Latin

Noun

investīgātiō f ‎(genitive investīgātiōnis); third declension

1. inquiry, investigation
2. research, search

Inflection

Third declension.

Related terms

• investīgābilis
• investīgātor
• investīgātrix
• investīgō

Descendants

• English: investigation
• Italian: investigazione
• 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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “investigatio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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