conquestĭo, ōnis, f. [conqueror], a violent complaining or bewailing, complaint (very rare).
I Prop.
A In gen.: nulla, nullum auxilium, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 7, § 22; id. Or. 39, 135: illa adversus omnes, Quint. 5, 13, 41: longa de bellis civilibus, id. 8, 3, 78: dolorum praeteritorum, Sen. Ep. 78, 12. —
B Esp., in rhet.: conquestio est oratio auditorum misericordiam captans, Cic. Inv. 1, 55, 106; cf. id. ib. 1, 52, 98; Auct. Her. 3, 13, 24.—
II Transf., of the plaintive notes of birds, Plin. 10, 23, 33, § 66.