quaesītĭo, ōnis, f. [quaero], a seeking or searching after (post-Aug.).
I In gen.: Psyche quaesitioni Cupidinis intenta, populos circuibat, Ap. Met. 5, 28, 1.—
II 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.