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requīrere to seek
requīrere is a Latin Verb that primarily means to seek.
Definitions for requīrere
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
to seek, ask for, miss, need, require
English derivatives:
requirement requisite requisition prerequisite request
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
To try to find, look for, seek (a person or thing; also, a place).
- 2
To ask or inquire about. (b) (w. indir. qu.) to ask, demand.
- 3
To try to obtain or bring about, seek, want. (b) to expect to find, look for.
- 4
To stand in want of, need; (of things) to call for, need.
- 5
To feel the loss of, miss.
Sentences with requīrere
Latin to English
Virtūs, probitās, integritās in candidāto, nōn linguaē volūbilitās, nōn ars, nōn scientia requīrī solet. (Cicero, Pro Planchio, 62)Compare Moral courage, honesty, and integrity are usually sought in candidates, not a glib tongue, skill or knowledge.
Odi et amo. Quare id faciam, fortasse requiris. Nescio, sed fieri sentior et exrucior.Compare I hate and love. Why I do so, perhaps you ask. I know not, but I feel it, and I am in torment.
Nec quotus annus est, nec quo sit nata require consule; quae rigidus munera censor habet.Compare Ask not how old she is, nor under what consul she was born; these are the duties of the stern Censor.
Ille a tu, homo vesanus ac furiosus, requiro.Compare We ask this of you, a frantic and violent man.
Conjugation table for requīrere
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| requīrō requīris requīrit requīrimus requīritis requīrunt | requīrēbam requīrēbās requīrēbat requīrēbāmus requīrēbātis requīrēbant |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| requīsīvī requīsīvistī requīsīvit requīsīvimus requīsīvistis requīsīvērunt / requīsīvēre | requīsīveram requīsīverās requīsīverat requīsīverāmus requīsīverātis requīsīverant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| requīram requīrēs requīret requīrēmus requīrētis requīrent | requīsīverō requīsīveris requīsīverit requīsīverimus requīsīveritis requīsīverint |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| requīram requīrās requīrat requīrāmus requīrātis requīrant | requīrerem requīrerēs requīreret requīrerēmus requīrerētis requīrerent |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| requīsīverim requīsīveris requīsīverit requīsīverimus requīsīveritis requīsīverint | requīsīvissem requīsīvissēs requīsīvisset requīsīvissēmus requīsīvissētis requīsīvissent |
Infinitive present requīrere Infinitive perfect requīsīvisse Infinitive future requīsītūrum esse | Imperative present requīre requīrite Imperative future requīritō requīritō requīritōte requīruntō |
| PASSIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| requīror requīreris requīritur requīrimur requīriminī requīruntur | requīrēbar requīrēbāris / requīrēbāre requīrēbātur requīrēbāmur requīrēbāminī requīrēbantur |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| requīsītus sum requīsītus es requīsītus est requīsītī sumus requīsītī estis requīsītī sunt | requīsītus eram requīsītus erās requīsītus erat requīsītī erāmus requīsītī erātis requīsītī erant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| requīrar requīrēris / requīrēre requīrētur requīrēmur requīrēminī requīrentur | requīsītus erō requīsītus eris requīsītus erit requīsītī erimus requīsītī eritis requīsītī erunt |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| requīrar requīrāris / requīrāre requīrātur requīrāmur requīrāminī requīrantur | requīrerer requīrerēris / requīrerēre requīrerētur requīrerēmur requīrerēminī requīrerentur |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| requīsītus sim requīsītus sīs requīsītus sit requīsītī sīmus requīsītī sītis requīsītī sint | requīsītus essem requīsītus essēs requīsītus esset requīsītī essēmus requīsītī essētis requīsītī essent |
Infinitive present requīrī Infinitive perfect requīsītum esse Infinitive future requīsītum īrī | Imperative present requīrere requīriminī Imperative future requīritor requīritor - requīruntor |
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| Nom. | requīrēns | requīrentēs |
| Gen. | requīrentis | requīrentium |
| Dat. | requīrentī | requīrentibus |
| Acc. | requīrentem | requīrentēs |
| Abl. | requīrente | requīrentibus |
| Participle future active | ||
| Nom. | requīsītūrus | requīsītūrī |
| Gen. | requīsītūrī | requīsītūrōrum |
| Dat. | requīsītūrō | requīsītūrīs |
| Acc. | requīsītūrum | requīsītūrōs |
| Abl. | requīsītūrō | requīsītūrīs |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| Nom. | requīsītus | requīsītī |
| Gen. | requīsītī | requīsītōrum |
| Dat. | requīsītō | requīsītīs |
| Acc. | requīsītum | requīsītōs |
| Abl. | requīsītō | requīsītīs |
| Gerundive | ||
| Nom. | requīrendus | requīrendī |
| Gen. | requīrendī | requīrendōrum |
| Dat. | requīrendō | requīrendīs |
| Acc. | requīrendum | requīrendōs |
| Abl. | requīrendō | requīrendīs |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| Nom. | requīrere | requīsītum |
| Gen. | requīrendī | requīsītū |
| Dat. | requīrendō | |
| Acc. | requīrendum | |
| Abl. | requīrendō | |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 25.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1624.
- Word frequencies
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "requīrō, requīrere, requīsīvī, requīsītum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 19, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/requiro-requirere-requisivi-requisitum.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 25.requīrō, requīrere, requīsīvī, requīsītum on page 25
