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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• seek (v.):
  1. A. Trans.
    1. I. To search for:
      1. 1. quaero, sīvi, or sĭi, sītum, 3: you are the very person I was seeking, te ipsum quaerebam, Ter. Heaut. 4, 8, 3: a fowl s.s its food on a dung-heap, in sterquilinio pullus escam quaerit, Phaedr. 3, 12. Also, absol.: I have spent my life and prime in s.ing, contrivi in quaerendo vitam atque aetatem meam, Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 15. Frequent.: quaerĭto, 1 (to seek repeatedly or constantly: not Cic.): we are seeking a dead man amongst the living, hominem inter vivos quaeritamus mortuum, Pl. Men. 2, 1, 15: to s. hospitality from any one, hospitium ab aliquo q., id. Poen. 3, 3, 77.
      2. 2. indāgo, 1 (to hunt for): to s. the marks of the common destruction, indicia communis exitii i., Cic. Mil. 37, 103: to seek unused paths, vias inusitatas i., id. Or. 3, 11: v. to search for.
    2. II. To endeavour to find or gain by any means:
      1. 1. pĕto, īvi, or ĭi, ītum, 3: to s. safety in flight, salutem fuga p., Nep. Hann. 11, med.: to s. the first place in eloquence, eloquentiae principatum p., Cic. Or. 17, 56: to s. to live well, bene vivere p., Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 29. Comps.: (1) appĕto, 3 (to seek eagerly for): to s. the hostility of those in power, inimicitias potentium a., Cic. Mil. 36, 100: to s. to be on friendly terms with youths, adolescentium familiaritates a., Sall. C. 14, fin. (2) expĕto, 3 (to s. earnestly): one man was by all demanded and sought for to conduct that war, unum ab omnibus ad id bellum deposci atque expeti, Cic. Manil. 2, 5: Italy sought help from this man when absent, Italia ab hoc auxilium absente expetivit, ib. 11, 30: cf. id. Pis. 7, 16 (poenas ab aliquo expetere).
      2. 2. affecto, 1 (frequent. of afficio: to aim at obtaining): he sought elegance, not extravagance, munditiem non affluentiam affectabat, Nep. Att. 13, 5: to s. the royal power, regnum a., Liv. 1, 46, init.: to s. honour, honorem a., Sall. J. 64, med.
      3. 3. consector, 1 (to strive after in both bad and good sense): to s. all the shadows of false glory, omnes umbras falsae gloriae c., Cic. Pis. 24, 57: to s. wealth or power, opes aut potentiam c., id. Off. 1, 25, 86.
      4. 4. capto, 1 (frequent. of capio; to catch at, seek to obtain): to s. any one's approbation, alicujus assensionem c., id. Inv. 1, 31, 51: to s. mercy, misericordiam c., id. Phil. 2, 34, 86: to s. pleasure, voluptatem c., id. Fin. 1, 7, 24.
      5. 5. aucŭpor, 1 (lit. to go bird-catching; v. rare and late in this sense): to s. the favours of the people, populi favorem a., Flor. 3, 13, 1: to s. slumbers, somnos a., Ov. H. 13, 107.
      6. 6. specto, 1 (to be on the look-out for): what opportunity of proving your bravery do you s.? quem locum probandae virtutis tuae spectas? Caes. B. G. 5, 44, init. Miscell. Phr.: to s. a livelihood, victum quaeritare, Ter. Andr. 1, 1, 48: to seek any one's interests, alicujus commodis servire, Cic. Rep. 1, 4: to s. only one's own interests, omnia ad utilitatem suam revocare, cf. id. Am. 16, 59: to s. any one's life, vitae alicujus insidias ponere, Cic. Sext. 18, 41; ins. facere, id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, ad fin.: insidiari capiti alicujus, Curt. (Kr.): to s. any one's fortune, in fortunas alicujus imminere, Cic. Phil. 5, 7, 20.
    3. III. To make for a place or person, as, I go to s. my father:
      1. 1. pĕto, 3: cranes s. hotter climates, grues loca calidiora p., id. N. D. 2, 49, 125: he himself s.s that place where he had ordered the ships to be brought in, ipse eum locum p., quo naves appelli jusserat, Caes. B. G. 7, 60, extr.
      2. 2. contendo, di, sum and tum, 3 (intrans.): v. to hasten.
  2. B. Intrans.:
    1. I. To make search: quaero, indāgo, etc. (usu. with obj. expressed): v. to seek.
    2. II. To endeavour to accomplish: cōnor, contendo, tendo, etc.: v. to endeavour, strive. To s. to attain:
      1. 1. affecto, 1: v. supr. (A.).
      2. 2. consector, 1: to s. to obtain wealth or power, opes, potentiam c. Cic. Off. 1, 25, 86: v. to pursue.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• SEEK
  • Transitively, To search for, quaerere.
  • To desire and pursue, petere: appetere: expetere: sequi: persequi: sectari: consectari: captare: aucupare: studere or servire alicui rei. To seek a livelihood, victum quaeritare (Plaut.): to seek one’s own interests, rebus et commodis suis servire; omnia ad utilitatem suam revocare (Cic.).
  • To ask in order to receive, petere.
  • To endeavor, studere (with an infinitive, or, more rarely, ut); operam dare, ut; capere (with an infinitive, to seek to; ☞ but quaerere with an infinitive or ut is not found in the best prose). To seek one’s life; i. e., to compass one’s death, insidias vitae moliri.
  • Intransitively, To make search, quaerere: indagare: vestigare: investigare.
  • To endeavor to do or effect, conari: moliri: machinari.