interrogo
εἰ πλείονα δ' εἰδείης Σισύφου → if you were more intelligent than Sisyphus
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
inter-rŏgo: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
I to ask, question, inquire, interrogate (syn.: percontor, sciscitor; class.).
I In gen.: hoc quod te interrogo, responde, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 70: pusionem quendam interrogat Socrates quaedam, Cic. Tusc. 1, 34, 57: aliquem de aliqua re, id. Part. 1, 2; id. Vatin. 5, 13: interrogas me, num, id. Cat. 1, 5, 13.—Pass.: tunc sententiae interrogari coeptae, judgments or votes to be taken; esp., in the Senate: interrogare sententias, Suet. Caes. 21 fin.; Liv. 45, 25: ad haec, quae interrogatus es, responde, id. 8, 32: testimonium interrogatus miles, Suet. Tib. 71: illa interrogavit illam: Qui scis? etc., Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 65: Clodius interrogabat suos, quis esset, qui, etc., Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2; Suet. Vesp. 23; id. Aug. 54: illud interrogo, I put this question, Liv. 8, 32: nil plus interrogo, I have no more to ask, Juv. 10, 72.—
II In partic.
A To interrogate judicially, to examine; to go to law with, bring an action against, sue: testes in reos, Plin. Ep. 1, 5: bene testem, to cross-question a witness in such a manner as to make him contradict himself, Cic. Fl. 10, 22: legibus interrogari, Liv. 38, 50; 45, 47, 3: quis me umquam ulla lege interrogavit? Cic. Dom. 29, 77: consules legibus ambitūs interrogati, Sall. C. 18, 2; 31, 4: pepigerat Pallas, ne cujus facti in praeteritum interrogaretur, Tac. A. 13, 14: damnatus Priscus repetundarum, Bithynis interrogantibus, id. ib. 14, 46; 16, 21; Vell. 2, 13, 2. —
B To argue, reason syllogistically: Posidonius sic interrogandum ait: Quae neque magnitudinem animo dant, nec securitatem, non sunt bona: divitiae nihil horum faciunt: ergo non sunt bona, Sen. Ep. 87, 31.—
C In gram.: interrogandi casus, the genitive, Gell. 20, 6, 8; Nigid. ap. Gell. 13, 25, 3.—
III Trop.: si versum pangis, etc., aurem tuam interroga, quo quid loco conveniat dicere, consult, Prob. Val. ap. Gell. 13, 21, 1 sq. — Hence, interrŏganter, adv., interrogatively (eccl. Lat.), Aug. in Job, 34.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
interrŏgō,⁸ āvī, ātum, āre, tr.,
1 interroger, questionner : a) aliquem, qqn, de aliqua re, sur qqch. : Cic. Part. 2 ; Vat. 13 ; [en part.] testem Cic. Fl. 22, interroger un témoin ; b) [avec interr. indir.] : interrogabat suos quis esset qui... Cic. Q. 2, 3, 2, il demandait à ses partisans quel était celui qui... ; cum interrogaretur, cur constituisset... Cic. Amer. 70, comme on lui demandait pourquoi il avait établi..., cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 220 ; c) aliquid, interroger sur qqch. : si quid voles, interrogare Cic. Amer. 73, interroger sur ce que tu voudras ; [en part.] interrogare sententias Suet. Cæs. 21, demander les avis [dans le sénat] ; sententiæ interrogari cœptæ Liv. 45, 25, 1, on en vint au vote ; d) [avec 2 acc.] : aliquem aliquam rem Cic. Tusc. 1, 57, interroger qqn sur qqch. ; ad hæc, quæ interrogatus es, responde Liv. 8, 32, 8, à ces questions qui te sont posées, réponds ; testimonium interrogatus miles Suet. Tib. 71, un soldat invité à déposer ; e) abst] interrogare aut interrogari Cic. Fin. 1, 29, procéder par demandes et par réponses || [phil.] argumenter en forme de syllogisme : Sen. Ep. 87, 31 || [gramm.] interrogandi casus Gell. 20, 6, 8, le génitif
2 poursuivre en justice, accuser : aliquem lege Cic. Domo 77, poursuivre en vertu d’une loi ; legibus ambitus interrogati Sall. C. 18, 2, traduits en justice au nom des lois sur la brigue, cf. Cæs. C. 3, 71, 4 ; Liv. 38, 50, 8 ; 45, 37, 4 || [sans lege ni legibus et avec gén. du grief] : Tac. Ann. 13, 14 ; 14, 46 ; 16, 21.
