quĕror, questus, 3, v. dep. a. and n. [Sanscr. root, çvas-, to sigh].
I Lit.
A In gen., to complain , lament , bewail (class.).
α 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.—
β With de : queritur de Milone per vim expulso, Cic. Att. 9, 14, 2: de injuriis alicujus, id. Fam. 1, 4, 3.—
γ 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 ( Luc. ), 25, 81; Vell. 2, 130, 3: tecum inconsideratae pietatis queror, Sen. Contr. 4, 27, 2.—
δ With apud : apud novercam, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 80: apud aliquem per litteras, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 13.—
ε With dat.: nec quereris patri? nor complain to your father? Juv. 2, 131.—
ζ With obj.-clause : ne querantur se relictas esse, Cic. Tusc. 5, 5, 14.—
η 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. —
θ With pro : haec pro re publicā, in behalf of , in the name of the State , Cic. de Or. 2, 48, 198.—
ι 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.