petō, _aim at_ petere petīvī petītus
In the perfect, sometimes #petiī# (Cic., Ov., Liv., Val. Fl., Plin.
_Ep._), PETIEI (inscr.), #petī# late (Sen., Stat.); #petiit# (Cic.,
Hor., Tac., Suet.), #petīt# (Verg., Ov., Phaedr., Sen., Luc., Suet.),
#petiisse# (Verg., Hor., Ov., Val. Fl., Stat.).
quaerō, _inquire_ quaerere quaesīvī quaesītus
Compounds sometimes retain #ae# in old Latin, but usually have #ī# for
#ae# throughout: as, #con-quīrō#, #con-quīrere#, &c.