inquisitio

Latin

Etymology

From inquīrō +‎ -tiō.

Noun

inquīsītiō f (genitive inquīsītiōnis); third declension

  1. search, inquiry, examination, investigation
  2. collecting of evidence

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative inquīsītiō inquīsītiōnēs
genitive inquīsītiōnis inquīsītiōnum
dative inquīsītiōnī inquīsītiōnibus
accusative inquīsītiōnem inquīsītiōnēs
ablative inquīsītiōne inquīsītiōnibus
vocative inquīsītiō inquīsītiōnēs

Descendants

  • Norman: enquéson (?)
  • → English: inquisition
  • → French: inquisition
  • → Italian: inquisizione
  • → Portuguese: inquisição
  • → Romanian: inchiziție
  • → Russian: инквизиция (inkvizicija)
  • → Spanish: inquisición

References

  • “inquisitio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “inquisitio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "inquisitio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • inquisitio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • zealous pursuit of truth: veri inquisitio atque investigatio
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