to inquire about

an-quīro, quīsīvi, sītum, 3, v. a. [2. anand quaero], to seek on all sides, to look about for, to search after.

Lit. and in gen.: anquirere est circum quaerere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 22 Müll.:

anquirere aliquem, apud quem evomet virus, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 23, 87; so id. ib. 27, 102; id. Off. 1, 4, 11.—

Trop., to inquire about, to examine into:

aut anquirunt aut consultant, conducat id necne,

Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9:

anquirentibus nobis omnique acie ingenii contemplantibus,

id. de Or. 1, 33; so id. Fat. 9; Tac. A. 12, 6 al. —

Esp. in judic. lang. t. t.

To institute a careful inquiry or examination:

de perduellione,

Liv. 6, 20:

de morte alicujus,

Tac. A. 3, 12.—

To enter a complaint, to accuse one, with the word designating the punishment in the abl. or gen.:

capite anquisitus,

Liv. 8, 33:

pecuniā anquirere,

id. 26, 3:

cum capitis anquisissent,

id. 2, 52; 26, 3.—Hence, anquīsītē, adv., carefully (only in Gell.):

satis anquisite satisque sollicite,

Gell. 1, 3, 9, where Hertz now reads inquisite. — Comp.:

Theophrastus anquisitius super hac ipsā re et exactius pressiusque quam Cicero disserit,

Gell. 1, 3, 21, where Hertz now reads inquisitius.

an-quīro, quīsīvi, sītum, 3, v. a. [2. anand quaero], to seek on all sides, to look about for, to search after.

Lit. and in gen.: anquirere est circum quaerere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 22 Müll.:

anquirere aliquem, apud quem evomet virus, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 23, 87; so id. ib. 27, 102; id. Off. 1, 4, 11.—

Trop., to inquire about, to examine into:

aut anquirunt aut consultant, conducat id necne,

Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9:

anquirentibus nobis omnique acie ingenii contemplantibus,

id. de Or. 1, 33; so id. Fat. 9; Tac. A. 12, 6 al. —

Esp. in judic. lang. t. t.

To institute a careful inquiry or examination:

de perduellione,

Liv. 6, 20:

de morte alicujus,

Tac. A. 3, 12.—

To enter a complaint, to accuse one, with the word designating the punishment in the abl. or gen.:

capite anquisitus,

Liv. 8, 33:

pecuniā anquirere,

id. 26, 3:

cum capitis anquisissent,

id. 2, 52; 26, 3.—Hence, anquīsītē, adv., carefully (only in Gell.):

satis anquisite satisque sollicite,

Gell. 1, 3, 9, where Hertz now reads inquisite. — Comp.:

Theophrastus anquisitius super hac ipsā re et exactius pressiusque quam Cicero disserit,

Gell. 1, 3, 21, where Hertz now reads inquisitius.

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rĕ-quīro, sīvi or sii, sītum, 3, v. a. [quaero], 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).

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, [p. 1575] 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. —

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. —

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.—

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.—

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 historikon, 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.