percontatio
From LSJ
Ὅρκον δὲ φεῦγε καὶ δικαίως κἀδίκως (κἂν δικαίως ὀμνύῃς) → Iurare fugias, vere, falso, haud interest → Zu schwören meide, gleich ob richtig oder falsch
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
percontātĭo: (percunct-), ōnis, f. percontor,
I an asking, inquiring after any thing; a question, inquiry.
I In gen. (class.): tempus percontatione consumere, Cic. Univ. 1: aliquid percontationibus reperire, Caes. B. G. 5, 13: percontatio quid in senatu esset actum, Cic. Brut. 60, 218: collocutio atque percontatio, Plin. 11, 30, 36, § 110.—
II In partic., as a figure of speech, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 203.
