sciscitatio

Latin

Etymology

From scīscitor (“ask, inquire”), from scīscō (“seek to know; ascertain”), from sciō (“know”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /skiːs.kiˈtaː.ti.oː/, [s̠kiːs̠kɪˈt̪äːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ʃiʃ.ʃiˈtat.t͡si.o/, [ʃiʃːiˈt̪ät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

scīscitātiō f (genitive scīscitātiōnis); third declension

1. The act of asking or inquiring, questioning.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	scīscitātiō	scīscitātiōnēs
Genitive	scīscitātiōnis	scīscitātiōnum
Dative	scīscitātiōnī	scīscitātiōnibus
Accusative	scīscitātiōnem	scīscitātiōnēs
Ablative	scīscitātiōne	scīscitātiōnibus
Vocative	scīscitātiō	scīscitātiōnēs

Descendants

• English: sciscitation

Synonyms

• (asking): scītātiō

Related terms

• sciō
• scīscitātor
• scīscitor
• scīscō

References

• “sciscitatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sciscitatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.