investigatio
Latin
Etymology
From investīgō (“track, investigate, search after”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /in.u̯es.tiːˈɡaː.ti.oː/, [ɪnu̯ɛs̠t̪iːˈɡäːt̪ioː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /in.ves.tiˈɡat.t͡si.o/, [iɱvest̪iˈɡät̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun
investīgātiō f (genitive investīgātiōnis); third declension
- inquiry, investigation
- research, search
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | investīgātiō | investīgātiōnēs |
| Genitive | investīgātiōnis | investīgātiōnum |
| Dative | investīgātiōnī | investīgātiōnibus |
| Accusative | investīgātiōnem | investīgātiōnēs |
| Ablative | investīgātiōne | investīgātiōnibus |
| Vocative | investīgātiō | investīgātiōnēs |
Related terms
- investīgābilis
- investīgātor
- investīgātrix
- investīgō
Descendants
- Catalan: investigació
- English: investigation
- French: investigation
- Italian: investigazione
- Portuguese: investigação
- Romanian: investigație
- Spanish: investigación
References
- “investigatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “investigatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- investigatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- zealous pursuit of truth: veri inquisitio atque investigatio
- to devote oneself to the study of a natural science: se conferre ad naturae investigationem
- zealous pursuit of truth: veri inquisitio atque investigatio