Inquisítio, onis, f.g. Verbale. Cic.Inquisition: search: examination.Instituti operis inquisitio. Quin. Caue inquisitioni ne mihi sis. Pla. See that thou be at home and mine me not to inquire and aske about for thee. Inquisitio Cic.Inquisition or examination of a matter.Agere inquisitionem, Vide AGO.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
inquīsītĭo, ōnis, f. [inquiro], a seeking or searching for.I.Lit.: tu cave inquisitioni mihi sis, be at hand, don't let me have to look for you, Plaut. Cas. 3, 1 fin.: novorum militum, Curt. 4, 6: corporum, Plin. 8. 30, 44, 106.—II.Transf., a searching or inquiring into, an examination.A. In gen.: veri inquisitio atque investigatio, Cic. Off. 1, 4, 13: opinionum, Quint. 3, 1, 2: nova inquisitione addiscere, Plin. 2, 46, 45, 117. — B. In partic., a seeking for proofs or grounds in support of an accusation, a legal inquisition, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, 14: candidati, id. Mur. 21, 44: annua,