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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.* * *questioning, inquiry; investigation -
2 quaestio
quaestĭo, ōnis, f. [quaero], a seeking.I.In gen. (Plautin.):II.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.—In partic., an inquiry, investigation, a questioning, question, subject of inquiry:2.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.—A public judicial investigation, examination by torture, a criminal inquiry, inquisition; the crime is usu. constr. with de:B.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. —Transf.1.The court, the judges:2.dimittere eo tempore quaestionem,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 30, § 74:totam quaestionem a severitate ad clementiam transtulit,
Val. Max. 8, 1, 6.—The subject of investigation, the matter, case, question:b.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.—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;(γ).ex eā igitur nascitur controversia, quam quaestionem dicimus, hoc modo: jurene fecerit,
Cic. Inv. 1, 13, 18; cf. id. ib. 1, 6, 8.—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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