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quaesītus adj. with comp. and sup.

P. of quaero, sought out, select, special : leges quaesitiores, Ta.: quaesitior adulatio, Ta.: quaesitissimi honores, Ta.—As subst n., an acquisition, earnings, store : mus Asper et attentus quaesitis, H.: genus Quaesitique tenax, et qui quaesita reservent, O.Sought out, inquired ; as subst n., a question, inquiry : Accipe quaesiti causam, O.Artificial, far-fetched, studied, affected, assumed : vitabit etiam quaesita nec ex tempore ficta: ut numerus non quaesitus, sed ipse secutus esse videatur.

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