quaestio

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Latin

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Etymology

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From quaerō +‎ -tiō. Compare with later quaesītiō.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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quaestiō f (genitive quaestiōnis); third declension

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

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

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

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • 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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • quaestio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], 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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016