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  • 1 quaestiō

        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.
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    questioning, inquiry; investigation

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  • 2 consultatio

    consultātĭo, ōnis, f. [2. consulto].
    I.
    A mature deliberation, consideration, consultation.
    A.
    In gen. (rare but class.).
    1.
    Abstr., * Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 28; Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 142; id. Inv. 2, 25, 76 fin.; id. Off. 3, 12, 50; Suet. Ner. 41 al.—With ne:

    per aliquot dies tenuit ea consultatio, ne non reddita bona belli causā... essent,

    Liv. 2, 3, 5. —In plur., Sall. J. 27, 2.—
    2.
    Concr., a subject of consultation:

    copiose de consultationibus suis disputare,

    Cic. Top. 17, 66. —
    B.
    Esp., rhet. t. t.
    1.
    A case proposed for decision, an inquiry concerning a case in law:

    consultationem proponere,

    Quint. 3, 8, 59:

    cum apud C. Caesarem consultatio de poenā Theodoti proponitur,

    id. 3, 8, 55; Dig. 31, 35.—
    2.
    A general inquiry upon a subject, a consideration of a principle, = quaestio infinita (opp.:

    definita controversia certis temporibus ac reis),

    Cic. de Or. 3, 28, 109:

    sive in infinitis consultationibus disceptatur, sive in iis causis quae in civitate et forensi disceptatione versantur,

    id. ib. 3, 29, 111; id. Part. Or. 1, 4; id. Off. 3, 7, 33; id Att. 9, 4, 1 sqq.—
    II.
    An asking of advice, inquiry (rare).
    A.
    Abstr.:

    tuas litteras exspecto, ut sciam, quid respondeant consultationi meae,

    Cic. Att. 8, 4, 3:

    honesta consultatio, non expedita sententia,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 18, 1:

    redeunt illi sermones, illae consultationes,

    id. ib. 8, 23, 6.—So of the questioning of the emperor by the prætor, an asking for instructions:

    visa est enim mihi res digna consultatione,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 96 (97), 9; Dig. 4, 4, 11.—
    B.
    Concr., the inquiry addressed to an oracle (transl. of peusis), Macr. S. 1, 17, 50.— Plur.:

    de consultationibus in Aponi fontem talos aureos jacere,

    Suet. Tib. 14.

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  • 3 quaestio

    quaestĭo, ōnis, f. [quaero], a seeking.
    I.
    In gen. (Plautin.):

    cave, fuas mi in quaestione,

    lest you suffer yourself to be to seek, lest I have to look after you, Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 52:

    tibi ne in quaestione essemus,

    id. Capt. 2, 2, 3; id. Ps. 2, 2, 68.—
    II.
    In partic., an inquiry, investigation, a questioning, question, subject of inquiry:

    quaestio est appetitio cognitionis, quaestionisque finis inventio,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 8, 26; 2, 36, 115:

    quae veri simillima (sententia sit), magna quaestio est,

    id. Tusc. 1, 11, 23; id. Fin. 2, 11, 34:

    rem in disceptationem quaestionemque vocare,

    to investigate, id. de Or. 3, 32, 129:

    res in quaestione versatur,

    is under investigation, id. Clu. 58, 159:

    de moribus ultima fiet quaestio,

    Juv. 3, 141:

    res in quaestionem venit,

    comes under investigation, Quint. 5, 14, 16:

    modo aliquam quaestionem poëticam ei proponeret,

    Nep. Att. 20, 2; cf. Cic. Att. 7, 19 fin.; Sen. Ben. 5, 8, 6; id. Ep. 48, 1; Suet. Tib. 56:

    quaestionem instituere,

    to institute an investigation, Quint. 7, 1, 6:

    quaestionem solvere,

    Sen. Ep. 48, 11; Quint. 5, 10, 26.—
    2.
    A public judicial investigation, examination by torture, a criminal inquiry, inquisition; the crime is usu. constr. with de:

    cum praetor quaestionem inter sicarios exercuisset,

    instituted a trial for assassination, Cic. Fin. 2, 16, 54:

    verberibus ac tormentis quaestionem habuit pecuniae publicae,

    id. Phil. 11, 2, 5:

    quaestionem mortis paternae de servis paternis habere,

    id. Rosc. Am. 28, 78:

    quaestionem fugitare,

    id. ib. 28, 78:

    servos in quaestionem polliceri,

    id. ib. 28, 77:

    quaestionem ferre in aliquem,

    to appoint, institute, make a motion for, id. de Or. 1, 53, 227:

    habere ex aliquo,

    Liv. 33, 28:

    facere alicui,

    against any one, Dig. 34, 3, 20:

    quaestionem de furto constituere,

    Cic. Clu. 64, 181:

    quaestionem instituere de morte alicujus,

    id. ib. 64, 181:

    quaestionem de morte viri habere,

    id. ib. 65, 182;

    63, 176: quaestionem habere de servis in caput filii,

    id. ib. 63, 176:

    ad quaestionem abripi,

    to examination by torture, id. ib. 33, 89:

    alicui servum in quaestionem ferre,

    id. ib. 64, 181:

    postulare servum in quaestionem,

    id. ib. 64, 181:

    quaestiones severius exercere,

    Liv. 9, 34:

    quaestioni praeesse,

    to conduct a trial as judge, Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 11: quaestiones perpetuae, the inquisitions concerning certain crimes (repetundarum, majestatis, de falso, de sicariis, de injuriis, etc.), conducted annually, after 605 A. U. C., by a standing commission, and presided over by the prætor, Cic. Brut. 27, 106:

    judex quaestionis,

    the director of the criminal court under the presidency of the prætor, id. Clu. 54, 148; 33, 89; id. Brut. 76, 264:

    quaestiones extraordinariae,

    trials out of the common course, held under a special commission, Liv. 39, 14; so,

    quaestio nova,

    Cic. Mil. 5, 13:

    A QVAESTIONIBVS,

    an attendant in examinations, a torturer, inquisitor, Inscr. Grut. 545, 6; 560, 1. —
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    The court, the judges:

    dimittere eo tempore quaestionem,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 30, § 74:

    totam quaestionem a severitate ad clementiam transtulit,

    Val. Max. 8, 1, 6.—
    2.
    The subject of investigation, the matter, case, question:

    perdifficilis et perobscura quaestio est de naturā deorum,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 1, 1:

    dividere totam de dis immortalibus quaestionem in partis quattuor,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 3:

    quaestio proposita,

    Quint. 9, 2, 39.—
    b.
    In partic., in rhet.
    (α).
    The rhetorical subject of debate: quaestionum duo sunt genera: alterum infinitum, alterum definitum. Definitum est, quod hupothesin Graeci, nos causam: infinitum, quod thesin illi appellant, nos propositum possumus nominare, Cic. Top. 21, 79. —
    (β).
    The main point in a disputed matter, the issue in a cause: quaestio est quae ex conflictione causarum gignitur controversia, hoc modo: Non jure fecisti: jure feci. Causarum autem haec est conflictio, in quā constitutio constat;

    ex eā igitur nascitur controversia, quam quaestionem dicimus, hoc modo: jurene fecerit,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 13, 18; cf. id. ib. 1, 6, 8.—
    (γ).
    A question, a disputed point, quaestio est, it is doubtful, may be disputed:

    sapientia efficit sapientis sola per se: beatos efficiat necne sola per se quaestio est,

    Cic. Top. 15, 60; id. Tusc. 4, 13, 29; id. Inv. 2, 20, 60:

    quaestio est, an, etc.,

    Quint. 7, 3, 22; cf.:

    nulla quaestio est,

    Aug. Retract. 1, 19, 6; cf.

    also: in quaestione est,

    Plin. 11, 17, 18, § 57; 10, 22, 27, § 52:

    quaestionis est immensae,

    id. 7, 28, 29, § 101; 28, 2, 3, § 10.

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  • 4 cōgnitiō

        cōgnitiō ōnis, f    [com- + GNA-], a becoming acquainted with, acquiring knowledge, knowledge, acquaintance: rerum: animi: urbis: cognitione atque hospitio dignus.—A conception, notion, idea: deorum innatae cognitiones. — In law, a judicial examination, inquiry, cognizance, trial: ipsius cognitio de existimatione: captorum agrorum: vacantium militiae munere, L.: inter patrem et filium, L.: dies cognitionis, the day of trial: centurionum Cognitio de milite, Iu.: tribuni, a decree, Iu.—Recognition, discovery: cognitio facta esse filium natum, T.: de cognitione ut certum sciam, to make sure of the discovery, T.
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    examination, inquiry/investigation (judicial); acquiring knowledge; recognition; getting to know (fact/subject/person); acquaintance; idea/notion; knowledge

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  • 5 cōnsultātiō

        cōnsultātiō ōnis, f    [2 consulto], a mature deliberation, consideration, consultation: Nulla tibi hic est, T.: de eius consultatione quaerimus: per aliquot dies tenuit ea consultatio, ne, etc., L.: quā irent, L.: prolatandis consultationibus, S.— A subject of consultation: de consultationibus suis disputare. — In philos., a general principle (opp. a particular case), C.—An asking of advice, inquiry: respondere consultationi meae.
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    full/mature deliberation/consideration/discussion; consultation; inquiry; meeting/opportunity for debate; subject for consideration, problem, question

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  • 6 disquīsītiō

        disquīsītiō ōnis, f    [disquiro], an inquiry, investigation: in magnis disquisitionibus: in disquisitionem venit, ne, etc., L.
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  • 7 interrogātiō

        interrogātiō ōnis, f    [interrogo], a questioning, interrogation, question: mea: stultissimae.— A judicial inquiry, examination, C.: tribuni, L.: testium, Ta.—In logic, a conclusion from questions, syllogism: genus interrogationis ignavum.
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    interrogation, inquiry, questioning

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  • 8 quaerō

        quaerō sīvī, sītus, ere    [QVAES-], to seek, look for: quaerenti (deae) defuit orbis, O.: te ipsum quaerebam, was looking for, T.: suos notos, Cs.: ab ostio quaerens Ennium, asking for: cum praetor quaereretur: quem quaeritis, adsum, V.: liberi ad necem quaerebantur: escam in sterquilinio, Ph.: per imas Quaerit iter vallīs (Ufens), V.: cauda colubrae... moriens dominae vestigia quaerit, O.— To seek to obtain, look for, strive for, seek: sibi alium imperatorem, S.: in regnum quaeritur heres, V.: milites ducem quaerentes: in eum invidia quaesita est, i. e. prejudice is excited: ad ornatum ludorum aurum: regia potestas hac lege quaeritur: ne quaeratur latebra periurio: voce pericula, provoke, O.: defensorem suae salutis eum.—With inf, to seek, strive, endeavor, ask: ne quaere doceri Quam poenam, etc., V.: Antequam... speciosa quaero Pascere tigrīs, i. e. let me rather, H.: classibus advehebantur, qui mutare sedes quaerebant, Ta.— To strive to gain, earn, win by effort, acquire: Conserva, quaere, parce, T.: Quaerit ac timet uti, H.: victum volgo, T.: confiteri sibi quaesito opus esse, that he must earn something.—To feel the want of, miss, lack: Siciliam in uberrimā Siciliae parte: ne ille saepe Persas et Indos quaesisset, L.: quaerit Boeotia Dircen, O.— To ask, desire, require, demand, need, call for: quid sibi hic vestitus quaerit? i. e. what do you mean by? T.: collis pauca munimenta quaerebat, S.: qui tumultus dictatoriam maiestatem quaesisset, made necessary, L.: nego esse quicquam, quod cuiusquam oratoris eloquentiam quaereret: quaeris ut suscipiam cogitationem, quidnam istis agendum putem.—Fig., to seek mentally, think over, meditate, aim at, plan, devise, find: consilium, T.: quonam modo maxime ulti sanguinem nostrum pereamus, S.: remedium: rationes eas, quae ex coniecturā pendent.— To seek to learn, make inquiry, ask, inquire, interrogate: item alio die Quaerebam, T.: quaerendo cognoveram: vide, quaere, circumspice!: quaesiturus, unum caelum esset an innumerabilia: Naturā fieret laudabile carmen, an arte, Quaesitum est, has been made a question, H.: cum ab iis saepius quaereret, made inquiries, Cs.: quaero abs te nunc, Hortensi, cum, etc.: quaesivit a medicis, quem a modum se haberet, N.: quaero de te, num, etc.: Cura tibi de quo quaerere nulla fuit, O.: in dominos quaeri de servis iniquom est, i. e. to examine under torture: quaerit ex solo ea, quae, etc., Cs.: habes, quod ex me quaesisti.— To examine, inquire into, make inquiry, investigate: coëgit consules circa fora proficisci ibique quaerere, L.: hunc abduce, vinci, quaere rem, T.: scrutatus sum quae potui et quaesivi omnia: rem illam: quorum de naturā Caesar cum quaereret, sic reperiebat, Cs.—Esp., of judicial investigation: de pecuniis repetundis: dum de patris morte quaereretur: ut veteribus legibus, tantum modo extra ordinem, quaereretur, the investigation should be made.—In parenthet. clauses, to inquire, consider: omnino, si quaeris, ludi apparatissimi: noli quaerere: ita mihi pulcher hic dies visus est, in short: si verum quaeritis, to speak the truth: si verum quaerimus.
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    quaerere, quaesivi, quaesitus V
    search for, seek, strive for; obtain; ask, inquire, demand

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  • 9 num

    num, adv. [an acc. m., of which nam is the acc. f. ], an interrog. particle, usually implying that a negative answer is expected.
    I.
    In a direct interrogation (no corresp. term in English).
    (α).
    Num esse amicum suspicari visus est? Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 102; Ter. And. 2, 2, 29:

    num igitur tot ducum naufragium sustulit artem gubernandi? aut num imperatorum scientia nihil est, quia, etc.,

    Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24:

    num exspectatis, dum L. Metellus testimonium dicat?

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 53, § 122; id. Rep. 1, 11, 17:

    num barbarorum Romulus rex fuit?

    id. ib. 1, 37, 58.—
    (β).
    Followed by an, contmuing the inquiry:

    num furis, an prudens ludis me obscura canendo?

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 58:

    num iratum timemus Jovem?... an ne turpiter faceret,

    Cic. Off. 3, 28, 102.—
    (γ).
    Esp., with quis, quando ( = aliquis, aliquando):

    numquis hic est? nemo est,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 1:

    num quae trepidatio? num qui tumultus?

    Cic. Deiot. 7, 20:

    num quando perditis civibus vexillum defuturum putatis?

    id. Phil. 5, 11, 29.—
    (δ).
    Num quid (also numquid) vis? do you wish any thing further? is there any thing else? a very common form of leave-taking, Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 44; 46; 3, 3, 15 et saep.; cf. Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 49 Don.; Cic. Att. 6, 3, 6; 5, 2, 2; Liv. 6, 34, 7;

    for which, also: numquid me vis?

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 119; id. Mil. 2, 6, 92; and elliptically: numquid me? Plaut. Poen. 3, 6, 6. —
    (ε).
    Numquid is also used adverbially; v. numquid.—
    (ζ).
    Joined to nam and ne numnam, numne, in anxious and surprised inquiry:

    eho numnam hic relictus custos?

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 55:

    numne vis me ire ad cenam?

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 65:

    deum ipsum numne vidisti?

    Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 88; id. Lael. 11, 36 (so B. and K., Halm. But Ritschl, Opusc. 2, 248, denies the Latinity of the form numne; cf. Hand, Turs. 4, 79; and, contra, Rib. Lat. Part. p. 13).—
    II.
    In an indirect interrogation, whether:

    quaero, num aliter ac nunc eveniunt, evenirent?

    Cic. Fat. 3, 6:

    videte, num dubitandum vobis sit, omni studio ad id bellum incumbere,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19:

    jusserunt speculari, num sollicitati animi sociorum essent,

    Liv. 42, 19:

    exsistit hoc loco quaedam quaestio subdifficilis: num quando amici novi, digni amicitiā veteribus sint anteponendi,

    Cic. Lael. 19, 67; so,

    num quando,

    id. Phil. 5, 11, 29; id. Vatin. 6, 17:

    num quis,

    id. Att. 13, 8; id. Clu. 38, 105; id. Off. 1, 3, 7:

    videamus ergo, num expositio haec longior demum esse debeat,

    whether this explanation should not be a little longer still, Quint. 4, 2, 79:

    consultus, num et... vellet,

    whether he did not also wish, Suet. Aug. 18.

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  • 10 animadversiō

        animadversiō ōnis, f    [animadverto], investigation, inquiry: nostra in civem est, L.—Perception, notice, observation: hoc totum est animadversionis: excitanda animadversio, ut ne quid temere agamus, self-inspection.—Reproach, censure: effugere animadversionem: in Apronium.—Chastisement, punishment: paterna: Dolabellae in servos: vitiorum.—Esp.. censorum (usu. called nota censoria): animadversiones censoriae.
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    paying attention; observation, attention, notice; censure, reproach, punishment

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  • 11 anquīrō

        anquīrō sīvī, sītus, ere    [am- (for ambi-) + quaero], to seek on all sides, look about, search after: aliquem: omnia, quae sunt, etc.—Fig., to inquire diligently, examine into: alqd: conducat id necne: quid valeat id, anquiritur: de alio.— Esp., to conduct a judicial inquiry: de perduellione, L. — To prosecute (with gen. or abl. of the punishment): cum capitis anquisissent, L.: pecuniā anquirere, for a fine, L.
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    anquirere, anquisivi, anquisitus V
    seek, search diligently after, inquire into, examine judicially; indict

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  • 12 comparātiō (conp-)

        comparātiō (conp-) ōnis, f    [2 comparo], a comparing, comparison, inquiry by comparison: de duobus honestis utrum honestius: alqd in comparationem referre, to challenge comparison, Ta.— A relation, aspect: eadem inter se. — An agreement, contract: provincia sine comparatione data, L.—In rhet.: criminis, a defence by a comparison.

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  • 13 cōnsīderō

        cōnsīderō āvī, ātus, āre,    to look at closely, regard attentively, inspect, examine, survey: candelabrum: spatium victi hostis, O.: alquem, S.: Num exciderit ferrum, O.—Fig., to consider maturely, reflect upon, contemplate, meditate: mecum in animo vitam tuam, T.: neglegentiam eius: pericula, S.: aliquid ex suā naturā: his de rebus cum Pomponio: de quā (intercessione): id, de quo consideretur, inquiry is made: cum vestris animis: quid agas: quid in alios statuatis, S.: considerandum est, ne temere desperet: ait se considerare velle.
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    considerare, consideravi, consideratus V TRANS
    examine/look at/inspect; consider closely, reflect on/contemplate; investigate

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  • 14 inquīsītiō

        inquīsītiō ōnis, f    [QVAES-], a seeking, searching, examination, investigation: veri: adempto per inquisitiones loquendi commercio, espionage, Ta. —In law, an investigation, legal inquisition: accusatoris: annua, Ta.
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    search, hunting out; inquiry, investigation; spying; collecting evidence

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  • 15 investīgātiō

        investīgātiō ōnis, f    [investigo], a searching into, investigation: rerum: veri.
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    search; inquiry, investigation; research

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  • 16 nōtiō

        nōtiō ōnis, f    [GNA-], a becoming acquainted, examination, investigation, inquiry: agri, sine populi R. notione, addicentur: notionem eius differre: pontificum.—Of the censors, a judgment upon character, censure: censoria: ad censores notionem de eo pertinere, L.— An idea, conception, notion: rerum: deorum: alia huic verbo subiecta.
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  • 17 percontātiō (percūnct-)

        percontātiō (percūnct-) ōnis, f    [percontor], a persistent asking, questioning, inquiry: dictum non percontatione quaesitum: nihil de eo percontationibus reperire, Cs.: derecta, L.—As a figure of speech, C.

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  • 18 quaesītus

        quaesītus adj. with comp. and sup.    [P. of quaero], sought out, select, special: leges quaesitiores, Ta.: quaesitior adulatio, Ta.: quaesitissimi honores, Ta.—As subst n., an acquisition, earnings, store: mus Asper et attentus quaesitis, H.: genus Quaesitique tenax, et qui quaesita reservent, O.— Sought out, inquired ; as subst n., a question, inquiry: Accipe quaesiti causam, O.— Artificial, far-fetched, studied, affected, assumed: vitabit etiam quaesita nec ex tempore ficta: ut numerus non quaesitus, sed ipse secutus esse videatur.
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    quaesita -um, quaesitior -or -us, quaesitissimus -a -um ADJ
    special, sought out, looked for; select; artificial, studied, affected

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  • 19 quaestiuncula

        quaestiuncula ae, f dim.    [quaestio], a trifling inquiry: alcui quaestiunculam ponere.
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  • 20 rogātiō

        rogātiō ōnis, f    [rogo], a question, interrogation (only as rhetorical figure), C.— An asking, prayer, entreaty, request: ego Curtium non modo rogatione sed etiam testimonio tuo diligo.—In public life, an inquiry for the people's will upon a proposed law, reference to populdr vote, proposed law, resolution, bill: quae (rogatio) de Pompeio a Gellio lata est, was introduced: lex, quae omnia iura rogatione delevit: rogationem in Galbam privilegi similem ferre: ad populum, Cs.: ad plebem, L.: rogationem promulgare, S.: suasit rogationem, advocated: intercedere rogationi, oppose: rogationes iubere (opp. antiquare), L.: per vim rogationem perferre, to carry through: rogationis carmen, L.
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  • Inquiry — In*quir y, n.; pl. {Inquiries}. [See {Inquire}.] [Written also {enquiry}.] 1. The act of inquiring; a seeking for information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning. [1913 Webster] He could no path nor track of foot descry …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Inquiry-based instruction — is a teaching technique in which teachers create situations in which students are to solve problems. Lessons are designed so that students make connections to previous knowledge, bring their own questions to learning, investigate to satisfy their …   Wikipedia

  • Inquiry Magazine — was a libertarian magazine published from November 1977 to 1984. It was originally published by the Cato Institute, but in February 1982 was transferred to the Libertarian Review Foundation, after the Libertarian Review was merged into Inquiry in …   Wikipedia

  • inquiry, commissions of — Individuals employed, during conciliation, to investigate the facts of a particular dispute and to submit a report stating the facts and proposing terms for the resolution of the differences. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia of American Law.… …   Law dictionary

  • inquiry notice — n: implied notice at notice Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

  • inquiry agent — index detective Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Inquiry Character —   [engl.], Anfragezeichen …   Universal-Lexikon

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