exquisitus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of exquīrō (“seek out”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ek.skʷiːˈsiː.tus/, [ɛk.skᶣiːˈsiː.tʊs]

Participle

exquīsītus m (feminine exquīsīta, neuter exquīsītum); first/second declension

  1. sought out, searched for, hunted up, ascertained, having been sought out
  2. inquired into, having been inquired into

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative exquīsītus exquīsīta exquīsītum exquīsītī exquīsītae exquīsīta
Genitive exquīsītī exquīsītae exquīsītī exquīsītōrum exquīsītārum exquīsītōrum
Dative exquīsītō exquīsītae exquīsītō exquīsītīs exquīsītīs exquīsītīs
Accusative exquīsītum exquīsītam exquīsītum exquīsītōs exquīsītās exquīsīta
Ablative exquīsītō exquīsītā exquīsītō exquīsītīs exquīsītīs exquīsītīs
Vocative exquīsīte exquīsīta exquīsītum exquīsītī exquīsītae exquīsīta

Descendants

References
  • exquisitus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • exquisitus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • exquisitus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • exquisitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • sound knowledge; scholarship: doctrina exquisita, subtilis, elegans
    • good taste; delicate perception: iudicium subtile, elegans, exquisitum, intellegens
    • profound sentiments: sententiae reconditae ex exquisitae (Brut. 97. 274)
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