percontatio
ὥσπερ λίθοι τε καὶ πλίνθοι καὶ ξύλα καὶ κέραμος, ἀτάκτως μὲν ἐρριμμένα οὐδὲν χρήσιμά ἐστιν → just as stones and bricks, woodwork and tiles, tumbled together in a heap are of no use at all (Xenophon, Memorabilia 3.1.7)
Latin > English
percontatio percontationis N F :: questioning, inquiry
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
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.
Latin > German (Georges)
percontātio, ōnis, f. (percontor), I) das Fragen, die Frage, Erkundigung, Cic. u.a.: directa perc., die unmittelbare Anfrage, Liv.: percontationem facere, ein Verhör anstellen, Liv.: m. folg. indir. Fragesatz, prima percontatio fuit, quā subactus iniuriā contra populum Romanum bellum tam infesto animo suscepisset, Liv. – II) die Frage als Redefigur, Cic. de or. 3, 203.
