noun · femininethird declension
percontātiō
percontātiō f (genitive percontātiōnis)
Meaning
- questioning, inquiry
Dum paucos dies ad Vesontionem rei frumentariae commeatusque causa moratur, ex percontatione nostrorum vocibusque Gallorum ac mercatorum […] tantus subito timor omnem exercitum occupavit ut non mediocriter omnium mentes animosque perturbaret.
While he [Caesar] is tarrying a few days at Vesontio, on account of corn and provisions, from the inquiries of our men and the reports of the Gauls and traders […] so great a panic on a sudden seized the whole army, as to discompose the minds and spirits of all in no slight degree.c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico 1.39
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | percontātiō | percontātiōnēs |
| genitive | percontātiōnis | percontātiōnum |
| dative | percontātiōnī | percontātiōnibus |
| accusative | percontātiōnem | percontātiōnēs |
| ablative | percontātiōne | percontātiōnibus |
| vocative | percontātiō | percontātiōnēs |
percontātĭo (percunct-), ōnis, f. percontor,
I. an asking, inquiring after any thing; a question, inquiry.
I. In gen. (class.):
tempus percontatione consumere, Cic. Univ. 1: aliquid percontationibus reperire, Caes. B. G. 5, 13: percontatio quid in senatu esset actum, Cic. Brut. 60, 218: collocutio atque percontatio, Plin. 11, 30, 36, § 110.—II. In partic., as a figure of speech, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 203.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
percontātiō (percūnct-) ōnis, f
percontor, a persistent asking, questioning, inquiry : dictum non percontatione quaesitum: nihil de eo percontationibus reperire, Cs.: derecta, L.—As a figure of speech, C.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin percontātiō From percontor + -tiō.
Descendants
- Englishpercontation