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|lshtext=<b>quaero</b>: (old orthogr. QVAIRO, Epitaphs of the Scipios, 6; for the [[original]] form and etym. [[quaeso]], ĕre, v. [[quaeso]]), sīvi or sĭi, sītum, 3, v. a.,<br /><b>I</b> to [[seek]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br /> <b>A</b> In gen.: aliquem, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 43 Vahl.); Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 3: te ipsum quaerebam, Ter. Heaut. 4, 8, 3: escam in sterquilinio, Phaedr. 3, 12 init.—<br /> <b>B</b> In partic.<br /> <b>1</b> To [[seek]] to [[get]] or [[procure]], to [[seek]] or [[search]] for a [[thing]], Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 38: rem mercaturis faciendis, Cic. Par. 6, 2, 46.—Absol.: contrivi in quaerendo vitam [[atque]] aetatem meam, Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 15; 5, 3, 27; Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 57; id. A. P. 170.—<br /> <b>b</b> Transf., to [[get]], [[procure]], [[obtain]], [[acquire]] a [[thing]]: uxores liberorum quaerendorum causā ducere, Suet. Caes. 52: liberorum quaerundorum causā ei [[uxor]] [[data]] est, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 109; cf.: quaerunt litterae hae sibi liberos, id. Ps. 1, 1, 21.—<br /> <b>2</b> To [[seek]] for [[something]] [[missing]], to [[miss]]: Siciliam in uberrimā Siciliae parte, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 47: optatos Tyndaridas, Prop. 1, 17, 18: Phoebi comam, Tib. 2, 3, 20: amnes, Stat. Th. 4, 703.—<br /> <b>3</b> To [[ask]], [[desire]], [[with]] ut and subj.: quaeris ut suscipiam cogitationem [[quidnam]] istis agendum putem, Cic. Att. 14, 20, 4.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br /> <b>A</b> In gen., to [[seek]], i. e. to [[think]] [[over]], [[meditate]], [[aim]] at, [[plan]] a [[thing]]: dum id [[quaero]], [[tibi]] qui filium restituerem, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 83: [[quonam]] [[modo]] [[maxime]] ulti sanguinem [[nostrum]] pereamus, Sall. C. 33,5: fugam, Cic. Att. 7, 17, 1; id. Mur. 37, 80: sibi [[remedium]] ad rem [[aliquam]], id. Clu. 9, 27: de gratiā [[quid]] significares, [[mecum]] [[ipse]] quaerebam, id. Att. 9, 11, A, 1.—With inf.: tristitiae causam si [[quis]] cognoscere quaerit, seeks, strives, endeavors, Ov. Tr. 5, 4, 7; id. Am. 1, 8, 51; Hor. C. 3, 4, 39; id. Ep. 1, 1, 2 al.—<br /> <b>B</b> In partic.<br /> <b>1</b> To [[look]] for, [[seek]] to [[gain]] [[any]] [[thing]]; to [[get]], [[acquire]], [[obtain]], [[procure]]: laudem sibi, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 74: salutem alicui [[malo]], id. Ad. 3, 2, 2: negabant ullā aliā in re [[nisi]] in naturā quaerendum esse illud summum [[bonum]], Cic. Ac. 1, 5, 19: pudentem exitum suae impudentiae, id. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 2: invidiam in aliquem, id. Rab. Post. 17, 46. —<br /> <b>2</b> Of inanim. and abstr. subjects, to [[demand]], [[need]], [[require]], = requirere: [[quod]] cujusquam oratoris eloquentiam quaereret, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 29: lites ex limitibus judicem quaerant, Varr. R. R. 1, 15, 1: [[bellum]] dictatoriam majestatem quaesivisset, Liv. 8, 30: quaerit [[Boeotia]] Dircen, Ov. M. 2, 239. —<br /> <b>3</b> To [[seek]] to [[learn]] from [[any]] one; to [[ask]], [[inquire]], [[interrogate]] (cf.: [[interrogo]], [[percontor]]).<br /> <b>(a)</b> With ab: cum ab iis saepius quaereret, made inquiries, Caes. B. G. 1, 32: [[quaero]] abs te [[nunc]], Hortensi, cum, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 83, § 191: quaesivit a medicis, [[quemadmodum]] se haberet, Nep. [[Dion]], 2, 4: a quo cum quaesisset, quo se deduci vellet, id. Epam. 4, 5; cf. Cic. N. D. 1, 22, 60. —<br /> <b>(b)</b> With de: quaerebat [[paulo]] [[ante]] de me, [[quid]], etc., Cic. Pis. 9, 18: de te ipso [[quaero]], Vatini, [[utrum]], etc., id. Vatin. 4, 10: [[quaero]] de te, arbitrerisne, etc., Liv. 4, 40: [[cura]] [[tibi]] de quo quaerere nulla fuit, Ov. P. 4, 3, 18.—<br /> <b>(g)</b> With ex: quaesivi ex Phaniā, [[quam]] in partem provinciae putaret, etc., Cic. Fam. 3, 6, 1: quaerit ex [[solo]] ea, quae, etc., Caes. B. G. 1, 18.—<br /> <b>(d)</b> With a rel.-[[clause]]: [[ille]] [[baro]] te putabat quaesiturum, unum [[caelum]] esset an innumerabilia, Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 3: [[natura]] fieret laudabile [[carmen]], an [[arte]], Quaesitum est, Hor. A. P. 409: quaeritur [[inter]] medicos, cujus generis aquae sint utilissimae, Plin. 31, 3, 21, § 31.—<br /> <b>4</b> To [[desire]],<br /> <b>a</b> With inf. ([[post]]-Aug.): e monte [[aliquo]] in [[alium]] transilire quaerens, Plin. 8, 53, 79, § 214: qui mutare [[sedes]] quaerebant, Tac. G. 2.—<br /> <b>b</b> Transf., of animals, plants, etc., to [[desire]], [[prefer]], [[seek]]: [[salictum]] et [[harundinetum]] ... umidum locum quaerunt, Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 5: glires aridum locum quaerunt, id. ib. 3, 15, 2; Col. 1, praef. § 26: lupinum quaerit [[maxime]] sabulosa, Plin. 18, 14, 36, § 134; so of the [[soil]]: [[ager]] [[aquosus]] [[plus]] stercoris quaerit, demands, Pall. 1, 6, 15.—<br /> <b>5</b> To [[examine]] or [[inquire]] [[into]] [[judicially]], to [[investigate]], [[institute]] an [[investigation]]; [[with]] acc. ([[rare]]): hunc abduce, vinci, rem quaere, Ter. Ad. 3 (4), 36: non dubitabat [[Minucius]], [[quin]] [[iste]] ([[Verres]]) [[illo]] [[die]] rem illam quaesiturus non esset, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 29, § 72. —With de and abl. ([[class]].; cf. Krebs, Autibarb. p. 962 sq.): de pecuniis repetundis, Cic. Verr. 1, 9, 27: de morte alicujus, id. Rosc. Am. 41, 119: de [[servo]] in dominum, to [[question]] by [[torture]], [[put]] to the [[rack]], id. Mil. 22, 59: aliquid per tormenta, Suet. Tib. 58: legibus, to [[investigate]] according to the laws, [[impartially]], Plin. Ep. 5, 21, 3. —<br /> <b>b</b> Transf.: si quaeris, si quaerimus ([[prop]]., if we, or [[you]], [[look]] [[well]] [[into]] the [[matter]]; if we, or [[you]], would [[know]] the [[truth]]), to [[say]] the [[truth]], in [[fact]], to [[speak]] [[honestly]]: [[omnino]], si quaeris, ludi apparatissimi, Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 2: at sunt morosi, et anxii, et difficiles senes: si quaerimus, [[etiam]] avari, id. Sen. 18, 65: si quaeritis, id. de Or. 2, 62, 254; so, [[too]], si [[verum]] quaeris, id. Fam. 12, 8, 1: si [[verum]] quaeritis, id. de Or. 2, 34, 146: si [[verum]] quaerimus, id. Tusc. 2, 23, 55: noli quaerere or [[quid]] quaeris? in [[short]], in one [[word]]: noli quaerere: ita mihi [[pulcher]] hic [[dies]] [[visus]] est, id. Fam. 4, 4, 3: [[quid]] quaeris? biduo [[factus]] est mihi [[familiaris]], id. ib. 3, 1, 2.— Hence, quaesītus, a, um, P. a., sought [[out]].<br /> <b>A</b> In a [[good]] [[sense]], [[select]], [[special]], [[extraordinary]] ([[mostly]] [[post]]-Aug.): [[epulae]] quaesitissumae, Sall. ap. Macr. S. 2, 9, 9 (Sall. H. 2, 23, 4 Dietsch); comp.: leges quaesitiores (opp. simplices), Tac. A. 3, 26: quaesitior [[adulatio]], id. ib. 3, 57.—Sup.: quaesitissimi honores, Tac. A. 2, 53.—<br /> <b>B</b> In a [[bad]] [[sense]] (opp. to [[what]] is [[natural]]), [[far]]-fetched, [[studied]], [[affected]], [[assumed]] ([[class]].): vitabit [[etiam]] quaesita nec ex tempore ficta, sed [[domo]] allata, quae [[plerumque]] sunt [[frigida]], Cic. Or. 26, 89: ut [[numerus]] non [[quaesitus]], sed [[ipse]] secutus esse videatur, id. ib. 65, 219: [[comitas]], Tac. A. 6, 50: [[asperitas]], id. ib. 5, 3.—<br /> <b>C</b> Subst.: quaesītum, i, n.<br /> <b>1</b> A [[question]] ([[poet]].): accipe quaesiti causam, Ov. M. 4, 793; id. F. 1, 278; Hor. S. 2, 6, 82.—<br /> <b>2</b> A [[question]] as a [[rhetorical]] [[figure]], = [[πύσμα]],> Mart. Cap. 5, § 524. | |lshtext=<b>quaero</b>: (old orthogr. QVAIRO, Epitaphs of the Scipios, 6; for the [[original]] form and etym. [[quaeso]], ĕre, v. [[quaeso]]), sīvi or sĭi, sītum, 3, v. a.,<br /><b>I</b> to [[seek]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br /> <b>A</b> In gen.: aliquem, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 43 Vahl.); Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 3: te ipsum quaerebam, Ter. Heaut. 4, 8, 3: escam in sterquilinio, Phaedr. 3, 12 init.—<br /> <b>B</b> In partic.<br /> <b>1</b> To [[seek]] to [[get]] or [[procure]], to [[seek]] or [[search]] for a [[thing]], Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 38: rem mercaturis faciendis, Cic. Par. 6, 2, 46.—Absol.: contrivi in quaerendo vitam [[atque]] aetatem meam, Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 15; 5, 3, 27; Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 57; id. A. P. 170.—<br /> <b>b</b> Transf., to [[get]], [[procure]], [[obtain]], [[acquire]] a [[thing]]: uxores liberorum quaerendorum causā ducere, Suet. Caes. 52: liberorum quaerundorum causā ei [[uxor]] [[data]] est, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 109; cf.: quaerunt litterae hae sibi liberos, id. Ps. 1, 1, 21.—<br /> <b>2</b> To [[seek]] for [[something]] [[missing]], to [[miss]]: Siciliam in uberrimā Siciliae parte, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 47: optatos Tyndaridas, Prop. 1, 17, 18: Phoebi comam, Tib. 2, 3, 20: amnes, Stat. Th. 4, 703.—<br /> <b>3</b> To [[ask]], [[desire]], [[with]] ut and subj.: quaeris ut suscipiam cogitationem [[quidnam]] istis agendum putem, Cic. Att. 14, 20, 4.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br /> <b>A</b> In gen., to [[seek]], i. e. to [[think]] [[over]], [[meditate]], [[aim]] at, [[plan]] a [[thing]]: dum id [[quaero]], [[tibi]] qui filium restituerem, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 83: [[quonam]] [[modo]] [[maxime]] ulti sanguinem [[nostrum]] pereamus, Sall. C. 33,5: fugam, Cic. Att. 7, 17, 1; id. Mur. 37, 80: sibi [[remedium]] ad rem [[aliquam]], id. Clu. 9, 27: de gratiā [[quid]] significares, [[mecum]] [[ipse]] quaerebam, id. Att. 9, 11, A, 1.—With inf.: tristitiae causam si [[quis]] cognoscere quaerit, seeks, strives, endeavors, Ov. Tr. 5, 4, 7; id. Am. 1, 8, 51; Hor. C. 3, 4, 39; id. Ep. 1, 1, 2 al.—<br /> <b>B</b> In partic.<br /> <b>1</b> To [[look]] for, [[seek]] to [[gain]] [[any]] [[thing]]; to [[get]], [[acquire]], [[obtain]], [[procure]]: laudem sibi, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 74: salutem alicui [[malo]], id. Ad. 3, 2, 2: negabant ullā aliā in re [[nisi]] in naturā quaerendum esse illud summum [[bonum]], Cic. Ac. 1, 5, 19: pudentem exitum suae impudentiae, id. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 2: invidiam in aliquem, id. Rab. Post. 17, 46. —<br /> <b>2</b> Of inanim. and abstr. subjects, to [[demand]], [[need]], [[require]], = requirere: [[quod]] cujusquam oratoris eloquentiam quaereret, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 29: lites ex limitibus judicem quaerant, Varr. R. R. 1, 15, 1: [[bellum]] dictatoriam majestatem quaesivisset, Liv. 8, 30: quaerit [[Boeotia]] Dircen, Ov. M. 2, 239. —<br /> <b>3</b> To [[seek]] to [[learn]] from [[any]] one; to [[ask]], [[inquire]], [[interrogate]] (cf.: [[interrogo]], [[percontor]]).<br /> <b>(a)</b> With ab: cum ab iis saepius quaereret, made inquiries, Caes. B. G. 1, 32: [[quaero]] abs te [[nunc]], Hortensi, cum, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 83, § 191: quaesivit a medicis, [[quemadmodum]] se haberet, Nep. [[Dion]], 2, 4: a quo cum quaesisset, quo se deduci vellet, id. Epam. 4, 5; cf. Cic. N. D. 1, 22, 60. —<br /> <b>(b)</b> With de: quaerebat [[paulo]] [[ante]] de me, [[quid]], etc., Cic. Pis. 9, 18: de te ipso [[quaero]], Vatini, [[utrum]], etc., id. Vatin. 4, 10: [[quaero]] de te, arbitrerisne, etc., Liv. 4, 40: [[cura]] [[tibi]] de quo quaerere nulla fuit, Ov. P. 4, 3, 18.—<br /> <b>(g)</b> With ex: quaesivi ex Phaniā, [[quam]] in partem provinciae putaret, etc., Cic. Fam. 3, 6, 1: quaerit ex [[solo]] ea, quae, etc., Caes. B. G. 1, 18.—<br /> <b>(d)</b> With a rel.-[[clause]]: [[ille]] [[baro]] te putabat quaesiturum, unum [[caelum]] esset an innumerabilia, Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 3: [[natura]] fieret laudabile [[carmen]], an [[arte]], Quaesitum est, Hor. A. P. 409: quaeritur [[inter]] medicos, cujus generis aquae sint utilissimae, Plin. 31, 3, 21, § 31.—<br /> <b>4</b> To [[desire]],<br /> <b>a</b> With inf. ([[post]]-Aug.): e monte [[aliquo]] in [[alium]] transilire quaerens, Plin. 8, 53, 79, § 214: qui mutare [[sedes]] quaerebant, Tac. G. 2.—<br /> <b>b</b> Transf., of animals, plants, etc., to [[desire]], [[prefer]], [[seek]]: [[salictum]] et [[harundinetum]] ... umidum locum quaerunt, Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 5: glires aridum locum quaerunt, id. ib. 3, 15, 2; Col. 1, praef. § 26: lupinum quaerit [[maxime]] sabulosa, Plin. 18, 14, 36, § 134; so of the [[soil]]: [[ager]] [[aquosus]] [[plus]] stercoris quaerit, demands, Pall. 1, 6, 15.—<br /> <b>5</b> To [[examine]] or [[inquire]] [[into]] [[judicially]], to [[investigate]], [[institute]] an [[investigation]]; [[with]] acc. ([[rare]]): hunc abduce, vinci, rem quaere, Ter. Ad. 3 (4), 36: non dubitabat [[Minucius]], [[quin]] [[iste]] ([[Verres]]) [[illo]] [[die]] rem illam quaesiturus non esset, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 29, § 72. —With de and abl. ([[class]].; cf. Krebs, Autibarb. p. 962 sq.): de pecuniis repetundis, Cic. Verr. 1, 9, 27: de morte alicujus, id. Rosc. Am. 41, 119: de [[servo]] in dominum, to [[question]] by [[torture]], [[put]] to the [[rack]], id. Mil. 22, 59: aliquid per tormenta, Suet. Tib. 58: legibus, to [[investigate]] according to the laws, [[impartially]], Plin. Ep. 5, 21, 3. —<br /> <b>b</b> Transf.: si quaeris, si quaerimus ([[prop]]., if we, or [[you]], [[look]] [[well]] [[into]] the [[matter]]; if we, or [[you]], would [[know]] the [[truth]]), to [[say]] the [[truth]], in [[fact]], to [[speak]] [[honestly]]: [[omnino]], si quaeris, ludi apparatissimi, Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 2: at sunt morosi, et anxii, et difficiles senes: si quaerimus, [[etiam]] avari, id. Sen. 18, 65: si quaeritis, id. de Or. 2, 62, 254; so, [[too]], si [[verum]] quaeris, id. Fam. 12, 8, 1: si [[verum]] quaeritis, id. de Or. 2, 34, 146: si [[verum]] quaerimus, id. Tusc. 2, 23, 55: noli quaerere or [[quid]] quaeris? in [[short]], in one [[word]]: noli quaerere: ita mihi [[pulcher]] hic [[dies]] [[visus]] est, id. Fam. 4, 4, 3: [[quid]] quaeris? biduo [[factus]] est mihi [[familiaris]], id. ib. 3, 1, 2.— Hence, quaesītus, a, um, P. a., sought [[out]].<br /> <b>A</b> In a [[good]] [[sense]], [[select]], [[special]], [[extraordinary]] ([[mostly]] [[post]]-Aug.): [[epulae]] quaesitissumae, Sall. ap. Macr. S. 2, 9, 9 (Sall. H. 2, 23, 4 Dietsch); comp.: leges quaesitiores (opp. simplices), Tac. A. 3, 26: quaesitior [[adulatio]], id. ib. 3, 57.—Sup.: quaesitissimi honores, Tac. A. 2, 53.—<br /> <b>B</b> In a [[bad]] [[sense]] (opp. to [[what]] is [[natural]]), [[far]]-fetched, [[studied]], [[affected]], [[assumed]] ([[class]].): vitabit [[etiam]] quaesita nec ex tempore ficta, sed [[domo]] allata, quae [[plerumque]] sunt [[frigida]], Cic. Or. 26, 89: ut [[numerus]] non [[quaesitus]], sed [[ipse]] secutus esse videatur, id. ib. 65, 219: [[comitas]], Tac. A. 6, 50: [[asperitas]], id. ib. 5, 3.—<br /> <b>C</b> Subst.: quaesītum, i, n.<br /> <b>1</b> A [[question]] ([[poet]].): accipe quaesiti causam, Ov. M. 4, 793; id. F. 1, 278; Hor. S. 2, 6, 82.—<br /> <b>2</b> A [[question]] as a [[rhetorical]] [[figure]], = [[πύσμα]],> Mart. Cap. 5, § 524. | ||
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|gf=<b>quærō</b>,⁵ quæsīvī ou sĭi, sītum, ĕre, tr.,<br /><b>1</b> chercher : te ipsum quærebam Ter. Haut. 844, je te cherchais précisément, cf. Cic. Sest. 82 ; sua signa quærere Cæs. G. 2, 21, 6, chercher ses enseignes [= son manipule] ; cibum Cic. Nat. 2, 123, chercher sa nourriture || [poét.] te decisa suum [[dextera]] quærit Virg. En. 10, 395, ta main droite coupée te cherche toi, son maître, cf. Ov. M. 6, 560<br /><b>2</b> chercher à retrouver, chercher en vain : Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 47 || réclamer [en parl. des choses] : quæ humidum locum quærunt [[Varro]] R. 1, 23, 4, les plantes qui réclament un terrain [[humide]], cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 29 ; Sall. J. 98, 3 ; Liv. 4, 14, 2<br /><b>3</b> chercher à obtenir, se procurer : [[sibi]] [[remedium]] ad rem [[aliquam]] Cic. Clu. 29, se procurer un moyen de remédier à qqch. ; armis gloriam Sall. J. 87, 2, acquérir la gloire au moyen des armes, cf. Sall. J. 85, 30 ; liberos Suet. Cæs. 52, chercher à avoir des enfants ; rem mercaturis faciendis Cic. Par. 46, chercher la fortune en faisant du commerce ; ne et vetera et externa quæram Cic. Tusc. 1, 33, pour ne pas chercher des exemples à la fois anciens et étrangers || chercher à effectuer, préparer : invidiam in aliquem Cic. Rab. Post. 46, susciter la haine contre qqn ; fugam Cic. Phil. 5, 45, chercher les moyens de fuir || chercher = faire dépendre de, penser trouver dans : defensionem facinoris a naturæ [[jure]] [[aliquo]] Cic. Leg. 1, 40, chercher dans quelque droit naturel la justification d’un crime ; in [[natura]] [[summum]] [[bonum]] Cic. Ac. 1, 19, chercher le souverain bien dans la nature, cf. Cic. Att. 5, 20, 4 ; ex [[epistula]] [[crimen]] in aliquem Cic. [[Sulla]] 67, chercher dans une lettre un grief contre qqn || [avec ut subj.] chercher à obtenir que, désirer que : Cic. Att. 14, 20 || [avec inf.] Hor. O. 3, 4, 39 ; Ep. 1, 1, 2 ; Col. Rust. 1, 8, 13 ; Sen. Ep. 109, 8 ; 118, 6 ; Tac. G. 2<br /><b>4</b> rechercher, mettre en question, se proposer comme objet de discussion, d’[[examen]] : rationem perficiendi Cæs. G. 7, 37, 6, rechercher les moyens d’exécution ; oratorem [[hoc]] [[loco]] quærimus Cic. Br. 65, c’[[est]] de l’orateur que nous nous occupons ici, cf. Cic. Off. 1, 14 || [[pars]], quæ [[est]] quærendi et disserendi Cic. Fin. 1, 22, la partie de la [[philosophie]] qui a pour objet la recherche et le raisonnement (la dialectique) ; de [[aliqua]] re quærere Cic. Rep. 1, 16, étudier une question, faire porter son [[examen]] sur qqch. || versari in re difficili ac [[multum]] quæsita Cic. Leg. 3, 33, s’occuper d’une question [[difficile]] et bien débattue<br /><b>5</b> chercher à savoir, demander, ex, ab, de [[aliquo]] demander qqch. à qqn : [[aliquid]] ex [[solo]] Cæs. G. 1, 18, 2, demander qqch. à qqn, seul à seul, cf. Cæs. G. 1, 32, 2 ; 1, 50, 4 ; 6, 35, 7, etc. ; quærit ex iis, [[quot]] [[quisque]] nautas habuerit Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 102, il leur demande combien ils avaient de matelots chacun ; [avec ab ] Cæs. G. 1, 18, 2 ; 1, 32, 3 ; 2, 4, 1 ; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 191 ; Nat. 1, 60 ; [avec de ] Cic. Pis. 18 ; Vat. 10 ; quærere num subj. Cic. Vat. 15 ; Q. 2, 2, 1, demander si... ; [[utrum]]... an Cic. Tusc. 4, 9, si... ou si ; quæro, servarisne... Cic. Vat. 15, je demande si tu as conservé... || sur quærere si, v. Gaffiot, 1908a, p. 47 || quærere an Plin., Tac. demander si ; [abl. n. du part.] quæsito an Cæsar venisset Tac. Ann. 2, 9 = cum quæsitum esset, après qu’on eut demandé, si César était venu || [expr.] si quæris, si quærimus, si quæritis ou si [[verum]] quæris, etc., si tu veux le savoir = pour tout [[dire]], pour [[dire]] la vérité, cf. Cic. CM 65 ; Fam. 7, 1, 2 ; de Or. 2, 254 ; 2, 146 ; Tusc. 2, 55, etc. ; de même noli quærere, [[quid]] quæris Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 3 ; 3, 1, 2<br /><b>6</b> chercher à savoir en justice, faire une enquête, instruire, informer : rem Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 72 ; Cæc. 97, informer une affaire, ou de re Cic. Verr. 2, pr. 27 ; Amer. 119 || abs<sup>t</sup>] Cic. Amer. 85 ; Liv. 39, 18, 2 || [en part.] de [[servo]] in dominum Cic. Mil. 59, mettre un esclave à la question touchant son maître, cf. Cic. Part. 118. | |||
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quaero: (old orthogr. QVAIRO, Epitaphs of the Scipios, 6; for the original form and etym. quaeso, ĕre, v. quaeso), sīvi or sĭi, sītum, 3, v. a.,
I to seek.
I Lit.
A In gen.: aliquem, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 43 Vahl.); Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 3: te ipsum quaerebam, Ter. Heaut. 4, 8, 3: escam in sterquilinio, Phaedr. 3, 12 init.—
B In partic.
1 To seek to get or procure, to seek or search for a thing, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 38: rem mercaturis faciendis, Cic. Par. 6, 2, 46.—Absol.: contrivi in quaerendo vitam atque aetatem meam, Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 15; 5, 3, 27; Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 57; id. A. P. 170.—
b Transf., to get, procure, obtain, acquire a thing: uxores liberorum quaerendorum causā ducere, Suet. Caes. 52: liberorum quaerundorum causā ei uxor data est, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 109; cf.: quaerunt litterae hae sibi liberos, id. Ps. 1, 1, 21.—
2 To seek for something missing, to miss: Siciliam in uberrimā Siciliae parte, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 47: optatos Tyndaridas, Prop. 1, 17, 18: Phoebi comam, Tib. 2, 3, 20: amnes, Stat. Th. 4, 703.—
3 To ask, desire, with ut and subj.: quaeris ut suscipiam cogitationem quidnam istis agendum putem, Cic. Att. 14, 20, 4.—
II Trop.
A In gen., to seek, i. e. to think over, meditate, aim at, plan a thing: dum id quaero, tibi qui filium restituerem, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 83: quonam modo maxime ulti sanguinem nostrum pereamus, Sall. C. 33,5: fugam, Cic. Att. 7, 17, 1; id. Mur. 37, 80: sibi remedium ad rem aliquam, id. Clu. 9, 27: de gratiā quid significares, mecum ipse quaerebam, id. Att. 9, 11, A, 1.—With inf.: tristitiae causam si quis cognoscere quaerit, seeks, strives, endeavors, Ov. Tr. 5, 4, 7; id. Am. 1, 8, 51; Hor. C. 3, 4, 39; id. Ep. 1, 1, 2 al.—
B In partic.
1 To look for, seek to gain any thing; to get, acquire, obtain, procure: laudem sibi, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 74: salutem alicui malo, id. Ad. 3, 2, 2: negabant ullā aliā in re nisi in naturā quaerendum esse illud summum bonum, Cic. Ac. 1, 5, 19: pudentem exitum suae impudentiae, id. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 2: invidiam in aliquem, id. Rab. Post. 17, 46. —
2 Of inanim. and abstr. subjects, to demand, need, require, = requirere: quod cujusquam oratoris eloquentiam quaereret, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 10, § 29: lites ex limitibus judicem quaerant, Varr. R. R. 1, 15, 1: bellum dictatoriam majestatem quaesivisset, Liv. 8, 30: quaerit Boeotia Dircen, Ov. M. 2, 239. —
3 To seek to learn from any one; to ask, inquire, interrogate (cf.: interrogo, percontor).
(a) With ab: cum ab iis saepius quaereret, made inquiries, Caes. B. G. 1, 32: quaero abs te nunc, Hortensi, cum, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 83, § 191: quaesivit a medicis, quemadmodum se haberet, Nep. Dion, 2, 4: a quo cum quaesisset, quo se deduci vellet, id. Epam. 4, 5; cf. Cic. N. D. 1, 22, 60. —
(b) With de: quaerebat paulo ante de me, quid, etc., Cic. Pis. 9, 18: de te ipso quaero, Vatini, utrum, etc., id. Vatin. 4, 10: quaero de te, arbitrerisne, etc., Liv. 4, 40: cura tibi de quo quaerere nulla fuit, Ov. P. 4, 3, 18.—
(g) With ex: quaesivi ex Phaniā, quam in partem provinciae putaret, etc., Cic. Fam. 3, 6, 1: quaerit ex solo ea, quae, etc., Caes. B. G. 1, 18.—
(d) With a rel.-clause: ille baro te putabat quaesiturum, unum caelum esset an innumerabilia, Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 3: natura fieret laudabile carmen, an arte, Quaesitum est, Hor. A. P. 409: quaeritur inter medicos, cujus generis aquae sint utilissimae, Plin. 31, 3, 21, § 31.—
4 To desire,
a With inf. (post-Aug.): e monte aliquo in alium transilire quaerens, Plin. 8, 53, 79, § 214: qui mutare sedes quaerebant, Tac. G. 2.—
b Transf., of animals, plants, etc., to desire, prefer, seek: salictum et harundinetum ... umidum locum quaerunt, Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 5: glires aridum locum quaerunt, id. ib. 3, 15, 2; Col. 1, praef. § 26: lupinum quaerit maxime sabulosa, Plin. 18, 14, 36, § 134; so of the soil: ager aquosus plus stercoris quaerit, demands, Pall. 1, 6, 15.—
5 To examine or inquire into judicially, to investigate, institute an investigation; with acc. (rare): hunc abduce, vinci, rem quaere, Ter. Ad. 3 (4), 36: non dubitabat Minucius, quin iste (Verres) illo die rem illam quaesiturus non esset, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 29, § 72. —With de and abl. (class.; cf. Krebs, Autibarb. p. 962 sq.): de pecuniis repetundis, Cic. Verr. 1, 9, 27: de morte alicujus, id. Rosc. Am. 41, 119: de servo in dominum, to question by torture, put to the rack, id. Mil. 22, 59: aliquid per tormenta, Suet. Tib. 58: legibus, to investigate according to the laws, impartially, Plin. Ep. 5, 21, 3. —
b Transf.: si quaeris, si quaerimus (prop., if we, or you, look well into the matter; if we, or you, would know the truth), to say the truth, in fact, to speak honestly: omnino, si quaeris, ludi apparatissimi, Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 2: at sunt morosi, et anxii, et difficiles senes: si quaerimus, etiam avari, id. Sen. 18, 65: si quaeritis, id. de Or. 2, 62, 254; so, too, si verum quaeris, id. Fam. 12, 8, 1: si verum quaeritis, id. de Or. 2, 34, 146: si verum quaerimus, id. Tusc. 2, 23, 55: noli quaerere or quid quaeris? in short, in one word: noli quaerere: ita mihi pulcher hic dies visus est, id. Fam. 4, 4, 3: quid quaeris? biduo factus est mihi familiaris, id. ib. 3, 1, 2.— Hence, quaesītus, a, um, P. a., sought out.
A In a good sense, select, special, extraordinary (mostly post-Aug.): epulae quaesitissumae, Sall. ap. Macr. S. 2, 9, 9 (Sall. H. 2, 23, 4 Dietsch); comp.: leges quaesitiores (opp. simplices), Tac. A. 3, 26: quaesitior adulatio, id. ib. 3, 57.—Sup.: quaesitissimi honores, Tac. A. 2, 53.—
B In a bad sense (opp. to what is natural), far-fetched, studied, affected, assumed (class.): vitabit etiam quaesita nec ex tempore ficta, sed domo allata, quae plerumque sunt frigida, Cic. Or. 26, 89: ut numerus non quaesitus, sed ipse secutus esse videatur, id. ib. 65, 219: comitas, Tac. A. 6, 50: asperitas, id. ib. 5, 3.—
C Subst.: quaesītum, i, n.
1 A question (poet.): accipe quaesiti causam, Ov. M. 4, 793; id. F. 1, 278; Hor. S. 2, 6, 82.—
2 A question as a rhetorical figure, = πύσμα,> Mart. Cap. 5, § 524.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
quærō,⁵ quæsīvī ou sĭi, sītum, ĕre, tr.,
1 chercher : te ipsum quærebam Ter. Haut. 844, je te cherchais précisément, cf. Cic. Sest. 82 ; sua signa quærere Cæs. G. 2, 21, 6, chercher ses enseignes [= son manipule] ; cibum Cic. Nat. 2, 123, chercher sa nourriture
