_quaestionem ponere, proponere_—to propose a subject of debate, put a
question.
_quaestionem poscere_ (Fin. 2. 1. 1)—to get a question submitted to one.
_hoc loco exsistit quaestio, quaeritur_—at this point the question
arises.
_nunc id quaeritur, agitur_—the question now is...
_res, de qua nunc quaerimus, quaeritur_—the question at issue.
_magna quaestio est_ (followed by an indirect question)—it is a
difficult point, disputed question.
_quaerendum esse mihi visum est_—the question has forced itself on my
mind.
_quaestionem solvere_—to decide, determine a question.
_quaestio ad exitum venit_—the question has been settled.
_ad interrogata respondere_[1]—to answer questions.
_bene interrogare_—to cross-examine cleverly, put leading questions.
_percontanti non deesse_ (De Or. 1. 21. 97)—to answer every question.
_responsum ab aliquo ferre, auferre_—to extract an answer from some one.
_respondere in hanc sententiam_[2]—to answer to this effect.
[1] Note to answer (a thing) _respondere ad aliquid_ or _alicui rei_;
to answer (a person) always _alicui_. So _dicere alicui_ to speak to a
person, but _scribere ad aliquem_.
[2] _responsum dare_ only of answers given by oracles or lawyers.