English

Noun

quaestio ‎(plural quaestiones)

1. (law) (in ancient Rome) A commission to inquire into a criminal matter given to a citizen (the quaesitor) who then reported to whoever appointed him.

Latin

Etymology

From quaestus < quaerō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʷae̯s.ti.oː/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɛs.ti.o/

Noun

quaestiō f ‎(genitive quaestiōnis); third declension

1. seeking
2. inquiry, investigation, questioning, question
3. inquisition

Inflection

Third declension.

Derived terms

• quaestiōnō

Descendants

References

• quaestio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• quaestio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• QUAESTIO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “quaestio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • systematic, scientific discussion: disputatio, quaestio
    
  • to propose a subject of debate, put a question: quaestionem ponere, proponere
    
  • to get a question submitted to one: quaestionem poscere (Fin. 2. 1. 1)
    
  • at this point the question arises: hoc loco exsistit quaestio, quaeritur
    
  • it is a difficult point, disputed question: magna quaestio est (followed by an indirect question)
    
  • to decide, determine a question: quaestionem solvere
    
  • the question has been settled: quaestio ad exitum venit
    
  • the standing commissions of inquiry: quaestiones perpetuae (Brut. 27. 106)
    
  • to examine a person, a matter: quaestionem habere de aliquo, de aliqua re or in aliquem
    
  • to preside over an inquiry: quaestioni praeesse
    
• quaestio in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• quaestio in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016