Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1547.queror on page 1547
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querī to complain
querī is a Latin Verb that primarily means to complain.
Definitions for querī
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
to complain, lament
English derivatives:
querulous quarrel
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
(intr.) To express discontent, regret, or sim., complain, grumble, protest. (b) (w. cum expr. person to whom a complaint is voiced; also w. ad, or dat.). (c) (w. de; also w. super+abl.). (d) (w. internal or cogn. acc.; also w. adv.). (e) (in leg. context) to make a formal complaint (in a court of law).
- 2
(w. acc. and inf.) To complain or protest that). (b) (w. quod, usu. foll. by subj.). (c) (w. acc. and pred.) to complain of (as being).
- 3
(tr.) To complain of, protest at.
- 4
(intr., w. ref. to the natural sound made by birds, etc.) To make a plaintive or protesting sound, 'complain'.
Sentences with querī
Latin to English
Abstulit hunc tandem Rufini poena tumultum absolvitque deos. Iam non ad culmina rerum iniustos crevisse queror; tolluntur in altum, ut lapsu graviore ruant.Compare At last Rufinus' fate has dispelled this uncertainty and freed the gods from this imputation. No longer can I complain that the unrighteous man reaches the highest pinnacle of success. He is raised aloft that he may be hurled down in more headlong ruin.
Nunc vero opto potius, ut eo in exsilium, quam queror.Compare But now let us wish that he may go into exile, rather than complain of it.
Non enim omnis, qui doleo, idem ius queror possum.Compare For we cannot fairly complain of all the things for which we are sorry.
Suus quisque pars magistratus, suus lex sum queror.Compare They complain that each class has its own magistrates and its own laws.
Conjugation table for querī
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| queror quereris queritur querimur queriminī queruntur | querēbar querēbāris querēbātur querēbāmur querēbāminī querēbantur |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| questus sum questus es questus est questī sumus questī estis questī sunt | questus eram questus erās questus erat questī erāmus questī erātis questī erant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| querar querēris querētur querēmur querēminī querentur | questus erō questus eris questus erit questī erimus questī eritis questī erunt |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| querar querāris querātur querāmur querāminī querantur | quererer quererēris quererētur quererēmur quererēminī quererentur |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| questus sim questus sīs questus sit questī sīmus questī sītis questī sint | questus essem questus essēs questus esset questī essēmus questī essētis questī essent |
Infinitive present querī Infinitive perfect questum esse Infinitive future questūrum esse | Imperative present querere queriminī Imperative future querito / queritor querito / queritor - querunto / queruntor |
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| querēns | querentēs | |
| querēns | querentēs | |
| querēns | querentēs | |
| querēns | querentēs | |
| querēns | querentēs | |
| Participle future active | ||
| questūrus | questūrī | |
| questūrus | questūrī | |
| questūrus | questūrī | |
| questūrus | questūrī | |
| questūrus | questūrī | |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| questus | questī | |
| questus | questī | |
| questus | questī | |
| questus | questī | |
| questus | questī | |
| Gerundive | ||
| querendus | querendī | |
| querendus | querendī | |
| querendus | querendī | |
| querendus | querendī | |
| querendus | querendī | |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| querī | questum | |
| querī | questū | |
| querī | ||
| querī | ||
| querī | ||
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| Nom. | querēns | querentēs |
| Gen. | querentis | querentium |
| Dat. | querentī | querentibus |
| Acc. | querentem | querentēs |
| Abl. | querente | querentibus |
| Participle future active | ||
| Nom. | questūrus | questūrī |
| Gen. | questūrī | questūrōrum |
| Dat. | questūrō | questūrīs |
| Acc. | questūrum | questūrōs |
| Abl. | questūrō | questūrīs |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| Nom. | questus | questī |
| Gen. | questī | questōrum |
| Dat. | questō | questīs |
| Acc. | questum | questōs |
| Abl. | questō | questīs |
| Gerundive | ||
| Nom. | querendus | querendī |
| Gen. | querendī | querendōrum |
| Dat. | querendō | querendīs |
| Acc. | querendum | querendōs |
| Abl. | querendō | querendīs |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| Nom. | querī | questum |
| Gen. | querendī | questū |
| Dat. | querendō | |
| Acc. | querendum | |
| Abl. | querendō | |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 272.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1547.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 123.
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "queror, querī, questus sum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/queror-queri-questus-sum.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 272.queror, querī, questus sum on page 272
