quæso

quæso, quǽsere

verb, 3rd conjugation

quæ-so · /ˈkwɛ.zɔ/

I beg, please

A defective verb: chiefly quæso and quǽsumus survive, dropped into a request as English drops in “please”. It is an older form of the verb quærere — to seek, to ask for.

in the texts

Aufer a nobis quǽsumus

Hanc ígitur quǽsumus

Quam oblatiónem quǽsumus

Nobis quoque peccatóribus quǽsumus

Líbera nos quǽsumus

external dictionary: Logeion