Latin

Noun

inquīsītiō f ‎(genitive inquīsītiōnis); third declension

1. search, inquiry, examination, investigation
2. collecting of evidence

Inflection

Third declension.

Descendants

• Russian: инквизиция ‎(inkvizicija)

References

• inquisitio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• inquisitio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• INQUISITIO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “inquisitio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • zealous pursuit of truth: veri inquisitio atque investigatio