questu

questu is a Latin form of queror, meaning “complain, lament”.

It can also be a form of questus, “complaint”. It is the ablative singular masculine noun or supine dative singular neuter.

Found 35 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum 2.94: … ere—nam id quidem est interdum necesse—, sed saxum illud Lemnium clamore Philocteteo funestare, Quod éiulatu, quéstu, gemitu, frémitibus Resonándo mutum flébiles vocés refert. Huic Epicurus praecentet, si potest, cui E víperin …

Vergil, Aeneid 7.501: successitque gemens stabulis questuque cruentus

Phaedrus, Fabulae 1.9.7: Questuque vano clamitantem interficit.

All forms of queror (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.