questioning

questioning (subs.):

I. An asking of questions:

1. interrŏgātĭo, f.: to persist in q., instare interrogatione, Quint. 6, 3, 38: abstr. by the method (or form) of q., per interrogationem, id. 8, 5, 5: in judicial sense: the q. of witnesses, cf. sed testium interrogationi, tormentis servorum, Macronem praesedisse, Tac. A. 6, 47: v. EXAMINATION.

2. rŏgātio, f.: the method of q. (in rhetoric): rogatio atque huic finitima quasi percontatio, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 203: also quoted by Quint. 9, 1, 29.

3. percontātio, f.: cf. Ac primum quidem tempus salutationibus, reliquum percontatione consumpsimus (in q. him [P. Nigidius], or in q.ings with one another, about philosophy), Cic. Tim. 1.

II. The act of doubting or calling in q., expr. by the subs., and verbs under QUESTION and TO QUESTION: cf. DOUBTING.

III. In the technical and legal sense: interrŏgātio, v. sup.: also quaestio: quaesītio: inquīsītio: disquīsītio: v. EXAMINATION: INVESTIGATION. In all senses, expr. also by the verbs, and esp. by the gerunds and gerundives.