perceive]] to be [[wanting]], to [[look]] in [[vain]] for, to [[miss]]: qui (oculi) [[quocumque]] inciderunt, veterem consuetudinem [[fori]] et pristinum morem judiciorum requirunt, Cic. Mil. 1, 1: libertatem meam, id. Planc. 38, 93: et pacis ornamenta et subsidia belli, id. Imp. Pomp. 2, 6: unum ἱστορικόν,> id. Att. 6, 1, 8: Caesaris in se indulgentiam, Caes. B. G. 7, 63: quae [[nonnumquam]] requirimus, Cic. Mur. 29, 61: aliquid, Quint. 2, 10, 15: multos, Quos [[quondam]] vidi, Ov. M. 7, 515: [[vereor]], ne desideres [[officium]] [[meum]] ... sed [[tamen]] [[vereor]], ne litterarum a me [[officium]] requiras, Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 1: in quo [[equidem]] majorum nostrorum [[saepe]] [[requiro]] prudentiam, id. Par. 1, 1, 7.— Hence, rĕquīsītum, i, n., P. a., as subst. (acc. to II.), a [[want]], [[need]], [[requirement]] ([[rare]]): ad requisita naturae, i. e. to the calls, Sall. Fragm. ap. Quint. 8, 6, 59 (Hist. 1, 54 Dietsch); Spart. Car. 6. | ||
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|gf=<b>rĕquīrō</b>,⁸ quīsīvī, quīsītum, ĕre (re et quæro), tr.,<br /><b>1</b> rechercher, être à la recherche de, être en quête de (aliquem, [[aliquid]], qqn, qqch.) : [[Varum]] requirebat Cæs. C. 2, 35, 1, il recherchait [[Varus]] ; libros Cic. Fin. 3, 10, être en quête de livres ; requisisse dicitur Archimedem illum Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 131, on dit qu’il fit rechercher l’[[illustre]] Archimède || être en quête d’une réponse, d’une solution à une question, demander, s’informer : [[recte]] requiris Cic. Br. 183, ta question [[est]] judicieuse ; rem a me sæpe deliberatam requiris Cic. Ac. 1, 4, ta question porte sur un point souvent débattu dans ma pensée, cf. Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 19 ; ex [[aliquo]] [[aliquid]] Cic. Rep. 2, 64, demander qqch. à qqn ; [avec interr. indir.] : [[illud]] a te [[requiro]], quæ te tanta pœna vexet Cic. Domo 3, je te demande quel terrible châtiment te tourmente ; ex quibus requiram, [[quonam]] [[modo]]... Cic. Cæl. 67, je leur demanderai comment donc...<br /><b>2</b> rechercher, réclamer [une chose dont on a l’habitude et qui manque] : [[oratio]] contractior [[quam]] aures populi requirunt Cic. Br. 120, parole [[plus]] ramassée que ne le réclame l’oreille du public, trop ramassée pour satisfaire aux exigences de l’auditoire, cf. Cic. Or. 33 ; Verr. 2, 5, 172 ; oculi veterem consuetudinem [[fori]] requirunt Cic. Mil. 1, les yeux cherchent à retrouver l’ancienne coutume du [[forum]] || [d’où] regretter l’absence de, désirer qqch. qui fait faute : majorum [[nostrorum]] sæpe [[requiro]] prudentiam Cic. Par. 7, souvent je regrette de ne pas trouver autour de moi la sagesse de [[nos]] ancêtres, cf. Cic. CM 30 ; 33, etc.; Cæs. G. 7, 63, 8 || réclamer, avoir besoin de : magnam [[res]] diligentiam requirebat Cæs. G. 6, 34, 3, les circonstances exigeaient une [[grande]] attention ; in [[hoc]] [[bello]] virtutes animi magnæ et multæ requiruntur Cic. Pomp. 64, dans [[cette]] guerre beaucoup de grandes qualités morales sont nécessaires ; [[virtus]] nullam requirit voluptatem Cic. Fin. 1, 61, la vertu n’a besoin en aucune façon du plaisir, cf. Cic. Tusc. 5, 23 ; Br. 143. | |||
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
rĕ-quīro: sīvi or sii, sītum, 3, v. a. quaero,
I to seek again; to look after, to seek or search for; to seek to know, to ask or inquire after (class.; cf.: repeto, reposco, exploro).
I In gen.: Ph. Quid quaeritas? Ha. Vestigium hic requiro, Qua, etc., Plaut. Cist. 4. 2, 58: ego illam requiram jam, ubi ubi est, id. Ep. 3, 4, 56; so, aliquem, id. As. 2, 2, 1; id. Capt. 3, 1, 13; id. Bacch. 3, 5, 2; id. Pers. 4, 6, 14; Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 65; id. Phorm. 2, 1, 79; 5, 6, 41; Caes. B. C. 2, 35; Cic. Rep. 1, 28, 44; Sall. C. 40, 1: legatos Allobrogum, Greg. M. in Job, 31, 54; Amm. 23, 6 al.; cf.: juvenem oculisque animoque, Ov. M. 4, 129: oculis terram, Curt. 4, 7, 11: cerva requisita, Gell. 15, 22, 6: libros, Cic. Fin. 3, 3, 10; cf.: scripta SCtis abolita, Suet. Calig. 16: extractum anulum, id. Tib. 73: membra omnia, Quint. 11, 2, 13: artus, ossa, Ov. M. 2, 336: portus Velinos, Verg. A. 6, 366: cibos, Col. 8, 8, 1: vinum generosum et lene, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 18: animi neque admirantur neque requirunt rationes earum rerum, quas semper vident, Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 96: causam tam facilis eventus, Front. Strat. 3, 1, 2; cf. causam, Ov. M. 10, 388: vera, Lucr. 1, 640: tua facta, Ov. H. 6, 31: mea facta, id. M 13, 211: quaedam requisita se occultant, et eadem forte succurrunt, Quint. 11, 2, 7; cf. id. 8, prooem. § 30 Zumpt N. cr.; id. 5, 10, 121: quod si quis parum credat, apud ipsum (Lucilium) in nono requirat, id. 1, 7, 19.—With dependent clause: requireres, rogitares, quis esset, aut unde esset, etc., Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 48: (bestiae) ut requirant atque appetant, ad quas se applicent ejusdem generis animantes, Cic. Lael. 21, 81: illud quoque requisivi, quā ratione, etc., id. Quint. 29, 88; cf. id. N. D. 1, 22, 60: requirunt, num aliquid, etc., Quint. 12, 9, 17: forsitan et, Priami fuerint quae fata, requiras, Verg. A. 2, 506: cum requisisset ubinam esset, Nep. Att. 10, 4: secum, cur sit bis rapta, requirit, Ov. M. 15, 233.— Impers. pass.: requiretur fortasse nunc, quemadmodem, etc., Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 22. —Absol.: videmusne, ut pueri ... pulsi requirant et aliquid scire se gaudeant? Cic. Fin. 5, 18, 48: subito res vetustas reddere se et offerre, nec tantum requirentibus, sed etiam sponte interim, Quint. 11, 2, 5: pande requirenti nomen terraeque tuumque, Ov. M. 4, 679. —
b Requirere ex or ab aliquo (aliquid), to ask, demand, inquire any thing of a person; to question a person about any thing: ex quibus requiram, quonam modo latuerint aut ubi, etc., Cic. Cael. 28, 67: si quis requirit cur Romae non sim, id. Att. 12, 40, 3; cf.: saepe ex me requiris, cur, etc., Tac. Or. 1: quoniam nihil ex te hi requirunt, Cic. Rep. 2, 38, 64; Quint. 1, 6, 31: facilia sunt ea, quae a me de Vatinio requiris, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 19; cf.: ut id a me neve in hoc reo neve in aliis requiras, id. ib. 1, 9, 19: illud mihi numquam in mentem venit a te requirere, id. Ac. 1, 1, 5: aliquid de antiquitate ab aliquo, Nep. Att. 20, 2. —
II In partic., with the accessory idea of need, to ask for something needed; to need, want, lack, miss, be in want of, require (syn. desidero): omnes hoc loco cives Romani vestram severitatem desiderant, vestram fidem implorant, vestrum auxilium requirunt, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 172: qui beatus est, non intellego, quid requirat, ut sit beatior, id. Tusc. 5, 8, 23: habuit, non habet: desiderat, requirit, indiget, id. ib. 1, 36, 87: isto bono utare, dum assit; cum absit, ne requiras: nisi forte adulescentes pueritiam, paulum aetate progressi adulescentiam debent requirere, id. Sen. 10, 33; id. Fin. 1, 18, 61: magnam res diligentiam requirebat, Caes. B. G. 6, 34: non ex liberis populis reges requiri, Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 48: mala causa est quae requirit misericordiam, Publ. Syr. v. 312 Rib.: divitias, Tib. 1, 1, 41.—
b Pass., to be required, i. e. to be requisite, necessary: in hoc bello Asiatico virtutes animi magnae et multae requiruntur, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 64: haec in altercatione, Quint. 6, 3, 46: aliquae orationes ad cognoscendam litium rationem requiruntur, id. 10, 1, 23; Col. 1, 7, 1.—
B Transf., like desiderare, to perceive to be wanting, to look in vain for, to miss: qui (oculi) quocumque inciderunt, veterem consuetudinem fori et pristinum morem judiciorum requirunt, Cic. Mil. 1, 1: libertatem meam, id. Planc. 38, 93: et pacis ornamenta et subsidia belli, id. Imp. Pomp. 2, 6: unum ἱστορικόν,> id. Att. 6, 1, 8: Caesaris in se indulgentiam, Caes. B. G. 7, 63: quae nonnumquam requirimus, Cic. Mur. 29, 61: aliquid, Quint. 2, 10, 15: multos, Quos quondam vidi, Ov. M. 7, 515: vereor, ne desideres officium meum ... sed tamen vereor, ne litterarum a me officium requiras, Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 1: in quo equidem majorum nostrorum saepe requiro prudentiam, id. Par. 1, 1, 7.— Hence, rĕquīsītum, i, n., P. a., as subst. (acc. to II.), a want, need, requirement (rare): ad requisita naturae, i. e. to the calls, Sall. Fragm. ap. Quint. 8, 6, 59 (Hist. 1, 54 Dietsch); Spart. Car. 6.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
rĕquīrō,⁸ quīsīvī, quīsītum, ĕre (re et quæro), tr.,
1 rechercher, être à la recherche de, être en quête de (aliquem, aliquid, qqn, qqch.) : Varum requirebat Cæs. C. 2, 35, 1, il recherchait Varus ; libros Cic. Fin. 3, 10, être en quête de livres ; requisisse dicitur Archimedem illum Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 131, on dit qu’il fit rechercher l’illustre Archimède
