Home / Browse
P / percontātĭo
noun

percontātĭo

gen. percōnis · gender feminine · decl. 3rd
(), percontor
an asking; inquiring; a question
an asking, inquiring after any thing; a question, inquiry.
(class.): tempus percontatione consumere, Cic. Univ. 1: aliquid… in general ••
In gen. (class.): tempus percontatione consumere, Cic. Univ. 1: aliquid percontationibus reperire, Caes. B. G. 5, 13: percontatio quid in senatu esset actum, Cic. Brut. 60, 218: collocutio atque percontatio, Plin. 11, 30, 36, § 110.—
as a figure of speech, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 203. in particular
In partic., as a figure of speech, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 203.
Perseus ID: n34724 Key: percontatio