| interrogatio |
| in-ter-ro-ga'-ti-o | L. “question, cross-examination” |
| erotema | |
| rogatio | |
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Primarily, interrogatio is simply the Latin term for erotema (the rhetorical question). In the Ad Herennium, however, interrogatio is described as employing a question as a way of confirming or reinforcing the argument one has just made. | |
| Examples | ||
| While, therefore, you were doing and saying and negotiating all of these things, were you not alienating the republic's allies? —Ad Herennium | ||
| See Also | ||
| Sources: | Ad Herennium 4.15.22; Melanch. IR c7v ("interrogatio" "erotema"); Peacham (1577) L3r | |
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