pysma  pysma
 pys'-ma Gk. "question"
quaesitio, quaesitum

The asking of multiple questions successively (which would together require a complex reply). A rhetorical use of the question.
 
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  Sources: Aquil. 12 ("pysma," "quaesitum"); Melanch. IR C7r; Peacham (1577) L4r


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