quaeso

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Related to quaerō. Perhaps for *quaessō, desiderative formation with Proto-Indo-European *-(h₁)seti (as in vīsō).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

quaesō (present infinitive quaesere, perfect active quaesīvī or quaesiī, supine quaesītum); third conjugation

  1. to beg or ask (for)
    Synonyms: exposcō, flagitō, efflagitō, exigō, rogō, ērogō, exorō, precor, petō, expetō, prehensō
  2. to seek
    Synonyms: inquīrō, conquīrō, spectō, scrūtor, circumspiciō, quaerō, requīrō
  3. (in first-person) please
    A Latin instruction manual for an ATM in the Vatican.

Usage notes

The verb was used normally by pre-Classical authors. Classically, however, it was used mainly in the first person singular present, quaesō. Other attested forms listed in the Oxford Latin Dictionary are:

  • quaesit, third person singular present active indicative
  • quaesumus, first person plural present active indicative (common in Ecclesiastical Latin)
  • quaesitur, third person singular present passive
  • quaesere, present active infinitive
  • quaesentibus, dative or ablative plural of *quaesens, present active participle
  • quaesendum, inflected form of *quaesendus, future passive participle (gerundive)

Conjugation
   Conjugation of quaesō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present quaesō quaesis quaesit quaesimus quaesitis quaesunt
imperfect quaesēbam quaesēbās quaesēbat quaesēbāmus quaesēbātis quaesēbant
future quaesam quaesēs quaeset quaesēmus quaesētis quaesent
perfect quaesīvī,
quaesiī		 quaesīvistī,
quaesiistī		 quaesīvit,
quaesiit		 quaesīvimus,
quaesiimus		 quaesīvistis,
quaesiistis		 quaesīvērunt,
quaesīvēre,
quaesiērunt,
quaesiēre
pluperfect quaesīveram,
quaesieram		 quaesīverās,
quaesierās		 quaesīverat,
quaesierat		 quaesīverāmus,
quaesierāmus		 quaesīverātis,
quaesierātis		 quaesīverant,
quaesierant
future perfect quaesīverō,
quaesierō		 quaesīveris,
quaesieris		 quaesīverit,
quaesierit		 quaesīverimus,
quaesierimus		 quaesīveritis,
quaesieritis		 quaesīverint,
quaesierint
passive present quaesor quaeseris,
quaesere		 quaesitur quaesimur quaesiminī quaesuntur
imperfect quaesēbar quaesēbāris,
quaesēbāre		 quaesēbātur quaesēbāmur quaesēbāminī quaesēbantur
future quaesar quaesēris,
quaesēre		 quaesētur quaesēmur quaesēminī quaesentur
perfect quaesītus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect quaesītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect quaesītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present quaesam quaesās quaesat quaesāmus quaesātis quaesant
imperfect quaeserem quaeserēs quaeseret quaeserēmus quaeserētis quaeserent
perfect quaesīverim,
quaesierim		 quaesīverīs,
quaesierīs		 quaesīverit,
quaesierit		 quaesīverīmus,
quaesierīmus		 quaesīverītis,
quaesierītis		 quaesīverint,
quaesierint
pluperfect quaesīvissem,
quaesiissem		 quaesīvissēs,
quaesiissēs		 quaesīvisset,
quaesiisset		 quaesīvissēmus,
quaesiissēmus		 quaesīvissētis,
quaesiissētis		 quaesīvissent,
quaesiissent
passive present quaesar quaesāris,
quaesāre		 quaesātur quaesāmur quaesāminī quaesantur
imperfect quaeserer quaeserēris,
quaeserēre		 quaeserētur quaeserēmur quaeserēminī quaeserentur
perfect quaesītus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect quaesītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — quaese — — quaesite —
future — quaesitō quaesitō — quaesitōte quaesuntō
passive present — quaesere — — quaesiminī —
future — quaesitor quaesitor — — quaesuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives quaesere quaesīvisse,
quaesiisse		 quaesītūrum esse quaesī quaesītum esse quaesītum īrī
participles quaesēns — quaesītūrus — quaesītus quaesendus,
quaesundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
quaesendī quaesendō quaesendum quaesendō quaesītum quaesītū

References
  • “quaeso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “quaeso”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • quaeso in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, § 457.B
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