Rhet. Obs. [mod.L., a. Gr. ἐρώτημα, f. ἐρωτάειν to question.] = next.
1589. Puttenham, Eng. Poesie, III. xix. (Arb.), 220. Erotema . This figure I call the Questioner.
16781706. in Phillips.
17211800. in Bailey.