percontatio
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
percontātiō f (genitive percontātiōnis); third declension
- questioning, inquiry
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.39:
- Dum paucos dies ad Vesontionem rei frumentariae commeatusque causa moratur, ex percontatione nostrorum vocibusque Gallorum ac mercatorum […] tantus subito timor omnem exercitum occupavit ut non mediocriter omnium mentes animosque perturbaret.
- While he [Caesar] is tarrying a few days at Vesontio, on account of corn and provisions, from the inquiries of our men and the reports of the Gauls and traders […] so great a panic on a sudden seized the whole army, as to discompose the minds and spirits of all in no slight degree.
- Dum paucos dies ad Vesontionem rei frumentariae commeatusque causa moratur, ex percontatione nostrorum vocibusque Gallorum ac mercatorum […] tantus subito timor omnem exercitum occupavit ut non mediocriter omnium mentes animosque perturbaret.
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | percontātiō | percontātiōnēs |
| Genitive | percontātiōnis | percontātiōnum |
| Dative | percontātiōnī | percontātiōnibus |
| Accusative | percontātiōnem | percontātiōnēs |
| Ablative | percontātiōne | percontātiōnibus |
| Vocative | percontātiō | percontātiōnēs |
Descendants edit
- English: percontation
References edit
- “percontatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “percontatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- percontatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.