Latin

Noun

rogātiō f ‎(genitive rogātiōnis); third declension

1. (law) An inquiry or proposal to the people for passing a law or decree; a proposed law, decree or bill.
2. A question, interrogation, questioning.
3. An asking, demanding; prayer, entreaty, request; invitation.

Inflection

Third declension.

Synonyms

• (a proposed bill or law): rogitātiō
• (a question): rogāmentum

Derived terms

• rogātiuncula
• subrogātiō

Related terms

Descendants

References

• rogatio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• rogatio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ROGATIO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “rogatio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to bring a bill before the notice of the people: legem, rogationem promulgare (Liv. 33. 46)
    
• rogatio in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• rogatio in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin