acquiro

Latin

Alternative forms

• adquīrō

Etymology

From ad- +‎ quaero (“seek”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /akˈkʷiː.roː/, [äkˈkʷiːroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /akˈkwi.ro/, [äkˈkwiːro]

Verb

acquīrō (present infinitive acquīrere, perfect active acquīsīvī, supine acquīsītum); third conjugation

1. to acquire or obtain

   Synonyms: adipīscor, lucror, cōnsequor, parō, pariō, impetrō, mereō, sūmō, emō, comparō, potior, ūsūrpō, inveniō, apīscor, obtineō, conciliō, nancīscor, colligō, alliciō

   Antonym: āmittō

2. to acquire or amass riches or money

   Synonym: dītō

3. to accrue

Conjugation

Conjugation of acquīrō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	acquīrō	acquīris	acquīrit	acquīrimus	acquīritis	acquīrunt
	imperfect	acquīrēbam	acquīrēbās	acquīrēbat	acquīrēbāmus	acquīrēbātis	acquīrēbant
	future	acquīram	acquīrēs	acquīret	acquīrēmus	acquīrētis	acquīrent
	perfect	acquīsīvī	acquīsīvistī	acquīsīvit	acquīsīvimus	acquīsīvistis	acquīsīvērunt, acquīsīvēre
	pluperfect	acquīsīveram	acquīsīverās	acquīsīverat	acquīsīverāmus	acquīsīverātis	acquīsīverant
	future perfect	acquīsīverō	acquīsīveris	acquīsīverit	acquīsīverimus	acquīsīveritis	acquīsīverint
passive	present	acquīror	acquīreris, acquīrere	acquīritur	acquīrimur	acquīriminī	acquīruntur
	imperfect	acquīrēbar	acquīrēbāris, acquīrēbāre	acquīrēbātur	acquīrēbāmur	acquīrēbāminī	acquīrēbantur
	future	acquīrar	acquīrēris, acquīrēre	acquīrētur	acquīrēmur	acquīrēminī	acquīrentur
	perfect	acquīsītus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	acquīsītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	acquīsītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	acquīram	acquīrās	acquīrat	acquīrāmus	acquīrātis	acquīrant
	imperfect	acquīrerem	acquīrerēs	acquīreret	acquīrerēmus	acquīrerētis	acquīrerent
	perfect	acquīsīverim	acquīsīverīs	acquīsīverit	acquīsīverīmus	acquīsīverītis	acquīsīverint
	pluperfect	acquīsīvissem	acquīsīvissēs	acquīsīvisset	acquīsīvissēmus	acquīsīvissētis	acquīsīvissent
passive	present	acquīrar	acquīrāris, acquīrāre	acquīrātur	acquīrāmur	acquīrāminī	acquīrantur
	imperfect	acquīrerer	acquīrerēris, acquīrerēre	acquīrerētur	acquīrerēmur	acquīrerēminī	acquīrerentur
	perfect	acquīsītus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	acquīsītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	acquīre	—	—	acquīrite	—
	future	—	acquīritō	acquīritō	—	acquīritōte	acquīruntō
passive	present	—	acquīrere	—	—	acquīriminī	—
	future	—	acquīritor	acquīritor	—	—	acquīruntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		acquīrere	acquīsīvisse	acquīsītūrum esse	acquīrī	acquīsītum esse	acquīsītum īrī
participles		acquīrēns	—	acquīsītūrus	—	acquīsītus	acquīrendus, acquīrundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		acquīrendī	acquīrendō	acquīrendum	acquīrendō	acquīsītum	acquīsītū

Descendants

• → Asturian: adquirir
• → Catalan: adquirir
• → English: acquire
• → Galician: adquirir
• → Portuguese: adquirir
• → Spanish: adquirir

References

• “acquiro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• acquiro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.