inquietavi

Inquietavi is a Latin word, the first-person singular perfect active indicative form of the verb inquietare, meaning “I troubled” or “I disturbed.” The infinitive inquietare means “to trouble, disturb, vex; to disturb someone’s peace or calm.”

The form inquietavi is built from the prefix in- with quietare, the latter derived from quietus meaning “rest, quiet.” This combination yields the sense “to disturb the quiet.” The ending -avi marks the perfect tense for the first conjugation, so inquietavi denotes a completed action in the past.

In usage, inquietare is a transitive verb used to describe causing disturbance, annoyance, or anxiety. The perfect form inquietavi expresses that such disturbance occurred previously. Latin typically allows flexible word order, so you may encounter phrases like te inquietavi (I troubled you) or simply inquietavi (I troubled). The corresponding passive participle inquietatus is used to form passive expressions and adjectives, and the related adjective inquietus means “unquiet” or “restless.”

Related forms and cognates include the noun inquietudo (unrest, disturbance) and the adjective inquietus (unquiet, unsettled). In English, the root appears in borrowings such as inquietude, which descend from Latin or its descendants via French. Today, inquietavi is primarily of historical or linguistic interest within Latin-language study and classical literature.