noun · femininethird declension
disquīsītiō
disquīsītiō f (genitive disquīsītiōnis)
Meaning
- inquiry, investigation
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | disquīsītiō | disquīsītiōnēs |
| genitive | disquīsītiōnis | disquīsītiōnum |
| dative | disquīsītiōnī | disquīsītiōnibus |
| accusative | disquīsītiōnem | disquīsītiōnēs |
| ablative | disquīsītiōne | disquīsītiōnibus |
| vocative | disquīsītiō | disquīsītiōnēs |
disquīsītĭo, ōnis, f. disquiro,
I. a (judicial) inquiry, investigation: in magnis disquisitionibus repentinisque periculis, *Cic. Sull. 28, 79; Liv. 8, 23; 26, 31; Tac. A. 3, 60; 5, 11; Suet. Caes. 15; id. Ner. 2.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
disquīsītiō ōnis, f
disquiro, an inquiry, investigation : in magnis disquisitionibus: in disquisitionem venit, ne, etc., L.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin disquīsītiō From disquīrō + -tiō.
Descendants
- Englishdisquisition
- Frenchdisquisition
- Italiandisquisizione
- Spanishdisquisición
In English words that came into English from disquīsītiō
- disquisitiondisquīsītiō