interrogatio

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /in.ter.roˈɡaː.ti.oː/, [ɪn̪t̪ɛrːɔˈɡäːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.ter.roˈɡat.t͡si.o/, [in̪t̪erːoˈɡät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

interrogātiō f (genitive interrogātiōnis); third declension

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

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	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

• → 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.