Lewis & Short

percontātĭo (percunct-), ōnis, f. [percontor], an asking, inquiring after any thing; a question, inquiry.

  1. I. In gen. (class.): tempus percontatione consumere, Cic. Univ. 1: aliquid percontationibus reperire, Caes. B. G. 5, 13: percontatio quid in senatu esset actum, Cic. Brut. 60, 218: collocutio atque percontatio, Plin. 11, 30, 36, § 110.
  2. II. In partic., as a figure of speech, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 203.