quaesitor

Latin

Etymology

From quaesītum +‎ -tor, where the ī-perfect seems to be original. Compare with quaestor, from the present stem or from quaesō.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kʷae̯ˈsiː.tor/, [kʷäe̯ˈs̠iːt̪ɔr]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kweˈsi.tor/, [kweˈs̬iːt̪or]

Noun

quaesītor m (genitive quaesītōris); third declension

  1. seeker, searcher
  2. investigator

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative quaesītor quaesītōrēs
Genitive quaesītōris quaesītōrum
Dative quaesītōrī quaesītōribus
Accusative quaesītōrem quaesītōrēs
Ablative quaesītōre quaesītōribus
Vocative quaesītor quaesītōrēs

Verb

quaesitor

  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of quaesō

References
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “quaerō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 503

Further reading
  • “quaesitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “quaesitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • quaesitor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • quaesitor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • “quaesitor”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • quaesitor in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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