ζήτησις

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ,

   A seeking, search for, κατ' Εὐρώπης ζήτησιν ἐκπλῶσαι Hdt.2.44; κατὰ βίου τε καὶ γῆς ζ. Id.1.94, cf. 2.54; ἀνδρὸς κατὰ ζήτησιν in quest of him, S.Tr.55; ἡ ζ. τῶν δρασάντων Th.8.66; ζ. ἐπιστήμης Pl.Tht.196d, etc.; τῆς τροφῆς Th.8.57; τῆς ἀληθείας Id.1.20.    2 searching, examining, ζήτησιν ἐποιέετο τῶν νεῶν searched the ships, Hdt.6.118, cf. Lys.12.30, Aeschin.1.43.    3 inquiry, investigation, esp. of a philosophic nature, Pl.Cra.406a, Ap.29c, al.; περὶ τῆς τοῦ παντὸς φύσεως Id.Ti.47a; ζ. τοῦ μέλλοντος διὰ ὀρνίθων ποιεῖσθαι inquire into the future by augury, Id.Phdr.244c: in pl., Id.Phd.66d, Phld.Rh.1.276S., 2.185S.    4 judicial inquiry, Din.1.10, POxy.237 vi7 (ii A.D.), etc.: pl., suits, controversies, OGI629.9 (Palmyra, ii A.D.).