1. quĕror — Lewis & Short
quĕror, questus, 3,
I v. dep. a. and n. Sanscr. root, c?*!vas-, to sigh.
I Lit.
A In gen., to complain, lament, bewail (class.).
(a) With acc.: suas fortunas, to bewail one's fate, Plaut. As. 3, 1, 12:
suum fatum,Caes. B. G. 1, 39, 4:
injuriam,Cic. Att. 5, 8, 2:
omnia,id. Fl. 24:
fortunam,Ov. M. 15, 493:
nova monstra,Hor. C. 1, 2, 6 al.:
labem atque ignominiam rei publicae,Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 33.—
(b) With de:
queritur de Milone per vim expulso,Cic. Att. 9, 14, 2:
de injuriis alicujus,id. Fam. 1, 4, 3.—
(g) With cum:
quererer tecum, atque expostularem, ni,I would complain to you, Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 7:
cum patribus conscriptis,Liv. 35, 8:
cum deo, quod,Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 81; Vell. 2, 130, 3:
tecum inconsideratae pietatis queror,Sen. Contr. 4, 27, 2.—
(d) With apud:
apud novercam,Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 80:
apud aliquem per litteras,Cic. Att. 5, 21, 13.— (e) With dat.:
nec quereris patri?nor complain to your father? Juv. 2, 131.— (z) With obj.-clause:
ne querantur se relictas esse,Cic. Tusc. 5, 5, 14.—(h) With quod:
legatos miserunt Athenas questum, quod, etc.,Nep. Chabr. 3, 1:
queri libet, quod in secreta nostra non inquirant principes,Plin. Pan. 68, 8; cf.:
quereris super hoc, quod non mittam carmina,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 24. —(q) With pro:
haec pro re publicā,in behalf of, in the name of the State, Cic. de Or. 2, 48, 198.— (i) Absol.:
nisi omni tempore, quod mihi lege concessum est, abusus ero, querere,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 25:
non injuste,Vell. 2, 40, 6.—
B In partic., to make a complaint before a court:
de proconsulatu alicujus,Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 2.—
II Transf., of animals and things that utter a plaintive sound. Of apes:
queri rauco stridore,Ov. M. 14, 100.—
Of the owl,Verg. A. 4, 463. —
In gen., of the song of birds,to complain, lament, to coo, warble, sing, Hor. Epod. 2, 26:
dulce queruntur aves,Ov. Am. 3, 1, 4.—Of a musical instrument:
flebile nescio quid queritur lyra,Ov. M. 11, 52; Hor. C. 2, 13, 24.