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percontatio

percontatio, a persistent asking, questioning, inquiry

percontātĭo (percunct-), ōnis, f. [percontor], 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.

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