LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

inquīsītiō

inquīsītiō f (genitive inquīsītiōnis)

Meaning

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

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeinquīsītiōinquīsītiōnēs
genitiveinquīsītiōnisinquīsītiōnum
dativeinquīsītiōnīinquīsītiōnibus
accusativeinquīsītiōneminquīsītiōnēs
ablativeinquīsītiōneinquīsītiōnibus
vocativeinquīsītiōinquīsītiōnēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

veri inquisitio atque investigatio
zealous pursuit of truth.

inquīsītĭo, ōnis, f. inquiro,
I. a seeking or searching for.
I. Lit.: tu cave inquisitioni mihi sis, be at hand, don't let me have to look for you, Plaut. Cas. 3, 1 fin.: novorum militum, Curt. 4, 6: corporum, Plin. 8. 30, 44, § 106.—
II. Transf., a searching or inquiring into, an examination.
A. In gen.: veri inquisitio atque investigatio, Cic. Off. 1, 4, 13: opinionum, Quint. 3, 1, 2: nova inquisitione addiscere, Plin. 2, 46, 45, § 117. —
B. In partic., a seeking for proofs or grounds in support of an accusation, a legal inquisition, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 14: candidati, id. Mur. 21, 44: annua, for which a year is allowed, Tac. A. 13, 43; cf. Gai. Inst. 2, 44: postulare inquisitionem in aliquem, Plin. Ep. 3, 9: dare inquisitionem alicui, id. ib. 5, 20: agere inquisitionem, Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 18.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin inquīsītiō From inquīrō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Englishinquisition
  • Frenchinquisition
  • Italianinquisizione
  • Portugueseinquisição
  • Romanianinchiziție
  • Spanishinquisición
  • Normanenquéson
  • Russianинквизиция

In English words that came into English from inquīsītiō

  • inquisitioninquīsītiō

Quick answers

What does inquīsītiō mean in Latin?
inquīsītiō, a noun, means “search, inquiry, examination, investigation; collecting of evidence”.
What is the genitive of inquīsītiō?
The genitive singular is inquīsītiōnis. inquīsītiō is feminine, third declension.