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-quīro , sīvi or sii, sītum, 3, v. a. quaero,
I.to seek again; to look after, to seek or search for; to seek to know, to ask or inquire after (class.; cf.: repeto, reposco, exploro).
I. In gen.: Ph. Quid quaeritas? Ha. Vestigium hic requiro, Qua, etc., Plaut. Cist. 4. 2, 58: “ego illam requiram jam, ubi ubi est,id. Ep. 3, 4, 56; so, “aliquem,id. As. 2, 2, 1; id. Capt. 3, 1, 13; id. Bacch. 3, 5, 2; id. Pers. 4, 6, 14; Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 65; id. Phorm. 2, 1, 79; 5, 6, 41; Caes. B. C. 2, 35; Cic. Rep. 1, 28, 44; Sall. C. 40, 1: legatos Allobrogum, Greg. M. in Job, 31, 54; Amm. 23, 6 al.; cf.: “juvenem oculisque animoque,Ov. M. 4, 129: “oculis terram,Curt. 4, 7, 11: “cerva requisita,Gell. 15, 22, 6: “libros,Cic. Fin. 3, 3, 10; cf.: “scripta SCtis abolita,Suet. Calig. 16: “extractum anulum,id. Tib. 73: “membra omnia,Quint. 11, 2, 13: “artus, ossa,Ov. M. 2, 336: “portus Velinos,Verg. A. 6, 366: “cibos,Col. 8, 8, 1: “vinum generosum et lene,Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 18: “animi neque admirantur neque requirunt rationes earum rerum, quas semper vident,Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 96: “causam tam facilis eventus,Front. Strat. 3, 1, 2; cf. “causam,Ov. M. 10, 388: “vera,Lucr. 1, 640: “tua facta,Ov. H. 6, 31: “mea facta,id. M 13, 211: “quaedam requisita se occultant, et eadem forte succurrunt,Quint. 11, 2, 7; cf. id. 8, prooem. § 30 Zumpt N. cr.; id. 5, 10, 121: “quod si quis parum credat, apud ipsum (Lucilium) in nono requirat,id. 1, 7, 19.—With dependent clause: “requireres, rogitares, quis esset, aut unde esset, etc.,Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 48: “(bestiae) ut requirant atque appetant, ad quas se applicent ejusdem generis animantes,Cic. Lael. 21, 81: “illud quoque requisivi, quā ratione, etc.,id. Quint. 29, 88; cf. id. N. D. 1, 22, 60: “requirunt, num aliquid, etc.,Quint. 12, 9, 17: “forsitan et, Priami fuerint quae fata, requiras,Verg. A. 2, 506: “cum requisisset ubinam esset,Nep. Att. 10, 4: “secum, cur sit bis rapta, requirit,Ov. M. 15, 233.— Impers. pass.: “requiretur fortasse nunc, quemadmodem, etc.,Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 22. —Absol.: “videmusne, ut pueri ... pulsi requirant et aliquid scire se gaudeant?Cic. Fin. 5, 18, 48: “subito res vetustas reddere se et offerre, nec tantum requirentibus, sed etiam sponte interim,Quint. 11, 2, 5: “pande requirenti nomen terraeque tuumque,Ov. M. 4, 679. —
b. Requirere ex or ab aliquo (aliquid), to ask, demand, inquire any thing of a person; to question a person about any thing: “ex quibus requiram, quonam modo latuerint aut ubi, etc.,Cic. Cael. 28, 67: “si quis requirit cur Romae non sim,id. Att. 12, 40, 3; cf.: “saepe ex me requiris, cur, etc.,Tac. Or. 1: “quoniam nihil ex te hi requirunt,Cic. Rep. 2, 38, 64; Quint. 1, 6, 31: “facilia sunt ea, quae a me de Vatinio requiris,Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 19; cf.: “ut id a me neve in hoc reo neve in aliis requiras,id. ib. 1, 9, 19: “illud mihi numquam in mentem venit a te requirere,id. Ac. 1, 1, 5: “aliquid de antiquitate ab aliquo,Nep. Att. 20, 2. —
II. In partic., with the accessory idea of need, to ask for something needed; to need, want, lack, miss, be in want of, require (syn. desidero): “omnes hoc loco cives Romani vestram severitatem desiderant, vestram fidem implorant, vestrum auxilium requirunt,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 172: “qui beatus est, non intellego, quid requirat, ut sit beatior,id. Tusc. 5, 8, 23: “habuit, non habet: desiderat, requirit, indiget,id. ib. 1, 36, 87: isto bono utare, dum assit; “cum absit, ne requiras: nisi forte adulescentes pueritiam, paulum aetate progressi adulescentiam debent requirere,id. Sen. 10, 33; id. Fin. 1, 18, 61: “magnam res diligentiam requirebat,Caes. B. G. 6, 34: “non ex liberis populis reges requiri,Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 48: “mala causa est quae requirit misericordiam, Publ. Syr. v. 312 Rib.: divitias,Tib. 1, 1, 41.—
B. Transf., like desiderare, to perceive to be wanting, to look in vain for, to miss: “qui (oculi) quocumque inciderunt, veterem consuetudinem fori et pristinum morem judiciorum requirunt,Cic. Mil. 1, 1: “libertatem meam,id. Planc. 38, 93: “et pacis ornamenta et subsidia belli,id. Imp. Pomp. 2, 6: unum ἱστορικόν, id. Att. 6, 1, 8: “Caesaris in se indulgentiam,Caes. B. G. 7, 63: “quae nonnumquam requirimus,Cic. Mur. 29, 61: “aliquid,Quint. 2, 10, 15: “multos, Quos quondam vidi,Ov. M. 7, 515: “vereor, ne desideres officium meum ... sed tamen vereor, ne litterarum a me officium requiras,Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 1: “in quo equidem majorum nostrorum saepe requiro prudentiam,id. Par. 1, 1, 7.— Hence, rĕquīsītum , i, n., P. a., as subst. (acc. to II.), a want, need, requirement (rare): ad requisita naturae, i. e. to the calls, Sall. Fragm. ap. Quint. 8, 6, 59 (Hist. 1, 54 Dietsch); Spart. Car. 6.
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