eratapokriseis

English

Alternative forms

• erotapokriseis

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐρωταποκρίσεις (erōtapokríseis), from ἐρωτάω (erōtáō, “ask”) + ἀπόκρισις (apókrisis, “answer”).

Noun

eratapokriseis (uncountable)

1. questions and answers (as a form of catechism etc.)
   • 2008, F. Millar, Rebuilding the Jerusalem Temple: Pagan, Jewish and Christian Conceptions, Russia, page 19:

     This material, thus offers a possible background to the unexpected appearance of the question of the Temple, in a remarkable work of Justinian's time, the Eratapokriseis, (or Questions and Answers) notionally attributed to Kaisarios, the brother of Gregory of Nazianzus […]