ζήτησις
οὐκ ἐν τῷ πολλῷ τὸ εὖ, ἀλλ' ἐν τῷ εὖ τὸ πολύ → good is not found in plenty but plenty in good, quality matters more than quantity
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.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 1139] ἡ, das Suchen, sowohl im eigtl. Sinne, ἀνδρός Soph. O. R. 55, τροφῆς Thuc. 8, 57, als gew. von geistigen Dingen, Untersuchung, Erwägung, ἐπιστήμης, ἡδονῆς, Plat. Theaet. 196 d Legg. II, 657 b; ζήτησιν ποιεῖσθαι, = ζητέω, Charm. 165 e u. öfter; Haussuchung veranstalten, Lys. 12, 30; von richterlichen Untersuchungen, Aesch. 1, 43.
