interrogo Latin · revision 18092

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *h₃reǵ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɪnˈtɛr.rɔ.ɡoː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [inˈtɛr.ro.ɡo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''interrogō''' (present infinitive interrogāre, perfect active interrogāvī, supine interrogātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|la|inter-|rogō|t1=between|t2=to ask]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan takes [[m|la|rogō]] as a verb made from a noun or adjective ⟨*rog-o-⟩ “stretching out”, perhaps of the arms in asking, from [[ine-pro|*h₃roǵ-o-|t=stretching]], the root of [[m|la|regō|t=to direct]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has Sosia ask ''quis ego sum saltem, sī nōn sum Sōsia? tē interrogō'', “who am I then, if I am not Sosia? I'm asking you”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Interrogāre'' is “to ask, question”, and in court “to examine, interrogate” witnesses (Cicero: ''in testibus interrogandīs'').^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) In the senate it is to ask a senator for his opinion (''sententiam''), and ''lēge interrogāre'' is “to call to account, arraign” (Cicero: ''quis mē umquam ūllā lēge interrogāvit?'', “who ever brought me to trial under any law?”).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Tacitus uses it of consulting the cries and flight of birds, and philosophers of arguing by question and answer.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) In law it is to put the formal question in making a stipulation.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “to inquire, request, examine, test, demand”.^(Stelten 1995) English [[m|en|interrogate]] comes from it in the late 15th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''tē interrogō''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero: ''in testibus interrogandīs''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it of consulting birds.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 15th century – English [[m|en|interrogate]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|ask]], question.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To examine, [[m|en|interrogate]] (in court).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To ask (a senator) for his opinion.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''lēge interrogāre'': to [[m|en|arraign]], indict.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To consult (signs, sources).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To argue, reason (by question and answer).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(law)'' To put the formal question (in a stipulation).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[interrogāmentum]]

+ * [[interrogātiō]]

+ * [[interrogātīvus]]

+ * [[interrogātor]]

+ * [[interrogātum]]

+ * [[interroganter]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[rogō]]

+ * [[percontor]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}