I. A shaking, Sen. Q. N. 6, 19, 2.—
II. An examination, discussion.
A. In gen. (late Lat. for disputatio, quaestio): “sequitur illa discussio, quid sit, etc.,” Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 16, 8; Tert. Pudic. 11.—
B. In partic., in the later period of the empire, a revision of the public accounts in the provinces, Cod. Just. 10, 30, 1; Symm. Ep. 5, 74.