percontatio

Latin

Etymology

percontor +‎ -tiō

Noun

percontātiō f (genitive percontātiōnis); third declension

  1. questioning, inquiry
    • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.39:
      Dum paucos dies ad Vesontionem rei frumentariae commeatusque causa moratur, ex percontatione nostrorum vocibusque Gallorum ac mercatorum […] tantus subito timor omnem exercitum occupavit ut non mediocriter omnium mentes animosque perturbaret.
      While he [Caesar] is tarrying a few days at Vesontio, on account of corn and provisions, from the inquiries of our men and the reports of the Gauls and traders […] so great a panic on a sudden seized the whole army, as to discompose the minds and spirits of all in no slight degree.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative percontātiō percontātiōnēs
Genitive percontātiōnis percontātiōnum
Dative percontātiōnī percontātiōnibus
Accusative percontātiōnem percontātiōnēs
Ablative percontātiōne percontātiōnibus
Vocative percontātiō percontātiōnēs

Descendants
  • English: percontation

References
  • “percontatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “percontatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • percontatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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