investigatio

Latin

Etymology

From investīgō (“track, investigate, search after”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /in.u̯es.tiːˈɡaː.ti.oː/, [ɪnu̯ɛs̠t̪iːˈɡäːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.ves.tiˈɡat.t͡si.o/, [iɱvest̪iˈɡät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

investīgātiō f (genitive investīgātiōnis); third declension

1. inquiry, investigation
2. research, search

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	investīgātiō	investīgātiōnēs
Genitive	investīgātiōnis	investīgātiōnum
Dative	investīgātiōnī	investīgātiōnibus
Accusative	investīgātiōnem	investīgātiōnēs
Ablative	investīgātiōne	investīgātiōnibus
Vocative	investīgātiō	investīgātiōnēs

Related terms

• investīgābilis
• investīgātor
• investīgātrix
• investīgō

Descendants

• Catalan: investigació
• English: investigation
• French: investigation
• Italian: investigazione
• Portuguese: investigação
• Romanian: investigație
• Spanish: investigación

References

• “investigatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “investigatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• investigatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • zealous pursuit of truth: veri inquisitio atque investigatio
    
  • to devote oneself to the study of a natural science: se conferre ad naturae investigationem