interrogo

See also: interrogó and interrogò

Catalan

Verb

interrogo

1. first-person singular present indicative form of interrogar

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Italian

Verb

interrogo

1. first-person singular present indicative of interrogare

Anagrams

• ritergono

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Latin

Etymology

From inter (“between; among”) +‎ rogō (“ask; request”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /inˈter.ro.ɡoː/, [ɪn̪ˈt̪ɛr.rɔ.ɡoː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈter.ro.ɡo/, [in̪ˈt̪ɛr.rɔ.ɡɔ]

Verb

interrogō (present infinitive interrogāre, perfect active interrogāvī, supine interrogātum); first conjugation

1. (transitive) I put a question to, ask

   cāsus interrogandī ― the genitive case

   1. (law) I put a formal question to (in making a stipulation)
2. (law, transitive) I question judicially, examine, interrogate
3. (transitive with sententiam) I ask (a senator) for his opinion, consult
   1. (transitive) I seek information from
4. (transitive, often with lēge) I call to account in a court of law, arraign, indict, sue.
5. (intransitive) I argue, reason (syllogistically).

Conjugation

Conjugation of interrogō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	interrogō	interrogās	interrogat	interrogāmus	interrogātis	interrogant
	imperfect	interrogābam	interrogābās	interrogābat	interrogābāmus	interrogābātis	interrogābant
	future	interrogābō	interrogābis	interrogābit	interrogābimus	interrogābitis	interrogābunt
	perfect	interrogāvī	interrogāvistī, interrogāstī1	interrogāvit	interrogāvimus	interrogāvistis, interrogāstis1	interrogāvērunt, interrogāvēre
	pluperfect	interrogāveram	interrogāverās	interrogāverat	interrogāverāmus	interrogāverātis	interrogāverant
	future perfect	interrogāverō	interrogāveris	interrogāverit	interrogāverimus	interrogāveritis	interrogāverint
passive	present	interrogor	interrogāris, interrogāre	interrogātur	interrogāmur	interrogāminī	interrogantur
	imperfect	interrogābar	interrogābāris, interrogābāre	interrogābātur	interrogābāmur	interrogābāminī	interrogābantur
	future	interrogābor	interrogāberis, interrogābere	interrogābitur	interrogābimur	interrogābiminī	interrogābuntur
	perfect	interrogātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	interrogātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	interrogātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	interrogem	interrogēs	interroget	interrogēmus	interrogētis	interrogent
	imperfect	interrogārem	interrogārēs	interrogāret	interrogārēmus	interrogārētis	interrogārent
	perfect	interrogāverim	interrogāverīs	interrogāverit	interrogāverīmus	interrogāverītis	interrogāverint
	pluperfect	interrogāvissem, interrogāssem1	interrogāvissēs, interrogāssēs1	interrogāvisset, interrogāsset1	interrogāvissēmus, interrogāssēmus1	interrogāvissētis, interrogāssētis1	interrogāvissent, interrogāssent1
passive	present	interroger	interrogēris, interrogēre	interrogētur	interrogēmur	interrogēminī	interrogentur
	imperfect	interrogārer	interrogārēris, interrogārēre	interrogārētur	interrogārēmur	interrogārēminī	interrogārentur
	perfect	interrogātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	interrogātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	interrogā	—	—	interrogāte	—
	future	—	interrogātō	interrogātō	—	interrogātōte	interrogantō
passive	present	—	interrogāre	—	—	interrogāminī	—
	future	—	interrogātor	interrogātor	—	—	interrogantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		interrogāre	interrogāvisse, interrogāsse1	interrogātūrum esse	interrogārī	interrogātum esse	interrogātum īrī
participles		interrogāns	—	interrogātūrus	—	interrogātus	interrogandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		interrogandī	interrogandō	interrogandum	interrogandō	interrogātum	interrogātū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

• interrogāmentum
• interroganter
• interrogātiō
• interrogātīvus
• interrogātor

 

Related terms

• abrogō
• arrogō
• corrogō
• dērogō
• ērogō
• irrogō
• obrogō
• perrogō
• praerogō
• prōrogō
• rogō
• subrogō / surrogō

 

Descendants

• Eastern Romance:
  • >? Aromanian: ntreb, ntribari
  • >? Romanian: întreba, întrebare

Note: phonetically problematic and possibly crossed with Slavic treba (“need”).

• Western Romance:
  • Asturian: entrugar
  • Old French: enterver, anterver
    • French: entraver
  • Old Occitan: entervar, antervar

Borrowings

• → Catalan: interrogar
• → English: interrogate
• → French: interroger
• → Italian: interrogare
  • → Sardinian: interrogare, intorrogare
• → Portuguese: interrogar
• → Romanian: interoga
• → Spanish: interrogar

References

• “interrogō” on page 1042 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
• von Wartburg, Walther (1928–2002) , “interrogare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 40, page 762

Further reading

• 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^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to cross-examine cleverly, put leading questions: bene interrogare
    
  • to ask the opinion of..: sententiam rogare, interrogare
    

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Portuguese

Verb

interrogo

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of interrogar

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inteˈroɡo/, [ĩn̪.t̪e.ˈro.ɣ̞o]

Verb

interrogo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of interrogar.