interrogatio Latin · revision 32308

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *h₃roǵ-o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɪn.tɛr.rɔˈɡaː.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [in.ter.roˈɡat.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''interrogātiō''' ''f'' (genitive interrogātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|interrogō|-tiō|t1=to question]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) [[m|la|interrogō]] is [[m|la|inter|t=between]] and [[m|la|rogō|t=to ask]], which de Vaan explains as a verb made from a noun [[itc-pro|*rogo-|t=request; stretching out]], from [[ine-pro|*h₃roǵ-o-|t=stretching]], perhaps of the arms when begging.^(Wiktionary)^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who speaks of someone obstructing the cause of the tax farmers with very stupid questions.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is the putting of questions, especially the examination of witnesses, as Tacitus' frequent questions that made the watchword known, and a single question or inquiry.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In rhetoric it is the figure of the rhetorical question, and in philosophy an argument conducted by question and answer, a syllogism, as Cicero speaks of those who conclude nothing by a proper argument.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) The Itala and the Vulgate use it in the First Epistle of Peter of baptism as the appeal or pledge of a good conscience.^(TLL)^(Stelten 1995) In Medieval Latin it is a hearing or session, a formal demand, a claim and a tallage.^(Niermeyer 1976) English [[m|en|interrogation]] (late 14th century) is from Old French or directly from Latin.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of questions and of dialectical argument.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian of the rhetorical question.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus of the examination of witnesses.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English [[m|en|interrogation]] is formed from it.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A questioning, [[m|en|examination]], [[m|en|interrogation]]; a question, inquiry.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(rhetoric)'' The use of rhetorical questions.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(philosophy)'' An argument by question and answer; a [[m|en|syllogism]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' A pledge, appeal.^(Stelten 1995)^(TLL)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A hearing, session; a formal demand; a claim; a [[m|en|tallage]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[interrogātiuncula]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[interrogāmentum]]

+ * [[interroganter]]

+ * [[interrogātīvē]]

+ * [[interrogātīvus]]

+ * [[interrogātor]]

+ * [[interrogātōrius]]

+ * [[interrogō]]

+ * [[en|interrogation]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}