interrogo
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interrogo
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interrogo
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Etymology edit
From inter (“between; among”) + rogō (“ask; request”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /inˈter.ro.ɡoː/, [ɪn̪ˈt̪ɛrːɔɡoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /inˈter.ro.ɡo/, [in̪ˈt̪ɛrːoɡo]
Verb edit
interrogō (present infinitive interrogāre, perfect active interrogāvī, supine interrogātum); first conjugation
- (transitive) to ask, question, inquire, interrogate, to seek information from
- (law) to put a formal question to (in making a stipulation)
- (law, transitive) to question judicially, examine, interrogate
- (transitive with sententiam) to ask (a senator) for his opinion, consult
- (transitive, often with lēge) to call to account in a court of law, arraign, indict, sue
- (intransitive) to argue, reason (syllogistically)
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1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.
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- Eastern Romance:
- Italo-Western Romance:
- Borrowings:
- → Catalan: interrogar
- → English: interrogate
- → French: interroger
- → Italian: interrogare
- → Sardinian: interrogare, intorrogare
- → Portuguese: interrogar
- → Romanian: interoga
- → Spanish: interrogar
References edit
- “interrogō” on page 1042 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “interrogare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 4: G H I, page 762
Further reading edit
- “interrogo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “interrogo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- interrogo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to cross-examine cleverly, put leading questions: bene interrogare
- to ask the opinion of..: sententiam rogare, interrogare
- to cross-examine cleverly, put leading questions: bene interrogare
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