ζήτημα
τὸν καπνὸν φεύγων εἰς τὸ πῦρ ἐνέπεσεν → out of the frying pan into the fire, from the frying pan into the fire
English (LSJ)
ατος, τό,
A that which is sought, Hp.VM3; οὐ ῥάδιον ζ. a thing not easy to find, of Pentheus' mutilated limbs, E.Ba.1139; δυσνοούμενον ζ., of God, Secund.Sent.3. II inquiry, question, S.OT278, Act.Ap.15.2,al.; esp. of a philosophic nature, τὸ περὶ νόμους ζ. Pl.Lg.631a; τὰ περὶ φύσεως ζ. ib.891c; ποιητικῶν ζ. λύσεις Metrod.Herc.831.13; also τοῦτ' . . οὗ τυγχάνει ζ. Pl.Cra.421a; ἐκεῖνό γ' ἦν τὸ ζ. πρῶτον, πότερον . . Id.Sph.221c; search, σῶμα μυρίοις ζητήμασιν εὑρών E.Ba.1218; μητρός after her, Id.Ion1352. 2 official or judicial inquiry, POxy.97.14 (ii A.D.). III in pl., claims, PRyl.117.14 (iii A.D.); subjects of dispute, SIG785.8 (i A.D.), Act.Ap.25.19.
