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interrŏgātĭo , ōnis, f. id.,
I.a questioning, inquiry, examination, interrogation (class.).
I. In gen.: “sententia per interrogationem,” Quint. 8, 5, 5: “instare interrogatione,” id. 6, 3, 38: “testium,” Tac. A. 6, 47: “insidiosa,” Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 7: “litteris inclusae,” Dig. 48, 3, 6, § 1.— Absol., Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 7; Quint. 5, 7, 3: “verbis obligatio fit ex interrogatione et responsione,” Gai. Inst. 2, 92. —
II. In partic.
A. As rhet. fig., Quint. 9, 2, 15; 9, 3, 98.—
B. A syllogism: “recte genus hoc interrogationis ignavum ac iners nominatum est,” Cic. Fat. 13; Sen. Ep. 87 med.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (10):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 1.9.7
    • Tacitus, Annales, 6.47
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 1.5.7
    • Cicero, De Fato, 13
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 5, 7.3
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 6, 3.38
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 8, 5.5
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 9, 3.98
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 9, 2.15
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 87
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