acquiro

ac-quīro ( adqu. ), sīvi, sītum, 3, v. a. [quaero], to add to, to get or acquire (in [p. 24] addition), with ad or dat. (freq. in Cic.).

I.

Lit.:

mihi quidem ipsi, quid est quod ad vitae fructum possit acquiri?

Cic. Cat. 3, 12; 2, 8:

vides quam omnis gratias non modo retinendas, sed etiam acquirendas putemus,

but even new favor is to be acquired, id. Att. 1, 1; Sall. J. 13, 6; and poet.: viresque adquirit eundo, and gains (ever new and greater) strength in her course, Verg. A. 4, 175.—

II.

In gen.

A.

To get, obtain, procure, secure:

quod ad usum vitae pertineat,

Cic. Off. 3, 5, 22; id. Fam. 10, 3:

famam,

Phaedr. 1, 14:

moram,

Cic. Caecin. 2:

vires,

Ov. M. 7, 459:

adquirere pauca (sc. nova verba),

Hor. A. P. 55.—

B.

In later Lat., absol., to acquire or amass riches or money (cf.: quaero, quaestus;

abundo, abundantia) [mox adquirendi docet insatiabile votum,

Juv. 14, 125 ]:

acquirendi ratio,

Quint. 12, 7, 10.