quaestio

English

Etymology

Latin quaestio (“inquiry”)

Noun

quaestio (plural quaestiones)

(law, historical) 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 quaerō. Compare with later quaesītiō.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʷae̯s.ti.oː/

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɛs.ti.o/

Noun

quaestiō f (genitive quaestiōnis); third declension

Declension

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	quaestiō	quaestiōnēs
Genitive	quaestiōnis	quaestiōnum
Dative	quaestiōnī	quaestiōnibus
Accusative	quaestiōnem	quaestiōnēs
Ablative	quaestiōne	quaestiōnibus
Vocative	quaestiō	quaestiōnēs

Derived terms

Descendants

Dutch: kwestie
English: question
- Welsh: cwestiwn
French: question
Ido: questiono
Irish, Old: ceist
- Irish: ceist
- Scottish Gaelic: ceist
Italian: questione

Norman: tchestchion (Jersey)
Portuguese: questão
Romanian: chestie, chestiune
Spanish: cuestión
Welsh: cwestiwn

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)
quaestio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (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

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