question (subs.) Copy link Outline I. A q. asked, to obtain an answer1. the concrete is properly expressed by the n. of the particips.2. Abstr. subs. (= questioning), sometimes used as concrete (= question). (i.) quaestio, ōnis, f.II. HenceIII. A question proposed for solution, or raised for discussion1. quaestĭo, f., gen. term2. disceptātio, f. (a point in debate, and the debate itself). Join3. contrōversia, f. (a q. more formally discussed, esp. a lawsuit)4. līs, lītis, f. (prop. a legal term, but used generally)5. expr. by such gen. words as res, causa, pronouns, and neuters used substantively, with verbs of cognate senseIV. Hence, a formal inquiry, esp. a judicial investigation1. expr. gen. by quaestio, quaeri, and other words given under III.2. expr. by phrr. with jus, jūdĭcium, and jūdĭco, the q. itself being sometimes expressed by res, causa, or a pronoun [v. CASE3. expr. by argŭo, 3; with gen. of the offence; cf. viros mortuos summi sceleris arg., Cic. Rab. Perd. 9, 264. esp. expr. by ăgo, ēgi, actum, 3, to discuss, treat, raise a q., in a legal or constitutional senseV. Hence, torture as a means of judicial examination (derived from the Greek and Roman custom of taking the evidence of slaves under torture)A. aloneB. 1. with words expressive of torture2. quaesītio, (rare) • question (subs.): I. A q. asked, to obtain an answer: 1. the concrete is properly expressed by the n. of the particips.: rŏgātum; interrŏgātum: to answer a q., ad rogatum respondere: cf. ad interrogata respondere, Cic. Or. 40: also by the verbs: (i.) quaero, 3: he answered the q.s put to him, summa constantia ad ea, quae quaesita erant, respondebat, Cic. Phil. 1, 1: (ii.) rŏgo, 1: I ask you this q., hoc te rogo, Pl. Trin. 4, 2, 85: answer my q., sir! hoc quod te rogo responde mihi, id. Merc. 1, 101: id. Asin. 3, 2, 32: now will you answer me this q.? etiam tu hoc respondes? Ter. Andr. 2, 2, 8: that's not an answer to my q., aliud te rogo, id. Most. 5, 1, 70: sirrah! how dare you fence with my q.? eho, verbero, aliud mihi respondes ac rogo? id. Phorm. 4, 4, 3: why do you ask me that q.? quid me istud rogas? inquam, Stoicos roga, Cic. Fin. 5, 28, fin.: (without the pron.); do you ask the q.? rogas, Cic. Mil. 22, 59: you answer before I ask my q., prius respondes quam rogo, Pl. Merc. 2, 3, 119: Ly. I want to ask you this one q.; Pa. I'll answer it: Ly. Rogare hoc unum te volo; Pa. Roganti respondebo, id. ib. 3, 1, 17. Freq. rŏgĭto, 1: I'm hoarse with asking q.s, rogitando sum raucus factus, Pl. Epid. 2, 2, 16: are you mad, to ask me that q.? satin sanu's, qui me id rogites? Ter. Andr. 4, 4, 10. (iii.) interrŏgo: cf. hoc quod te interrogo, responde, id. ib. 1, 2, 70: acc. of pers.: asking them q.s, interrogantem eos, Vulg. Luc. ii. 46: one (of them) asked him a q., interrogavit eum unus, id. Matt. xxii. 35: cf. ib. 26: they durst not ask him any more q.s, et amplius non audebant eum quidquam inter., id. Luc. xx. 40 (cf. Marc. xii. 34): (acc. of thing), asking no q.s, nihil interrogantes propter conscientiam, 1 Cor. xii. 25: with 2 accs., I also will ask you one q., interrogabo vos et ego unum, id. Marc. xi. 29. Hence adjs., interrŏgātivus, putting q.s, v. interrogative: interrŏgātōrius, consisting of q.s, v. interrogatory. (iv.) percontor, 1, dep., with acc.; to ask a few q.s, percontari pauca, Cic. Acad. 1, 1: with 2 accs.; there are some q.s we want to ask you, sunt quae te volumus percontari, Pl. Ps. 1, 5, 47: also with acc. of pers. and abl.: v. to question: ask no q.s, percontari desine: cf. to put (a q.): to question: to ask: to answer. (Note: the concretes rŏgāmentum, n. [Apul. Dogm. Plat. 3, p. 31], and interrŏgāmentum, n. [Gloss. Philox.], are late and very rare.) 2. Abstr. subs. (= questioning), sometimes used as concrete (= question). (i.) quaestio, ōnis, f.: (rare in this sense), Cic. Acad. 2, 8 (but perh. rather INQUIRY or seeking): hence, dim. quaestiuncŭla, a brief q.: cf. quaestiunculis te faciebam attentiorem, Cic. Fam. 9, 16: and adv. in the form of a q., quaestionaliter, Fulg. de Prisc. Serm. n. 16. (ii.) interrŏgātio, f.: and (more rarely) the simple rŏgātio, f.: to persist in a q. (or in asking: or, to insist on an answer), plane instare interrogationi, Quint. 6, 3, 38: usu. for a q. put rhetorically, in an argument, and the method of argument by putting q.s: cf. aliter pro Caelio, ficta interrogationi, Quint. 9, 2, 15: a captious or sophistical q., captiosa int., captiosum genus int.s: cf. animi fallacibus et captiosis interrogationibus circumscripti atque decepti, Cic. Acad. 2, 15, 46: cf. quod captiosissimo genere interrogationis utuntur, id. ib. 16, 49: (also captio, f., v. sophism): to ask captious or insidious q.s, captiose interrogare: cf. sic (fig.: like a prudent driver) me ante sustineo (I pull up, i. e. stop), nec diutius captiose interroganti respondeo, id. ib. 29, 94. Join: rogatio et percontatio: cf. rogatio atque huic finitima quasi percontatio, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 203 (cf. Quint. 9, 1, 29): v. interrogation, (iii.) percontātĭo, or percunctātio, f. (= inquiry): cf. percontationibus nihil reperire, Caes. B. G. 5, 13: his whole report of that conversation was derived from the q.s he asked his son about, etc., omnis ille sermo ductus e percontatione filii, quid in senatu esset actum, Cic. Brut. 60, 218: cf. id. Tim. 1. v. questioning: in rhetoric, cf. id. de Or. 3, 53, 203, v. sup. s. rogatio. (iv.) aenigma, ătis, n., a puzzling q. (v. riddle): cf. 3 Reg. x. 1-3, regina Sabae ... venit tentare eum in aenigmatibus (she came to prove him with hard q.s): et docuit eam Salomon omnia verba quae proposuerat (told her all her q.s) cf. 2 Paralip. ix. 1-2, et exposuit ei S. omnia quae proposuerat, nec quidquam fuit quod non perspicuum ei fecerit (there was no q. which he did not solve). II. Hence: the suggestion of a doubt (opp. to unquestioning assent): dŭbĭtātio; v. doubt: also expr. by phrr. with dŭbĭus and dŭbĭto: dubium esse (with subj. of the thing in q.), esp. in the negative: if there should be any q. of it, si quid erit dubium, Pl. Epid. 5, 1, 40: well! is there any q. of it? oh! dubiumne id est? Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 49: there's no q. about that, at all events, haud dubium id quidem est, Pl. Poen. 3, 4, 27: with quin; there's no q. of my son's refusal to marry, non dubium 'st quin uxorem nolit filius, Ter. And. 1, 2, 1: with de; I never had (or made) any q. about, etc., de Pompeii exitu mihi dubium nunquam fuit, Cic. Att. 11, 6: with a depend. interrog. (in less strong sense), it's a q. which of us is the more modest, hoc ergo, credo, dubium est, uter nostrum sit verecundior, id. Acad. 2, 41, 126: (so, of an historical fact), Ambiorix copias suas judicione non conduxerit, an tempore exclusus, dubium est, Caes. B. G. 6, 31: with acc. and infin., there's no q. but I'm ruined too, periisse me una haud dubium est, Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 46: dubium, absol.: cf. codicilli, dubium ad quem scripti, Quint. 7, 2, 52: dubium an quaesita morte, Tac. 1, 5: with in; non est in dubio (foll. by dandum), Plin. 25, 5, 24: without q., beyond q., out of q. (Shaksp.), sine dubio; and (rarely) procul dubio: v. unquestionably: doubtless: to call in q., to make q. of, in dubium vocare, venire: dubium habere. Phrr. with dŭbĭto, 1: in a case where there is no q. of the fact or of its nature, ubi et factum esse certum est, nec dubitatur quid sit quod factum est, Quint. 3, 6, 41: I make no q. of it, nullus dubito: v. to question: to doubt. III. A question proposed for solution, or raised for discussion: a question at issue, in science, dialectics, or law: 1. quaestĭo, f., gen. term: cf. Quint. 7, 1, 6, foll. (several exx.: also of the verb, quaeritur): si confessum, non poterat ibi esse quaestionem (there could be no q. so far): ut primum coeperit non convenire, q. oriebatur (a q. then arose): non fuerunt adulteri: fuerunt: quaestio (there comes the q.), ib. 7: de jure quaeritur (the q. of right is raised), ib. 8: considerari debet, quid primam quaestionem faciat (what point first raises a q.), ib.: ex conjuncta propositione plures esse quaestiones possunt (out of an issue joined many q.s may arise), ib. 9: videndum est in re q.m instituamus an in scripto (whether to raise a q. upon a fact or a document), ib. 13: nec tamen semper ex una lege q. est (does the q. depend on a single law), ib. 15: cf. Cic. Inv. 1, 13 (defin.), q. est quae ex conflictione causarum gignitur controversia, hoc modo, Non jure fecisti: Jure feci: more gen. of the subject of debate: cf. id. Top. 21, quaestionum duo sunt genera: alterum infinitum, alterum definitum: of a particular point raised in a debate; this q., or argument, is thus met by the Stoics, huic quaestioni, sive argumento, ita a Stoicis occurritur, Lactant. 7, 20: in the widest sense; cf. perdifficilis et perobscura q. est de natura deorum, Cic. N. D. 1, 1: but at this point there arises a q. of some difficulty, whether, etc., exsistit autem hoc loco quaedam q. subdifficilis; num quando amici novi ... veteribus sint anteponendi, id. Am. 19, 67. To put or propose a q., quaestionem ponere, proponere; or, ponere (alone): v. to put: to discuss a q. of fact, cf. q. enim tractatur rei, an facta sit, Quint. 3, 6, 40: let the q. be put off to another time, in aliud tempus q. differatur, Cic. Fin. 5, 16, 45: a q. of intention, mentis q., ib.: q.s of what is honourable, right, expedient, cf. cui subjacent omnes de honestis, justis, utilibus, quaestiones, ib. 41: q.s about money, (in) pecuniariis q.bus, Quint. 12, 1, 26: a q. about boundaries, quaestio finalis, Papin. Dig. 10, 1, 11: Sid. Ep. 8, 14 (also controversia de finibus, or finalis; jurgium finale, Leg. Agr. 341-2, Goes.). Phr.: our neighbours here have a q. about their boundaries, vicini nostri hic ambigunt de finibus, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 90: an umpire appointed in a boundary q., cf. arbiter Nolanis et Neapolitanis de finibus a senatu datus, Cic. Off. 1, 10, 33: a q. arose between some etc. and etc. about etc., facta est q. ex discipulis Joannis cum Judaeis de purificatione, Vulg. Jo. iii. 25: but, if it be a q. of words and names, si vero q.s sunt de verbo et nominibus, id. Act. xviii. 15: cf. id. 1 Tim. vi. 4, languens (doting) circa q.s et pugnas verborum: to be accused of q.s of their law, accusari de quaestionibus legis ipsorum, id. Act. xxiii. 29 (cf. q.s vero quasdam de sua superstitione, ib. xxv. 19): which only give rise to q.s, quae q.s praestant, id. 1 Tim. i. 4: foolish, unlearned, useless, vain q.s.; cf. stultas autem et sine disciplina q.s vita, id. 2 Tim. ii. 23: (cf. ---- devita, sunt enim inutiles et vanae, id. Tit. iii. 9): skilful in q.s, etc., cf. te sciente omnia et quae apud Judaeos sunt consuetudines et q.s, id. Act. xxvi. 3. Dim., quaestiuncŭla, f., a minor q. arising out of one more general: cf. his propositis, q. multae nascuntur (many lesser q.s arise), Cic. Leg. 2, 20, 51: also, a trifling or petty q., cf. mihi nunc vos quaestiunculam, de qua meo arbitratu loquar, ponitis? id. de Or. 1, 22, 102: cf. sunt etiam nonnulli acuendis puerorum ingeniis non inutiles lusus, quum positis invicem quaestiunculis aemulantur, Quint. 1, 3, 11. (Note: in the same sense, rŏgātiuncŭla: cf. that Chrysippus used to delight in putting the following petty q., illum in hac esse rogatiuncula delectatum, Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 39.) Also expr. by the verb, quaero, 3, esp. in the pass. impers., quaeritur; quaesitum est: quaerendum est: a q. is raised about the quality and form of things, nam et qualis sit cujusque rei natura et quae forma, quaeritur, Quint. 7, 4, 1: as though it were a q. of fact, tanquam de facto quaereretur, id. 3, 6, 40: the thing (or point) in q., quaestio, or id de quo quaeritur. N.B.--Quaestio and quaeritur are often used in the same connection: cf. totius enim quaestionis ejus, quae habetur de finibus bonorum et malorum (quum quaeritur, in his quid sit extremum, quid ultimum) fons, etc., Cic. Fin. 5, 6, 17. 2. disceptātio, f. (a point in debate, and the debate itself). Join: disc. et quaestio: cf. quaecumque in disceptationem quaestionemque vocarentur (whatever might be the q. in debate), Cic. de Or. 3, 22, 129: (the branch of rhetoric) which is concerned with forensic q.s, quae in forensibus disceptationibus judiciorum aut deliberationum versaretur, id. ib. 1, 6, 22: no q. of law can be settled except, etc., neque enim ulla juris disc. nisi finitione, etc., potest explicari, Quint. 3, 6, 82: though there was no dispute about the fact, he wished the q. of right to be argued, quum esset controversia nulla facti, juris tamen disceptationem esse voluit, Cic. Mil. 9, 23: a q. of words (or of verbal discussion), cf. si verborum disceptationis res esset, Liv. 21, 19: also expr. by the verb, cf. id. ib. paulo ante, de foederum jure verbis disceptare (to discuss a verbal q. about, etc.): also by the pass. impers.: v. to debate: to discuss. Dispŭtātĭo may also be used: cf. Cic. de Or. 3, 22, 126. 3. contrōversia, f. (a q. more formally discussed, esp. a lawsuit): with de of the thing, dat. of pers.; suppose a q. of right arises on one side or on both, si aut alteri aut invicem utrique de jure fit controversia, Quint. 7, 7, 9: a q. of substance or of quality, aut de substantia controversiam esse, aut de qualitate, Quint. 3, 6, 39: with cum of diff. parties: the q. between so-and-so, cf. ea controversia quam habet de fundo cum quodam Colophonio, Cic. Fam. 13, 69: with gen., when a q. arose, as usual, etc., cum quaedam in collibus, ut solet, controversia pastorum esset orta, Cic. Clu. 59, 161: with inter: cf. controversia est inter scriptores de numero annorum, Cic. Brut. 18, 72. To bring on a q., to bring a q. forward for discussion, rem ducere in controversiam, Quint. 3, 8, 52; rem deducere in c., Caes. B. G. 7, 63; rem adducere in c., Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 183; rem in dicendi c. aut disceptationem vocare, id. ib. 2, 72, 291: to raise a q., c. facere: cf. in quo non aut res c. faciat, aut verba, id. Or. 34, 121. Pass., it becomes a q., res in controversiam (quaestionem, contentionem, disceptationem), vocatur, adducitur, deducitur; or, vocari, etc., potest; or, venit. Without, beyond q., sine controversia, id. Off. 3, 2, 7; sine ulla controversia, id. Caecin. 7, 19: there was no q. about, etc., at controversia non erat, quin verum dicerent, id. Caecin. 11, 11. A verbal q., cf. verbi enim c. tamdiu torquet Graeculos homines, id. de Orat. 1, 11, 47: omnem contentionem esse inter homines doctos in verbi controversia positam (turns upon a verbal q.), ib. 23, 107. The point in q. is, etc., jure fecerit, et licueritne facere, id in c. est, Auct. ad Her. 1, 10, 17: the q. that remains open, quid in c. relinquatur, ib. (also in contr. versari): q.s upon the meaning of a document, controversiae ex scripti interpretatione, id. de Or. 1, 31, 140: to define the q. in dispute, controversiam constituere, ib. 31, 143: to settle a q., c. dirimere, id. Off. 3, 33, 119. Phr.: (in argument): a begging of the q., petitio principii (Med. Lat.). (Note: use similarly, sometimes, disputatio, contentio.) 4. līs, lītis, f. (prop. a legal term, but used generally): the q. is still unsettled (or, the point is still in q.), adhuc sub judice lis est, Hor. A. P. 78: to solve one hard q. by another, litem lite resolvere, id. S. 2, 3, 103. 5. expr. by such gen. words as res, causa, pronouns, and neuters used substantively, with verbs of cognate sense: [cf. case: matter]: esp. (i.) ăgĭto, 1: Join: the orator ought to examine, discuss, handle, and weigh all possible q.s, oratori omnia quaesita, disputata, tractata, agitata esse debent, Cic. de Or. 3, 14: while I turn over that q. in my mind, quum eam rem in corde agito, Pl. Truc. 2, 5, 3: the q. occupies his whole thoughts, habet nihil aliud quod agitet in mente, Cic. N. D. 1, 41: these q.s having been discussed, his rebus agitatis, Caes. B. G. 7, 2: (Note: the simple ago, properly signifies formal and especially judicial treatment, but is often the best word to use more widely: see No. IV.): (ii.) comp. cōgĭto, 1: to turn over a q. in one's mind, cogitare in animo, Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 5: to apply one's whole mind to a q., toto animo cog., Cic. Fam. 1, 7: Join, agito et cogito: vos saepius eandem rem (the same q.) animis agitare et diutius uno de teste cogitare potestis, id. Font. 6, 12: comp. excōgĭto, 1, to think out a q., cf. ad haec igitur cogita, vel potius excogita, Cic. Att. 9, 6, fin. (iii.) Phr.: to discuss a q. (of science, etc.), de aliqua re disputare, disserere: v. to discuss: the q. is (in conversation), sermo est de: v. conversation: to converse: (iv.) to determine, decide, form a judgment on a q., jūdĭco, 1, with de (gen. in legal sense), or acc.: men decide far more q.s (form far more judgments) from, etc., than, etc., plura enim multo judicant odio, etc., quam veritate, etc., Cic. de Or. 2, 42, 178: to form a judgment on the whole q., de tota re et causa judicare, Cic.: such q.s are not judged of by number but by weight, non enim numero haec judicantur, sed pondere, id. Off. 2, 22, 79: (v.) to examine, weigh, etc., q.s: exāmĭnare, perpendĕre, etc.: see the verbs. IV. Hence, a formal inquiry, esp. a judicial investigation: v. INQUIRY: inquisition: trial: 1. expr. gen. by quaestio, quaeri, and other words given under III.: cf. aestivum tempus instantis belli, non quaestionis esse arbitrabatur, (i. e. for investigating a q. of suspected treason), Caes. B. G. 6, 4: cf. cum praetor quaestionem inter sicarios exercuisset (i. e. had presided at trials for assassination), Cic. Fin. 2, 16: with de of the crime: cf. constituitur q. de furto, Cic. Clu. 64, 181: q. de morte viri habere, id. ib. 65, 182: being in doubt about a q. (i. e. a case) of that sort, haesitans autem ego de ejusmodi quaestione, Vulg. Act. xxv. 20: to try to escape the q. (i. e. to flee from trial), q. fugitare, Cic. R. A. 28, 78: expr. by the verb quaero: cf. ut Consules de re atroci magnaque quaererent, Cic. Brut. 22, 85: to raise a q. (as a legal issue): cf. cui ne quaerendi quidem de morte patris potestas permittitur, Cic. R. A. 28, 78. 2. expr. by phrr. with jus, jūdĭcium, and jūdĭco, the q. itself being sometimes expressed by res, causa, or a pronoun [v. case: matter: issue]: to give an opinion on a q. of law, de jure alicui respondere, Cic. de Or. 2, 33: to bring a q. to trial, deducere causam aliquam in judicium, Cic. Opt. Gen. Or. 7: (also, rem in medium vocare, Cic. Clu. 28): to give judgment on a q., jus dicere, (Cic.);--between (the parties), de re judicare inter, id. de Or. 1, 39, 176: to decide a q. against (a party), aliquid contra aliquem judicare, id. Flacc. 20: to call any one in q. (bring him to a legal account for his conduct), aliquem in jus vocare, Cic. Quint. 19; in judicium vocare, id. Balb. 28: (in crimen vocare, Nep. Tim. 3): expr. by the verb with de, cf. de spe et resurrectione mortuorum ego judicor, Vulg. Act. xxiii. 6; cf. xxiv. 21. 3. expr. by argŭo, 3; with gen. of the offence; cf. viros mortuos summi sceleris arg., Cic. Rab. Perd. 9, 26: we are in danger to be called in q. for this day's uproar, periclitamur argui seditionis hodiernae, Vulg. Act. xix. 40: with de and abl.: cf. de eo crimine, quo de arguantur, Cic. Inv. 2, 11, 37: with acc. and infin.: cf. quae me arguit hanc e domo ab se subripuisse (calls me in q. as having), Pl. Men. 5, 2, 62: with acc. and ut: cf. hunc ut dominum et tyrannum, illum ut proditorem arguentes, Just. 22, 3: with obj. of a thing: he called the census-returns in q. as being false, arguebat et perperam editos census, Suet. Cal. 38. 4. esp. expr. by ăgo, ēgi, actum, 3, to discuss, treat, raise a q., in a legal or constitutional sense: constr. with rem or de re: also absol. in act. and in impers. pass.: cf. de poena alicujus ag., Liv. 5, 35: de agro plebis ag., id. 1, 46: absol.; Alcibiades praesente vulgo agere coepit, Nep. Alc. 8: impers. pass.: when the q. of, etc., was under discussion in the Senate, quum de Catilinae conjuratione ageretur in curia, Suet. Aug. 94: as a constitutional formula, agere cum, to put a q. to the people (for their votes), cf. Gell. 13, 15: agere cum populo de republica, Cic. Verr. Act. 1, 12: used with referre ad (to put a q. to the Senate): that no one should hereafter bring any q. about these men either before the Senate or the people, ne quis de eis postea ad senatum referat, neve cum populo agat, Sall. Cat. 51, fin.: of legal proceedings: to raise a q. according to the law (= to bring an action), rem agere ex jure, lege, causa (or abl. without ex), v. action: cf. non enim gladiis mecum sed litibus agetur (the q. between us will have to be settled not by, etc.), Cic. Q. F. 1, 4: it is a q. not of his life, but of his money, non capitis ejus res agitur, sed pecuniae, Ter. Ph. 4, 3, 26: Fig., of interests at stake: the q. is of, etc., agitur populi Romani gloria, agitur, etc. (repeated clause after clause), Cic. Manil. 2, 6: cf. id. Verr. 4, 51: the q. is yours, tua res agitur, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 84: in perf. pass., the q. is settled, or closed (fig. from a suit decided, and not to be re-opened), acta haec res est (= all is lost), Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 3. Phr.: it is out of the q., fieri non potest, non est agendum. V. Hence, torture as a means of judicial examination (derived from the Greek and Roman custom of taking the evidence of slaves under torture): quaestio, f., and the verb: A. alone: to put a slave to the q., quaestionem habere de servo, with gen. of the subject of inquiry; cf. mortis paternae de servis paternis quaestionem habere filio non licet, Cic. R. A. 28, 78: (cf. id. Mil. 22, 59): for slaves to be put to the q., ex servis quaeri, with de of the subject (pass. impers.): cf. dum ex iis de patris morte quaeratur, ib.: ut ex his quaeratur, ego postulo, ib. 77: to promise to produce slaves for the q., servos in q. polliceri, ib.: to demand the production of slaves for the q., servos in q. postulare (with ab of the persons who are to produce them): cf. aliquoties duos servos paternos in q. ab adversariis, S. Rosc. postulavit, ib.: cf. id. Clu. 64, 181: to give up a slave to a person for the q. (i. e. torture), servum in q. ferre (with dat. of the person), ib.: said of oneself, ille quaestioni corpus offerre, Curt. 4, 10, 33: with in of the person against whom the evidence is taken: slaves cannot be put to the q. against their master, except in a case of sacrilege, de servis nulla q. est in dominum, nisi de incestu, Cic. Mil. 22, 59: so with verb: majores nostri in dominum de servo quaeri noluerunt, ib.: in reum de servis accusatoris quum quaeritur, ib. B. 1. with words expressive of torture: he put (him) to the q. concerning the public money by stripes and tortures (or instruments of torture), verberibus ac tormentis quaestionem habuit pecuniae publicae, Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5.--Hence (in late Latin) the adj. quaestĭōnātus, put to the q.: cf. tot confessores quaestionati et torti, Cyprian. Ep. 69, n. 6: and the subs. quaestiōnārius, the executioner who applies the q., Cod. Theod. 16, 12, 3. 2. quaesītio, (rare): cf. cum postero ad quaesitionem retraheretur, proripuit se custodibus, Tac. A. 4, 45.