quaestionarius

Latin

Etymology

Found in post-Augustan or Late Latin. From quaestiōnō, from quaestiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kʷae̯s.ti.oːˈnaː.ri.us/, [kʷäe̯s̠t̪ioːˈnäːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwes.ti.oˈna.ri.us/, [kwest̪ioˈnäːrius]

Noun

quaestiōnārius m (genitive quaestiōnāriī or quaestiōnārī); second declension

1. (Late Latin) a torturer or executioner

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	quaestiōnārius	quaestiōnāriī
Genitive	quaestiōnāriī quaestiōnārī1	quaestiōnāriōrum
Dative	quaestiōnāriō	quaestiōnāriīs
Accusative	quaestiōnārium	quaestiōnāriōs
Ablative	quaestiōnāriō	quaestiōnāriīs
Vocative	quaestiōnārie	quaestiōnāriī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• Coptic: ⲕⲉⲥⲧⲱⲛⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ (kestōnarios)
• English: questionnaire
• French: questionnaire
• Galician: cuestionario, costeiro
• Italian: questionario

• Norman: tchestionnaithe
• Portuguese: questionário
• Romanian: chestionar
• Spanish: cuestionario