queror

quĕror, questus, 3, v. dep. a. and n. [Sanscr. root, çvas-, to sigh].

I.

Lit.

A.

In gen., to complain, lament, bewail (class.).

(α).

With acc.: suas fortunas, to bewail one ' s fate, Plaut. As. 3, 1, 12:

suum fatum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39, 4:

injuriam,

Cic. Att. 5, 8, 2:

omnia,

id. Fl. 24:

fortunam,

Ov. M. 15, 493:

nova monstra,

Hor. C. 1, 2, 6 al.:

labem atque ignominiam rei publicae,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 33.—

(β).

With de:

queritur de Milone per vim expulso,

Cic. Att. 9, 14, 2:

de injuriis alicujus,

id. Fam. 1, 4, 3.—

(γ).

With cum:

quererer tecum, atque expostularem, ni,

I would complain to you, Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 7:

cum patribus conscriptis,

Liv. 35, 8:

cum deo, quod,

Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 81; Vell. 2, 130, 3:

tecum inconsideratae pietatis queror,

Sen. Contr. 4, 27, 2.—

(δ).

With apud:

apud novercam,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 80:

apud aliquem per litteras,

Cic. Att. 5, 21, 13.—

(ε).

With dat.:

nec quereris patri?

nor complain to your father? Juv. 2, 131.—

(ζ).

With obj.-clause:

ne querantur se relictas esse,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 5, 14.—

(η).

With quod:

legatos miserunt Athenas questum, quod, etc.,

Nep. Chabr. 3, 1:

queri libet, quod in secreta nostra non inquirant principes,

Plin. Pan. 68, 8; cf.:

quereris super hoc, quod non mittam carmina,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 24. —

(θ).

With pro:

haec pro re publicā,

in behalf of, in the name of the State, Cic. de Or. 2, 48, 198.—

(ι).

Absol.:

nisi omni tempore, quod mihi lege concessum est, abusus ero, querere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 25:

non injuste,

Vell. 2, 40, 6.—

B.

In partic., to make a complaint before a court:

de proconsulatu alicujus,

Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 2.—

II.

Transf., of animals and things that utter a plaintive sound. Of apes:

queri rauco stridore,

Ov. M. 14, 100.—

Of the owl,

Verg. A. 4, 463. —

In gen., of the song of birds,

to complain, lament, to coo, warble, sing, Hor. Epod. 2, 26:

dulce queruntur aves,

Ov. Am. 3, 1, 4.—Of a musical instrument:

flebile nescio quid queritur lyra,

Ov. M. 11, 52; Hor. C. 2, 13, 24.