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|lshtext=<b>quaerĭto</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [[quaero]],<br /><b>I</b> to [[seek]], [[search]], or [[look]] for [[earnestly]] ([[ante]]-[[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> In gen.: hominem [[inter]] vivos quaeritamus mortuum, Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 15: [[defessus]] [[sum]] quaeritando, id. Am. 4, 1, 4; id. Cist. 4, 2, 19: aliquem mari terrāque, id. Poen. prol. 105: te ipsum, Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 2: [[hospitium]] ab [[aliquo]], Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 77: lanā ac telā victum, to [[earn]], Ter. And. 1, 1, 48: multis languoribus [[peresus]] essem te quaeritando, Cat. 58, 15.—Prov.: hujus [[sermo]] [[haud]] cinerem quaeritat, needs no [[ashes]], i. e. no polishing, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 10. —<br /><b>II</b> In partic., to [[ask]], [[inquire]], or [[demand]] [[earnestly]], to [[wish]] to [[know]] [[exactly]]: [[quid]] tu id quaeritas? Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 22; id. Cist. 4, 2, 57; Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 17.