quaestio
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From quaerō + -tiō. Compare with later quaesītiō.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkʷae̯s.ti.oː/, [ˈkʷäe̯s̠t̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkwes.ti.o/, [ˈkwɛst̪io]
Noun
[edit]quaestiō f (genitive quaestiōnis); third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | quaestiō | quaestiōnēs |
Genitive | quaestiōnis | quaestiōnum |
Dative | quaestiōnī | quaestiōnibus |
Accusative | quaestiōnem | quaestiōnēs |
Ablative | quaestiōne | quaestiōnibus |
Vocative | quaestiō | quaestiōnēs |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “quaestio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “quaestio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- quaestio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- quaestio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- systematic, scientific discussion: disputatio, quaestio
- to propose a subject of debate, put a question: quaestionem ponere, proponere
- to get a question submitted to one: quaestionem poscere (Fin. 2. 1. 1)
- at this point the question arises: hoc loco exsistit quaestio, quaeritur
- it is a difficult point, disputed question: magna quaestio est (followed by an indirect question)
- to decide, determine a question: quaestionem solvere
- the question has been settled: quaestio ad exitum venit
- the standing commissions of inquiry: quaestiones perpetuae (Brut. 27. 106)
- to examine a person, a matter: quaestionem habere de aliquo, de aliqua re or in aliquem
- to preside over an inquiry: quaestioni praeesse
- systematic, scientific discussion: disputatio, quaestio
- “quaestio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- quaestio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016