percontatio

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *preḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-der.

Ancient Greek κοντός (kontós)bor.

Latin contus

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Proto-Indo-European *preḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱenk-der.

Proto-Italic *konkitos

Latindenom.?

Latin cū̆nctor

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Latin percontor

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin percontātiō

From percontor + -tiō.

Noun

percontātiō f (genitive percontātiōnis); third declension

1. 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.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	percontātiō	percontātiōnēs
genitive	percontātiōnis	percontātiōnum
dative	percontātiōnī	percontātiōnibus
accusative	percontātiōnem	percontātiōnēs
ablative	percontātiōne	percontātiōnibus
vocative	percontātiō	percontātiōnēs

Descendants

• English: percontation

References

• “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.