conquesto

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Connected to conquīrō somehow.”)

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈkʷes.toː/, [kɔŋˈkʷɛs̠t̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈkwes.to/, [koŋˈkwɛst̪o]

conquestō (present infinitive conquestāre, perfect active conquestāvī, supine conquestātum); first conjugation

1. (Medieval Latin) to obtain other than by inheritance; buy, purchase, exchange

   Synonyms: emo, comparo, sumo

   Antonyms: vendo, addico

2. (Medieval Latin) to conquer

   Synonyms: subigō, subiciō, dēvincō, vincō, superō, domō, prōflīgō, ēvincō, expugnō, caedō, obruō, exsuperō, pellō, opprimō, premō, fundō