enquiry Copy link Outline I. A question put1. percontātio or percunctātio (esp. of repeated enquiries for information)2. interrŏgātio3. expr. by pres. part. of verbs under TO ENQUIRE (cf. L. G. § 638, Obs. 2)II. A matter of investigation1. quaestio (esp., but not solely, of judicial e.)2. inquīsītio (esp. scientific or curious e.)3. anquīsītio (judicial4. cognĭtio (special judicial e. under the emperors5. investīgātio (a tracking out, step by step) • enquiry: I. A question put: 1. percontātio or percunctātio (esp. of repeated enquiries for information): I could not, after all my e.s, find out anything about the matter, nos nihil de eo percontationibus reperiebamus, Caes. B. G. 5, 13: Cic. 2. interrŏgātio: v. question, cross-questioning. 3. expr. by pres. part. of verbs under to enquire (cf. L. G. § 638, Obs. 2): on the e. being made why he did so, he answered, *quaerentibus (quaerenti) respondit: on e. it has seemed to me, *(mihi) quaerenti visum est, etc.: also by gerund: v. to ask, enquire. II. A matter of investigation: 1. quaestio (esp., but not solely, of judicial e.): a somewhat difficult e., subdifficilis q., Cic. (v. question): to institute an e. (judicial), q. habere (often with ref. to torture), Cic.: v. investigation. 2. inquīsītio (esp. scientific or curious e.): e. into and search after truth, veri inq. atque investigatio, Cic. Off. 1, 4, 13. In judicial sense, inq. is a preliminary e. into a person's character and antecedents, not the trial itself: e. into the character of a candidate, inq. candidati, Cic. Mur. 21, 44. 3. anquīsītio (judicial: v. rare): Varr. 4. cognĭtio (special judicial e. under the emperors: cf. Suet. Cl. 15, "negantem cognitionis rem, sed ordinarii juris esse"): the senate demands an e., senatus c. postulat, Tac. A. 2, 28, fin.: to institute an e., c. habere, Suet. 5. investīgātio (a tracking out, step by step): v. investigation.