rŏgātĭo (noun F) : id..
* Publicists' t. t., an inquiry of the people as to whether they will decree this or that, a proposal to the people for passing a law or decree, a proposed law or decree, a bill: quae (rogatio) de Pompeio a Gellio et a Lentulo consulibus lata est,was proposed, presented, introduced,Cic. Balb. 14, 33: quibus lege aut rogatione civitas aut libertas erepta sit,id. Caecin. 84, 100 Halm ad loc.: rogationem ferre de aliquo,id. Sull. 23, 65: in aliquem,id. Brut. 23, 89: ad populum,Caes. B. C. 3, 1: ad plebem,Liv. 33, 25: in dissuasione rogationis ejus, quae contra coloniam Narbonensem ferebatur,Cic. Clu. 51, 140: Piso lator rogationis idem erat dissuasor,id. Att. 1, 14, 5: rogationem promulgare,Sall. J. 40, 1; cf.: promulgantur uno eodemque tempore rogationes ab eodem tribuno de meā pernicie et de provinciis consulum,Cic. Sest. 10 fin.; Liv. 41, 6: suasit rogationem,recommended, spoke in favor of it,Cic. Rep. 3, 18, 28; id. Off. 3, 30, 109: intercedere rogationi,to oppose it,id. de Or. 2, 47, 197: rogationem accipere,to accept it,id. Att. 1, 14, 5; for which: rogationes jubere (opp. antiquare),Liv. 6, 39: per vim rogationem perferre,to carry through,Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 3: cum provocatione rogationem pertulit,Liv. 3, 54, 15: recitare rogationis carmen,id. 3, 64, 10. — The formula made use of in such a rogation runs thus, in Gell. 5, 19, 9: velitis jubeatis uti, etc. (here follows the proposed law; at the close): haec ita uti dixi ita vos Quirites rogo.
* Transf., in gen.
* A question, interrogation, only as a figure of speech: rogatio atque huic finitima quasi percontatio,Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 203; Quint. 9, 1, 29.
* An asking, demanding; a prayer, entreaty, request (very rare): ego Curtium non modo rogatione sed etiam testimonio tuo diligo,Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3, § 10; id. Planc. 10, 25: injusta amici,Val. Max. 6, 4, 4; Vulg. Ecclus. 4, 4.