quaestio

English

Etymology

Latin quaestio (“inquiry”)

Noun

quaestio (plural quaestiones)

1. (law) (in ancient Rome) A commission to inquire into a criminal matter given to a citizen (the quaesitor) who then reported to whoever appointed him.

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Latin

Etymology

From quaestus, from quaesitus, from quaerō.

Noun

quaestiō (genitive quaestiōnis); f, third declension

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

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	quaestiō	quaestiōnēs
genitive	quaestiōnis	quaestiōnum
dative	quaestiōnī	quaestiōnibus
accusative	quaestiōnem	quaestiōnēs
ablative	quaestiōne	quaestiōnibus
vocative	quaestiō	quaestiōnēs

Descendants

English: question French: question Italian: questione Jèrriais: tchestchion

Portuguese: questão Romanian: chestie, chestiune Spanish: cuestión