Lewis Short
interrŏgātĭo (noun F) : id.
* A questioning, inquiry, examination, interrogation (class.).
* In gen.: sententia per interrogationem,Quint. 8, 5, 5: instare interrogatione,id. 6, 3, 38: testium,Tac. A. 6, 47: insidiosa,Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 7: litteris inclusae,Dig. 48, 3, 6, § 1.— Absol., Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 7; Quint. 5, 7, 3: verbis obligatio fit ex interrogatione et responsione,Gai. Inst. 2, 92.
* In partic.
* As rhet. fig., Quint. 9, 2, 15; 9, 3, 98.
* A syllogism: recte genus hoc interrogationis ignavum ac iners nominatum est,Cic. Fat. 13; Sen. Ep. 87 med.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary