Lewis Short
quaesītĭo (noun F) : quaero
* A seeking or searching after (post-Aug.).
* In gen.: Psyche quaesitioni Cupidinis intenta, populos circuibat,App. M. 5, p. 171, 8.
* In partic., a questioning by torture, the question, inquisition: cum postero ad quaesitionem retraheretur, proripuit se custodibus,Tac. A. 4, 45; Inscr. Bertol. Antiq. Aquilei. p. 300, n. 419.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary