interrogo

See also: interrogó and interrogò

Catalan

Verb

interrogo

1. first-person singular present indicative of interrogar

Italian

Verb

interrogo

1. first-person singular present indicative of interrogare

Anagrams

• ritergono

Latin

Etymology

From inter (“between; among”) +‎ rogō (“ask; request”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪnˈtɛr.rɔ.ɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [inˈtɛr.ro.ɡo]

Verb

interrogō (present infinitive interrogāre, perfect active interrogāvī, supine interrogātum); first conjugation

1. (transitive) to ask, question, inquire, interrogate, to seek information from

   Synonyms: scīscitor, quaerō, inquīrō, requīrō, percontor, scīscō, investīgō, explōrō

   cāsus interrogandī ― the genitive case

   Aemilia interrogat “Quis mē vocat?”

   Aemilia asks, “Who called me?”

   • 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations Oratio in Catilinam Prima in Senatu Habita.13:

     Interrogās mē, num in exilium? Nōn iubeō, sed, sī mē cōnsulis, suādeō.

     You ask me whether [I send you] into exile? I do not order it, but, if you consult me, I urge it.

2. (law) to put a formal question to (in making a stipulation)
3. (law, transitive) to question judicially, examine, interrogate
4. (transitive with sententiam) to ask (a senator) for his opinion, consult
5. (transitive, often with lēge) to call to account in a court of law, arraign, indict, sue
6. (intransitive) to argue, reason (syllogistically)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of interrogō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	interrogō		interrogās		interrogat		interrogāmus		interrogātis		interrogant
	imperfect	interrogābam		interrogābās		interrogābat		interrogābāmus		interrogābātis		interrogābant
	future	interrogābō		interrogābis		interrogābit		interrogābimus		interrogābitis		interrogābunt
	perfect	interrogāvī		interrogāvistī, interrogāstī1		interrogāvit, interrogāt1		interrogāvimus, interrogāmus1		interrogāvistis, interrogāstis1		interrogāvērunt, interrogārunt, interrogāvēre1
	pluperfect	interrogāveram, interrogāram1		interrogāverās, interrogārās1		interrogāverat, interrogārat1		interrogāverāmus, interrogārāmus1		interrogāverātis, interrogārātis1		interrogāverant, interrogārant1
	future perfect	interrogāverō, interrogārō1		interrogāveris, interrogāris1		interrogāverit, interrogārit1		interrogāverimus, interrogārimus1		interrogāveritis, interrogāritis1		interrogāverint, interrogārint1
passive	present	interrogor		interrogāris, interrogāre		interrogātur		interrogāmur		interrogāminī		interrogantur
	imperfect	interrogābar		interrogābāris, interrogābāre		interrogābātur		interrogābāmur		interrogābāminī		interrogābantur
	future	interrogābor		interrogāberis, interrogābere		interrogābitur		interrogābimur		interrogābiminī		interrogābuntur
	perfect	interrogātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	interrogātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	interrogātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	interrogem		interrogēs		interroget		interrogēmus		interrogētis		interrogent
	imperfect	interrogārem		interrogārēs		interrogāret		interrogārēmus		interrogārētis		interrogārent
	perfect	interrogāverim, interrogārim1		interrogāverīs, interrogārīs1		interrogāverit, interrogārit1		interrogāverīmus, interrogārīmus1		interrogāverītis, interrogārītis1		interrogāverint, interrogārint1
	pluperfect	interrogāvissem, interrogāssem1		interrogāvissēs, interrogāssēs1		interrogāvisset, interrogāsset1		interrogāvissēmus, interrogāssēmus1		interrogāvissētis, interrogāssētis1		interrogāvissent, interrogāssent1
passive	present	interroger		interrogēris, interrogēre		interrogētur		interrogēmur		interrogēminī		interrogentur
	imperfect	interrogārer		interrogārēris, interrogārēre		interrogārētur		interrogārēmur		interrogārēminī		interrogārentur
	perfect	interrogātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	interrogātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		interrogā		—		—		interrogāte		—
	future	—		interrogātō		interrogātō		—		interrogātōte		interrogantō
passive	present	—		interrogāre		—		—		interrogāminī		—
	future	—		interrogātor		interrogātor		—		—		interrogantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		interrogāre			interrogārī			interrogāns			—
future		interrogātūrum esse			interrogātum īrī			interrogātūrus			interrogandus
perfect		interrogāvisse, interrogāsse1			interrogātum esse			—			interrogātus
future perfect		—			interrogātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		interrogātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		interrogandī		interrogandō		interrogandum		interrogandō		interrogātum		interrogātū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

• interrogāmentum
• interroganter
• interrogātiō
• interrogātīvus
• interrogātor

Related terms

• abrogō
• arrogō
• corrogō
• dērogō
• ērogō
• irrogō
• obrogō
• perrogō
• praerogō
• prōrogō
• rogō
• subrogō / surrogō

Descendants

• Balkano-Romance:
  • Aromanian: ntreb, ntribari
  • Romanian: întreba, întrebare
• Italo-Romance:
  • Corsican: intargà
  • Italian: enterrogare, >? interrogare (latinized?)
    • → Sardinian: interrogare, intorrogare
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: enterver, anterver
    • French: entraver
  • Old Occitan: entervar, antervar
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: entrugar
• Borrowings:
  • → Catalan: interrogar
  • → English: interrogate
  • → French: interroger
  • → Portuguese: interrogar
  • → Romanian: interoga
  • → Spanish: interrogar

References

• “interrogō” on page 1042 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “interrogare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 4: G H I, page 762

Further reading

• “interrogo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “interrogo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “interrogo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to cross-examine cleverly, put leading questions: bene interrogare
    
  • to ask the opinion of..: sententiam rogare, interrogare
    

Portuguese

Verb

interrogo

1. first-person singular present indicative of interrogar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inteˈroɡo/ [ĩn̪.t̪eˈro.ɣ̞o]
• Rhymes: -oɡo
• Syllabification: in‧te‧rro‧go

Verb

interrogo

1. first-person singular present indicative of interrogar