verb transitive #1437

ac-quīro

2nd PP ac-quīrere · 3rd PP ac-quīrsīvi · 4th PP ac-quīrsītum · conj. 3rd

(), , quaero

to add to; to get; acquire

to add to, to get or acquire (in addition), with ad or dat. (freq. in Cic.).

and gains; strength in her course •

Lit.: mihi quidem ipsi, quid est quod ad vitae fructum possit acquiri? Cic. Cat. 3, 12; 2, 8: vides quam omnis gratias non modo retinendas, sed etiam acquirendas putemus, but even new favor is to be acquired, id. Att. 1, 1; Sall. J. 13, 6; and poet.: viresque adquirit eundo, and gains (ever new and greater) strength in her course, Verg. A. 4, 175.—

in general

To get; obtain; procure ••

To get, obtain, procure, secure: quod ad usum vitae pertineat, Cic. Off. 3, 5, 22; id. Fam. 10, 3: famam, Phaedr. 1, 14: moram, Cic. Caecin. 2: vires, Ov. M. 7, 459: adquirere pauca (sc. nova verba), Hor. A. P. 55.—

to acquire; amass riches; money •

In later Lat., absol., to acquire or amass riches or money (cf.: quaero, quaestus; abundo, abundantia) [mox adquirendi docet insatiabile votum, Juv. 14, 125]: acquirendi ratio, Quint. 12, 7, 10.

Perseus ID: n554 Key: acquiro