conquesto
Latin
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Connected to conquīrō somehow.”)
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /konˈkʷes.toː/, [kɔŋˈkʷɛs̠t̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /konˈkwes.to/, [koŋˈkwɛst̪o]
Verb
editconquestō (present infinitive conquestāre, perfect active conquestāvī, supine conquestātum); first conjugation
- (Medieval Latin) to obtain other than by inheritance; buy, purchase, exchange
- (Medieval Latin) to conquer