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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Contents (2 entries · 2 senses)
S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• cross-examination:
      1. 1. interrŏgātio (see Quint. 5, 7; where the subject is treated): to press a c. too hard, nimium instare interrogationi, ib. § 16: a clever c., scitae interrogationes (used of the Socratic erotetics), ib. § 28: a careful c., circumspecta int., ib. § 31: c. by the opposite side, int. a patronis diversae partis habita, cf. ib. § 10, 11. Simly with verb: by a c. which proceeds step by step, paullatim, pedetentim interrogando, ib. § 20.
      2. 2. percontātio: more fully, variae per. quales ab adversario [a patrono] haberi possint, ib. § 11. Phr.: to be caught by an artful c., in laqueos [interrogationum] induci, ib.: there is need of the utmost art in c., summis artibus interrogantis opus est, ib. § 15.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• CROSS-EXAMINATION
percontationes ab adverversario habitae (after Quint., 5, 7, 11, variis percontationibus, quales ab adversario haberi solent, etc.). He must be subjected to a very severe cross-examination., interrogandus est quam infestissime ac premendus (Quint.). The witness becomes confused, and his evidence is shaken by an artful cross-examination, turbatus est testis, et a patrono diversse partis induitur in laqueum (Quint. 5, 7, 11; Zumpt, but Codd. inducitur). To re-examine a witness whose evidence has been somewhat shaken by his cross-examination, testem, si quid titubavit, opportuna rursus interrogatione velut in gradum reponere (Quintilian).