ζήτησις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εως, ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[seeking]], [[search for]], κατ' Εὐρώπης ζήτησιν ἐκπλῶσαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.44</span>; <b class="b3">κατὰ βίου τε καὶ γῆς ζ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.1.94</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.54</span>; <b class="b3">ἀνδρὸς κατὰ ζήτησιν</b> in [[quest]] of him, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>55</span>; ἡ ζ. τῶν δρασάντων <span class="bibl">Th.8.66</span>; ζ. ἐπιστήμης <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>196d</span>, etc.; τῆς τροφῆς <span class="bibl">Th.8.57</span>; τῆς ἀληθείας <span class="bibl">Id.1.20</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[searching]], [[examining]], <b class="b3">ζήτησιν ἐποιέετο τῶν νεῶν</b> [[searched]] the ships, <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.118</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Lys.12.30</span>, <span class="bibl">Aeschin.1.43</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[inquiry]], [[investigation]], esp. of a philosophic nature, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span>406a</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ap.</span>29c</span>, al.; περὶ τῆς τοῦ παντὸς φύσεως <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ti.</span>47a</span>; <b class="b3">ζ. τοῦ μέλλοντος διὰ ὀρνίθων ποιεῖσθαι</b> <b class="b2">inquire into</b> the future by augury, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>244c</span>: in pl., <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phd.</span>66d</span>, Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1.276S., 2.185S. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">judicial inquiry</b>, <span class="bibl">Din.1.10</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>237 vi7</span> (ii A.D.), etc.: pl., [[suits]], [[controversies]], <span class="title">OGI</span>629.9 (Palmyra, ii A.D.).</span>