questioning (subs.) Copy link Outline I. An asking of questions1. interrŏgātĭo, f.2. rŏgātio, f.3. percontātio, f.II. The act of doubting or calling in q., expr. by the subs., and verbs under QUESTION and TO QUESTIONIII. In the technical and legal sense • 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.