interrogatio

Latin

Etymology

From interrogō (“inquire, interrogate; argue”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪn.tɛr.rɔˈɡaː.ti.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [in.ter.roˈɡat.t͡si.o]

Noun

interrogātiō f (genitive interrogātiōnis); third declension

1. A questioning, inquiry, examination, interrogation.
2. A syllogism.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	interrogātiō	interrogātiōnēs
genitive	interrogātiōnis	interrogātiōnum
dative	interrogātiōnī	interrogātiōnibus
accusative	interrogātiōnem	interrogātiōnēs
ablative	interrogātiōne	interrogātiōnibus
vocative	interrogātiō	interrogātiōnēs

Synonyms

• (interrogation): interrogāmentum

Derived terms

• interrogātiuncula

Related terms

• interrogāmentum
• interroganter
• interrogātīvē
• interrogātīvus
• interrogātor
• interrogātōrius
• interrogō

Descendants

• Inherited:
  • Romanian: întrebăciune
• Borrowed:
  • → Catalan: interrogació
  • → English: interrogation
  • → French: interrogation
  • → Italian: interrogazione
  • → Portuguese: interrogação
  • → Romanian: interogație
  • → Spanish: interrogación
  • Translingual: Polygonia interrogationis

References

• “interrogatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “interrogatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "interrogatio", 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)
• “interrogatio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.