search for Copy link Outline 1. quaero, 32. scrūtor, 1 (v. rare in this sense) • search for: 1. quaero, 3: Cic.: Phaedr.: et pass. Comps.: (1.) anquīro, 3 (to s. all about for): Cic. Am. 23, 87. Join: anquirere et parare [omnia quae sunt ad vivendum necessaria]. (2.) conquīro, 3 (to s. together, or in a body; also, to s. for and collect): Cic. Verr. 4, 19, init. (conquiri Diodorum tota provincia jubet, orders a general s. to be made for him): id. Off. 3, 33, 117 (suavitates undique c.). (3.) rĕquīro, 3 (to s. for again, s. for what has been lost): to s. for any one's bones, ossa alicujus r., Ov. M. 2, 336. (Oftener = to feel the want of, to miss.) 2. scrūtor, 1 (v. rare in this sense): Plin. See also to search.