inquisitio Latin · revision 32567

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la quaerō}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''inquīsītiō''' ''f'' (genitive inquīsītiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|inquīrō|-tiō|t1=to search for, inquire]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) [[m|la|inquīrō]] is from [[m|la|in-]] and [[m|la|quaerō|t=to seek]], for which de Vaan prefers Nussbaum's reconstruction as a present to [[ine-pro|*kʷeh₂-i-|t=to acquire]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Plautus, where a character is told not to make him search for him.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a search, and the search for truth: Cicero pairs it with [[investigatio|alt=investīgātiō]].^(OLD 2012) Curtius uses it of a levy of new soldiers.^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is an investigation or scrutiny, as of an official in charge of the grain supply who exposed a shortage in Livy, and in law the collecting of evidence for a prosecution: Cicero objects to the examination of a candidate by his rival.^(OLD 2012) Tacitus uses it of spying that took away even the freedom to speak and listen.^(OLD 2012) In medieval Latin it is an inquiry and especially a sworn inquest, in which witnesses were questioned under oath, also of a judicial kind;^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler finds it in a capitulary of 821.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Köbler 2010) Church Latin uses it for the Inquisition.^(Stelten 1995) English [[m|en|inquisition]] comes from it through Old French in the late 14th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of looking for someone.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of the search for truth and of examining a candidate.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of an official inquiry.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus of spying.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 821 – A capitulary of a sworn inquest.^(Köbler 2010)^(Niermeyer 1976)

+ * late 14th century – English borrows it through Old French as ''inquisition''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|search]], hunting out.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # An [[m|en|investigation]], inquiry, scrutiny;^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995) ''(law)'' the collecting of evidence for a prosecution; in a bad sense, prying, spying.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A sworn [[m|en|inquest]], also judicial.^(Niermeyer 1976)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' The [[m|en|Inquisition]].^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[inquiro|alt=inquīrō]]

+ * [[inquisitor|alt=inquīsītor]]

+ * [[en|inquisition]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}