conquiro

conquīro ( -quaero ), quīsīvi (arch. form CONQVAESEIVEI in inscrr.:

conquisierit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 1; id. Rab. Perd. 5, 15), quīsītum, 3, v. a. [quaero], to seelc or search for, to procure, bring together, collect (class.; esp. freq. in the histt.).

I.

In gen.

A.

Lit.:

naves toto flumine Ibero,

Caes. B. C. 1, 61:

Lisso Parthinisque et omnibus castellis quod esset frumenti conquiri jussit,

id. ib. 3, 42:

haec (cornua) studiose conquisita,

id. B. G. 6, 28:

quam plurimum domiti pecoris ex agris,

Sall. J. 75, 4:

ea (sc. obsides, arma, servos),

Caes. B. G. 1, 27 and 28:

socios ad eum interficiendum,

Nep. Dion, 8, 3:

pecuniam,

Liv. 29, 18, 6; cf.:

dona ac pecunias acerbe per municipia,

Tac. H. 3, 76 fin.:

conquirere et comburere vaticinos libros,

Liv. 39, 16, 8:

desertores de exercitu volonum,

id. 25, 22, 3:

sacra,

id. 25, 7, 5 Duker:

virgines sibi undique,

Suet. Aug. 71; 83:

vulgo amantes,

Prop. 1, 2, 23:

duces,

Curt. 9, 9, 1:

fabros undique,

Dig. 45, 1, 137, § 3.—

B.

Trop., to seek after, search for, go in quest of, to make search for (esp. freq. in Cic. and Tac.):

conquisita diu dulcique reperta labore carmina,

Lucr. 3, 419:

suavitates undique,

Cic. Off. 3, 33, 117:

voluptates,

Caes. B. C. 3, 96; cf.:

conquirere et comparare voluptatem,

Cic. Fin. 1, 13, 42; id. Ac. 2, 27, 87:

vetera exempla,

id. de Or. 3, 8, 29:

piacula irae deum,

Liv. 40, 37, 2:

impedimenta,

Tac. A. 1, 47:

solacia,

id. ib. 12, 68:

argumenta,

id. ib. 14, 44:

causas,

id. Or. 15:

naturae primas causas,

Cic. Univ. 14 med.:

omnes artes ad opprimendum eum,

Tac. A. 15, 56.—

II.

Esp. (con intens.), to seek for with earnestness, to search out eagerly or carefully (rare but class.).

A.

Lit.:

Diodorum tota provincia,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 19, § 39:

(Liberam) investigare et conquirere,

id. ib. 2, 4, 48, § 106: terrā marique conquiri, Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 9, 2:

conquirere consulem et sepelire,

Liv. 22, 52, 6:

eum ad necem,

Vell. 2, 41, 2; Nep. Timol. 3, 1; Suet. Vit. 10.—

B.

Trop.:

aliquid sceleris et flagitii,

to seek to commit, Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 96.—Hence, conquīsītus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to II.), sought out, chosen, costly:

conquisiti atque electi coloni,

Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 96: peregrina et conquisita medicamenta, Cels. 5, 26, 23: figurae (opp. obviae dicenti), * Quint. 9, 3, 5.— Sup.:

mensae conquisitissimis epulis exstruebantur,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 21, 62.— Comp. prob. not in use.— Adv.: conquīsītē, carefully, with much pains (ante- and post-class., and only in posit. ): conquisite commercata edulia, Afran. ap. Non. p. 28, 30:

conquisite admodum scripsit Varro,

Gell. 3, 10, 16; cf.:

conquisite conscripsimus (corresp. with diligenter),

Auct. Her. 2, 31, 50.