examination Copy link Outline 1. investīgātio (step by step search)2. interrŏgātio3. exāmĭnātio (legal)4. perspĭcientia (rare)5. prŏbātio (testing • examination: 1. investīgātio (step by step search): v. enquiry. 2. interrŏgātio: the e. (cross-examination: q. v.) of witnesses, testium i., Quint.: Tac. 3. exāmĭnātio (legal): Ulp. Dig. 47, 14, 1, fin. [civilis ex.]. (Examen, the tongue of a balance, appears to be used by meton. in anal. sense: v. Dr. Smith's Lat. Dict. s. v.) 4. perspĭcientia (rare): the e. of truth, veri p. Cic. Off. 1, 5, 14. 5. prŏbātio (testing: the best word to denote a school or college e.): an e. of athletes, p. athletarum, Cic. Off. 1, 40, 144: simly of cattle, Varr. R. R. 1, 20, init.: to undergo an e., probationis periculum subire, Wyttenb. (in Kr.): to come a second time for e., ad p. redire, id.: the e. for master's degree, *p. ad magistri gradum conferendum habita.