question (v.) Copy link Outline I. To put a q. (or q.s) to a person1. rŏgo, 1, and interrŏgo, with acc. of person, and acc. or de of thing2. quaero, 3, with acc., or dep. interr. clause, of thing, and a, de, or ex, of person3. percontor (percunctor), 1, dep., to q. about some specific object of investigationII. To call in q., throw doubt upon, dispute (a thing or statement); dŭbĭto, 1, with acc. or de • question (v.): I. To put a q. (or q.s) to a person: 1. rŏgo, 1, and interrŏgo, with acc. of person, and acc. or de of thing: v. to ask. 2. quaero, 3, with acc., or dep. interr. clause, of thing, and a, de, or ex, of person: v. to ask: to inquire. Compd. exquīro, with acc. of person: cf. idem ego dicam, si me exquiret miles, Pl. Mil. 2, 2, 91: also with acc. of thing, and a, de, or ex of person: v. to inquire: to learn. Also in the reflective and mutual sense, to q. with oneself, to q. with others (i. e. to debate by q. and answer): cf. secum et cum aliis, quid in eo peccatum sit, exquirunt, Cic. Off. 1, 41, 147: in this sense also (in late Latin), quaero and conquīro; cf. et ipsi coeperunt quaerere inter se, quis esset ex iis, qui hoc facturus esset, Vulg. Luc. xxii. 23: conquiro with cum: id. Marc. viii. 11: id. ix. 13 (14): with inter se, id. i. 27: id. ix. 15 (16): with apud se, id. ix. 9 (10). 3. percontor (percunctor), 1, dep., to q. about some specific object of investigation: with acc. of person and de of thing: cf. percunctatus regionis peritos de ascensu Haemi, Liv. 40, 21: cf. me infit percontarier, ecquem noverim Demaenetum, Pl. Asin. 2, 2, 76: with two accs.: if any one q.s you about (or asks you) my age, meum siquis te percontabitur aevum, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 26: with ex of person and acc. of thing: if you had q.'d others about me, si esses percontatus me ex aliis, Pl. As. 2, 4, 95: absol.: by q.ing, etc., Join: percontando atque interrogando elicere alicujus opinionem, Cic. Fin. 2, 1: cf. to ask. II. To call in q., throw doubt upon, dispute (a thing or statement); dŭbĭto, 1, with acc. or de: addŭbĭto, 1: in dubium or dubitationem vocare: in dubio ponere: v. to doubt: to dispute: question (s.) II.: it cannot, then, be q.'d that, non potest igitur dubitari quin, Cic. Acad. 2, 9, 27. Phr.: d'ye doubt it? an dubium tibi 'st? Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 28.