ask Copy link Outline I. To request, beg1. rŏgo, 1 (foll. by ut or ne and subj.2. pĕto3. poscoII. To interrogate, inquire1. rŏgo, 12. interrŏgo, 1 (unlike rogo, never used in sense I)3. percontor (percunctor), 14. quaero, quaesīvi, quaesītum, 3 (usu. with prep. ex or ab)5. sciscĭtor, 16. scītor, 1 • ask: I. To request, beg: 1. rŏgo, 1 (foll. by ut or ne and subj.: also by a double acc. when the second is a neuter pronoun): your brother asks you not to go farther away, rogat te frater ne longius abeas, Ter.: for this I urgently ask you again and again, hoc te vehementer etiam atque etiam rogo, Cic.: also in the poets with a full double accusative (like posco): as, he a.s the gods for ease, otium divos rogat, Hor. 2. pĕto: v. to beg. 3. posco: v. to claim, demand.--Note. Rogo is the ordinary word for to ask, as one would put a request to an equal: peto is to beg, petition for, esp. of a request made to a superior: posco implies a claim on the part of the person asking: postulo is even stronger than posco: while flagito, efflagito are used only of importunate or clamorous demands. II. To interrogate, inquire: 1. rŏgo, 1: I a. who she is, quae sit rogo, Ter.: why do you a. me that? I said:; ask the Stoics, quid me istud rogas? inquam; Stoicos roga, Cic.: to a. about you, de te rogare, Cic.: he first was a.'d his opinion, primus rogatus est sententiam, Sall. To a. again and again, rŏgĭto, 1 (freq.): they repeatedly a. how I am, rogitant me ut valeam, Pl.: Virg. 2. interrŏgo, 1 (unlike rogo, never used in sense I): answer what I a. you, hoc quod te interrogo responde, Pl.: do you a. me whether (I bid you go) into exile? interrogas num in exilium? Cic.: when he was a.'d whether he thought more of his father or of his mother, is cum interrogaretur utrum pluris patrem matremne faceret, Nep. 3. percontor (percunctor), 1: i. q. interrogo: a. him how he does, ut valeat percunctare, Hor.: Quint.: v. to enquire. 4. quaero, quaesīvi, quaesītum, 3 (usu. with prep. ex or ab): he a.'d his physicians how he was, quaesivit a medicis quemadmodum se haberet, Nep.: having a.'d whether Caesar had come, quaesito (neut. abl. absol.) an Caesar venisset, Tac.: v. to enquire; question (subs.). 5. sciscĭtor, 1: to a. any one's opinion, sententiam ex aliquo s., Cic.: to a. the consul's wish, consulis voluntatem s., Liv. 6. scītor, 1: to a. and inquire the causes, scitari et quaerere causas, Virg.: he a.s why she comes, quid veniat scitatur, Ov.: v. to inquire.
ASK Copy link • ASKinterrogare, rogare aliquem, or (less frequently) de aliquo: anybody about anything, aliquem aliquid (or less commonly de re: both general terms, to ask for the purpose of getting an answer from anybody, or learning his opinion): sciscitari ex aliquo (to ask urgently; often from curiosity, with inquisitiveness, eagerness, or in an artful manner): quaerere, exquirere, requirere ex or ab aliquo (to ask connectedly and accurately, to question for the purpose of arriving at certainty. Quaerere is the proper word of a judge questioning an accused person): percunctari de or ex aliquo (to desire to know everything exactly: hence the proper wordfor asking the price of goods, v. Gell., 9, 4, p. near the beginning: whether, utrum; if or whether anything, ecquid or quid, not si quid). To ask in a captious manner, captiose interrogare: to ask anybody for advice, consulere aliquem: to ask one’s way, rogare viam (†); exquirere iter. I had no occasion to ask that, hoc mihi non fuit quaerendum. Request: rogare: petere (general term for asking, whether as a request or a demand; in the middle, therefore, between poscere and orare, but somewhat nearer to a request: petere mostly refers to the object, rogare to the person: hence petere aliquid ab aliquo: rogare aliquem aliquid.) To ask almost with tears, omnibus precibus, paene lacrimis etiam obsecrare aliquem: to ask anybody’s life, petere vitam (innocenti): to ask anything as a matter of right, aliquid jure quodam suo postulare. To be able to ask anything as (a matter of) right, aliquid jure quodam suo postulare posse: justam postulandi causam habere. Invite: invitare: vocare: to dinner, aliquem ad cenam vocare or invitare: to one’s house, aliquem domum suam invitare. Demand such a price: indicare (opposed to promittere, to offer so much). To ask 100 sesterces, indicare centum numis (or nummis). Require: poscere: postulare: flagitare. Mostly by genitive or adjective with esse: this asks prudence, est prudentis [causa, res, tempus poscit; cum res postulabit: quaetempus et necessitas flagitat). To ask pardon, Vid: PARDON. To ask leave, veniam petere.