quaestiō ōnis, f
QVAES-,
a questioning, examination, inquiry, investigation
: exploratā re quaestione captivorum,
Cs.: rem in disceptationem quaestionemque
vocare,
to investigate
: res in quaestione versatur,
is under investigation
: de moribus ultima fiet quaestio, Iu.—
A judicial investigation, examination by torture, criminal inquiry
,
inquisition
: cum praetor quaestionem inter sicarios
exercuisset,
conducted a trial for assassination
: mortis paternae de servis paternis quaestionem habere:
quaestionem in eum ferre,
demand his prosecution
: placuit quaestionem ex his haberi, L.:
instituta de morte: ad quaestionem abripi,
to the torture
: illum in quaestionem postulavit: quaestiones severius
exercere, L.: quaestioni praeesse,
to sit as judge
: tabellae quaestionis,
records of testimony at an examination
: quaestiones perpetuae,
standing commissions of criminal investigation
: iudex quaestionis (i. e. quaesitor): quaestiones
extraordinariae,
investigations by special commission
, L.: dimittere eo tempore quaestionem,
i. e.
the court.—A question, subject of investigation, matter, case, cause,
dispute, difficulty, inquiry
: quae (sententia) viri simillima, magna quaestio
est: perdifficilis de naturā deorum: de moribus ultima fiet Quaestio,
Iu.: beatos efficiat (sapientia) necne quaestio
est,
may be disputed.—The record of a judicial inquiry, minutes of
evidence
: hanc fictam quaestionem conscripisse.
