percontatio
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]percontātiō f (genitive percontātiōnis); third declension
- 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.
- 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.
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | percontātiō | percontātiōnēs |
| genitive | percontātiōnis | percontātiōnum |
| dative | percontātiōnī | percontātiōnibus |
| accusative | percontātiōnem | percontātiōnēs |
| ablative | percontātiōne | percontātiōnibus |
| vocative | percontātiō | percontātiōnēs |
Descendants
[edit]- English: percontation
References
[edit]- “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.