percontatio

νίψον ἀνομήματα, μὴ μόναν ὄψιν → wash the sins, not only the face | wash my transgressions, not only my face

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.

percontātĭō,¹⁴ ōnis, f. (percontor), action de s’informer, question : Cic. Tim. 2 ; Br. 218 ; Cæs. G. 1, 39, 1 ; [rhét.] Cic. de Or. 3, 203.