QUJ3 
QU,E 
QUiE 
square. Colum. Pertic® dolantur in 
quadrum. — Hence, proverbially, In 
quadruin redigere, to bring into proper 
order; as, Cic. sententias, h. e. to embrace 
in harmonious, rhythmical periods. 
QUXDROOS (Id.), a, um, adj. square; 
3 fourfold. Anson. Errabam per quadrua 
coinpita, h. e. per semitas in quadrum, 
inter areolas, dispositas. Prudent. Ho¬ 
rn inis natura, quam corpore toto quad¬ 
rua vis animat (where by quadrua vis 
are thought to be indicated the four 
ages of life). 
QU/ERIT 8 (frequentat. from qu®ro), as, 
3avi, atum, a. 1. to seek, look for. Plaut. 
Quod qusritabam, filiam inveni meam. 
Id. Hominem inter vivos qu®ritamus 
mortuum. Terent. Ehem opportune : 
te ipsum qiuerito. Id. Lana ac tela 
victual quffiritans, earning her livelihood. 
Plaut. Ibo hercle aliquo quieritatum 
ignem. Id. Qu®ritare hospitium ab ali¬ 
quo. -U Also, to aslc, demand, inquire, 
wish to know. Plaut. fluid tu id quasri- 
tas ? 
QILER5 (unc.), ris, slvi, sltum, a. 3. to 
seek, seek after, look for, ^qreio. Phaidr. 
Bum quasrit escam, margaritam reppe- 
rit. Terent. Te ipsum quasrebain, Chre- 
me, you are the very person I was looking 
for. Cic. Yexabatur uxor mea, liberi 
ad necem qusrebantur.-IT Also, to 
seek, seek to get, seek to procure. Terent. 
victum. Cic. honores alicui_Hence, 
to raise, draw upon one’s self or another, 
get. Cic. invidiam in aliquem. Liv. 
ignominiam alicui. Tacit. Mors qu»- 
sita, violent death by one’s own hand 
(the opposite of Naturalis). -IT Also, 
to look round in vain for something, miss 
something, not be able to find (and so 
the Greek £ 1 ; reoo). Propert. Optatos 
quierere Tyndaridas. Tibu.ll. Phcebi 
qusreret ille comam, he would wish back, 
would regret the loss of, would miss. Cic. 
jEtnensis ager sic erat deformis atque 
horridus, ut in uberrima Siciliae parte 
Siciliam qumreremus, we had to look for ; 
we could not find, we missed. -IT Also, 
to get, gain, make (gain, profit, proper¬ 
ty), acquire. Cic. Clui honeste rem 
quasrunt mercaturis faciendis. Id. Diu 
nihil qumsierat. Terent. Contrivi in 
quierendo vitam atque ietatem meam. 
Cic. Mihi opus est quiesito,/or qumrere, 
I must acquire or make something. — Also, 
generally, to get, procure, bring about. 
Terent. victuin facile, get a livelihood. 
Id. laudem sibi. Sallust. H;e sunt me® 
imagines, h®c noliilitas: qua; ego plu- 
rimis meis laboribus et periculis qu®si- 
vi, have obtained, acquired, won. Plaut. 
liberos, to get, beget. - IT Also, to 
seek, try to effect, have in view, purpose, 
meditate, aim at, exert one’s self, endeav¬ 
or, desire. Terent. Dum id quiero, li- 
bi qui (how) filium restituerem, think 
on. Propert. Aliquid duram qmerimus 
in dominam. Cic. fugam. — With in- 
fin. Phaidr. Qui magnas opes exagge- 
rare quaerit omni vigilia, seeks to, &c. 
Ooul. Tristiti® causam si quis cognos- 
cere quasrit. Id. .Era nitent usu : ves¬ 
t's bona quierit haberi. — With ut. Cic. 
Qui non modo, ut fugerent, sed etiam 
tpsius fug® tutam viam qumsierunt. 
— IT Also, to call for, demand, need, re¬ 
quire. Cic. Nego esse quidquam a tes- 
tibus dictum, quod cujusquam oratoris 
eloquentiam quaereret. Liv. Bellum 
dictatoriam majestatem qumsisset_ 
II Also, to ask, inquire, interrogate. Cic. 
Qui, num quid Romam velis,’ qu®rant. 
Omd. Qu®ro, si quis Abydon eat. Cic. 
Uurere, cur? ita se dicent juvari. Ta- 
oit. Quffisito, an C®sar venisset, Sec. 
rim,. Quum a puero qu®sisset horas. 
Lie. Quaesivi ex Phania, quam in par¬ 
tem provinci® putaret te velle ut veni- 
rem. Cais. Qurnrit ex Lisco ea, qu® in 
conventu dixerat. Cic. Qumrebat de 
me, quid, Sec. askccl me. So, Liv. Qua;- 
rn de te ' arbitrerisne, Sec. But Ovid. 
Qusrere de aliquo, to ask after or ubout 
u«. Also, Terent.. Quierere aliquem. 
nd passively. Cic. Et sauciatio qum- 
retur. be asked after I — Hence, to ask, 
r“if® or t st “ rt <* question. Cic. Dicere 
juoeient, si quis quid qmereret. Ho- 
p / Namra fieret, an arte, qumsitum 
J im. Quffiritur inter medicos, cu- 
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jus generis, &c. it is a question. — Also, 
to wish to know. Cic. Si, quid consen- 
taneum sit, qu®rimus. Id. Omnino, si 
quaris, ludi apparatissimi, if you wish 
to know, if you will know. Id. Si verum 
quieris, if you are desirous of hearing the 
truth. Id. At sunt morosi, et difficiies 
senes : si qumriinus, etiam avari, if we 
will have the truth. — Also, to investigate, 
examine, make inquisition, try, hold an 
inquiry. Terent. Hunc abduce, vinci, 
rem qu®re. Cic. de morte alicujus. 
Plin. Ep. Prietor, qui legibus qurnrit, 
does the duty of a judge, with reference 
only to the laws and without respect of per¬ 
sons. The person examined is con¬ 
strued with the prepos. de; thus, Cic. 
De servo in dominum ne tormentis qui- 
dem qu®ri potest, cannot be put to the 
torture to extort information from him 
agaiiist his master. The person is found 
also in the accus. Liv. Hence come the 
forms of speech, Si quieris, or Si qu®- 
rimus, or, Si qumritis, h. c. to say the 
truth, in truth, in fact, to be honest; prop¬ 
erly, if we (you, &c.) look well into the 
thing, or as above, if we will know the 
truth. Cic. So, Id. Si, verum qurnris 
Further, Cic. Quid qu®ris, or. Noli qu®- 
rere, h. e. in short, in a word. -IT The 
preterit tenses are sometimes synco¬ 
pated ; as, quiesicrunt, quiesisset, Sec. 
-IT See, also, Qucesitus, a, um, and 
Quaisitum, i. 
QUrESITIS (qu®ro), onis, f. a seeking or 
2searching after, tjfimatg. Apul. Psyche 
qu®sitioni Cupidinis intenta_IT Al¬ 
so, the question (by torture), inquisition. 
Tacit. Quum postero ad qumsitionem 
retraheretur, proripuit se custodibus. 
QILESITOR (Id.), oris, m. a seeker, 
£ yrrirfig. Pacat. -IT Also, an inves¬ 
tigator, searcher, inquirer. Gell. 
IT Also, judicially, an inquisitor, com¬ 
missioner. Liv. criminum. Sallust. 
Quum ex Mam ilia rogatione tres qu®- 
sitores rogarentur. So, Cic. Cat. 4, 5. 
Qui reo custodiam, qu®sitori gratula- 
tionem decrevit, sc. of the Catilinarian 
conspiracy, at the time of which, Cicero 
(who by qiuesitor means himself) vyas 
consul. Also, Virg. Qu®sitor Minos 
urnain movet, presiding judge. — This 
name is applied particularly to the Pne- 
tor who presides at a qu®stio. Cic. 
QILESITIJM, i, neut. of Quwsitus, a, 
3 um, used absol. something gotten or ac¬ 
quired, a gain. Virg. (Apes) in medi¬ 
um qussita reponunt.. Horat. Attentus 
qumsitis. • Ovid. Qumsiti tenax.- 
IT Also, a question, inquiry. Ocul. - 
IT See Quairo. 
QUJESITuRX., is, f. for Qusstura. Tacit. 
Ann. 3,29. But Ed. Em. has queesiu- 
ram. 
QUJESITOS, a, um, paiticip. from qurnro. 
- IT Adj. sought, studied, affected, 
assumed. Tacit. Qu®sita interdum 
comitate quamvis manifestam defec- 
tionem tegebat. Id. Verba qumsita as- 
peritate.-IT Also, sought, not com¬ 
mon, extraordinary, elaborate, exquisite, 
refined. Tacit. Quo qiissitior adulatio 
fuit. Id. Atheniensibus leges quiesi- 
tiores Solon perscripsit. Id. Nero reos 
quajsitissimis pcenis affecit, with ex¬ 
quisite tortures. Sallust, fragm. Epul® 
qufflsitissim®. 
QU/ESITciS (qu®ro), us, in. a seeking, 
2 searching; also, an investigating. Plin. 
and Macrob. 
QUA2S5 (an old form of qu®ro, perhaps 
the original form, as the perf. qumsivi 
of qu®ro seems to indicate), is, Tvi, 
a. and n. 3. to seek, ^yrcio. Enn. ap. 
Fest.. Ducit me uxorem liberum qu®- 
sendum gratia (where it may be, get, 
beget). Plaut. ap. Mon. Qusse adve- 
niente morbo nunc medicum tibi.- 
IT Commonly, to pray, entreat, beg, be¬ 
seech, icoyai. Lucret. Prece qutesit pa¬ 
ces. Plaut. Mirurn est, me, ut redeatn, 
te opere tanto qussere. Terent. Deos 
qu®so, ut istsc prohiheant. Plaut. 
Unuin hoc qu®so. Cic. Qu®so a vobis, 
ut mihi detis hanc veniam. Id. Peto, 
qussoque, ut, &c. Id. Quaaso, obtes- 
torque, ne, &c. Liv. P. Deciuin qu®so 
mecum consulem faciatis, sc. that. — 
It. is most often found in the first per¬ 
son sing, quieso. But qiuesumus also 
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occurs. Cic. and Liv. We find qua 
sivit in Sallust, ap. Prise. ; and qua• 
sens in Apul. (though in this last, Ed 
Oud. has quairens ).— Quieso is often 
thrown in between the parts of a sen¬ 
tence, like an interjection ; Ipray, Ibeir, 
prithee, pray. Cic. Ad ea, qu® dietu- 
rus sum, reficite vos, qu®so, judices, 
per deos immortales. Id. Tu, qu®so, 
crebro ad me scribe. Id. Quaeso, etiam- 
ne tu has ineptias? Terent. Ubinam 
est, qu®so ? Id. Bona verba, qu®so. 
Cic. Quamobrem aggredere, qu®su- 
mus, et same ad hanc rem tempus. 
QUASSTICOLiTS (diniin. from qu®stus), 
I i, in. small gain, little profit, Keptioipiov. 
C/c. 
QU7ESTI8 (qu®ro), onis, f. a seeking,' 
QlTqcng. Plant. Recipe te, quam pri- 
niumpotes: cave, fuas mihi in quss- 
tione, take care that I have not to seek 
fur you; take cure that you arc not to 
seek. So, Id. Tibi lie questioni esse- 
mus.-IT Also, an asking, interroga¬ 
ting, questioning, inquiry, investigation, 
question. Cces. Explorata re quajstione 
captivorum. Cic. Qu® (sententia) ve- 
ri simillima, inagna qu®stio est,Ris a 
great question. Id. Qu®cumque (res) 
in disceptationem qusstionemque vo- 
caretur, made a question, brought into in¬ 
quiry. Id. Si quid liabet quiestionis. 
Id. Res in qusstione versatur. Plin. 
Foititudo in quo maxime exstiterit, im- 
mens® qu®stionis est. Id. In qu®s- 
tione est, quis primus tantufti bonuin 
invenerit. — Hence, a public inquisition, 
investigation, inquiry or trial extraordi¬ 
nary or judicial. Extraordinary. Cic. 
Qu®stiones in senatu habit®. Judi¬ 
cial (in which the torture was some¬ 
times used). Cic. Quum pr®tor qu®s- 
tionem inter sicarios (li. c. for assassina¬ 
tion) exercuisset. Id. Verberibus ac tor¬ 
mentis qusstionem habuit pecuni® pub¬ 
lic®. Id. Mortis patern® de servis pa- 
ternis qu®stionem habere filio non licet, 
li. e. to have the slaves examined by the 
torture, put them to the question. Liv. 
habere ex his, qui simul fuerunt. Cic. 
de furto constituere. Id. Instituere de 
morte alicujus. Id. de morte viri ha¬ 
bere. Id. habere de servis in caput 
filii. Id. Postulare servum in qu®sti- 
onein. Id. Dare, or, ferre servum in 
qurestionem, to give, offer. Plant. Ser¬ 
vos dare qusstioni. Cic. Quffistionem 
ferre in aliquem. Liv. Qu®stionem 
ponere in aliquem, to appoint, fix. 
Cic. Qu®stiones sic®, veneni, pecuia- 
tus, &c. Id. Qu®stione alligari, become 
bound by, subject to. Pandect. Qu®stio- 
nem facere alicui, raise or bring against 
one. Cic. Qu®stioni prreesse (of tho 
magistrate). — The querstiones about 
crimes at Rome were called quastiones 
perpetual from the year of the city 604 , 
because from that time they were sta¬ 
tedly held under the direction of the 
pr®tors ; there were however also quws- 
tioncs cztraordinarice, h. e. inquisitions 
extraordinary or by commission, which 
did not always take place before the 
pr®tor. He, who conducted criminal 
inquisitions by law under the direction 
of the pr®tor, and was the highest judge, 
was called judex qutestionis, as it were, 
the vice-president of the criminal court, 
the prwtor’s deputy. — Also, Qu®stio, the 
inquisitors or judges themselves. Val. 
Max. Totam qu®stionem ad clementiain 
transulit. Cic. Quitstionem dimittere 
(but this can be the trial) _IT Also, 
a matter or subject, which comes into in¬ 
quiry or consideration, which is to be writ¬ 
ten or spoken about, &c. ; question. Cic. 
de natura Deorum. Id. Alt. 13, 19. 
Absolvi Academicam omnem qu®stio- 
nem libris quatuor (where he refers to 
his work entitled Qucestiones Academi¬ 
cal). Id. Qusstionem sustinere posse, 
to be equal to the subject. — Hence, in 
particular, a rhetorical matter or sub¬ 
ject in dispute. Cic. — Also, the main 
point in a disputed matter. Cic. Inv. 1, 
13. 
QUrESTISNALITER (qusstio), adv. by 
a question, in the form of a question. 
Eulo-ent. Plane. 
QUJESTIONaRIOS (Id.), ii, m. a tor - 
3 turcr. Hieronym. 
