acquiro

== Latin == === Alternative forms === adquīrō === Etymology === From ad- + quaerō (“to seek”). Compare typologically Russian взыска́ть (vzyskátʹ) (<~ иска́ть (iskátʹ)). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [akˈkʷiː.roː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [akˈkʷiː.ro] === Verb === acquīrō (present infinitive acquīrere, perfect active acquīsīvī, supine acquīsītum); third conjugation 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 to acquire or amass riches or money Synonym: dītō to accrue ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== === 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.