ἐπερωτάω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. [[ἐπειρωτάω]], <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[consult]], [[inquire of]], c. acc. pers., τὸ χρηστήριον, τὸν θεόν, εἰ . . <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.53</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.118</span>, etc.; τινὰ περί τινος <span class="bibl">Hdt. 1.32</span>, cf. Orac. ap. <span class="bibl">D.43.66</span>; later, ἐν τῷ θεῷ <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Jd.</span>18.5</span>:—Pass., to [[be questioned]], [[be asked]] a [[question]], <span class="bibl">Th.5.45</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>250a</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> c. acc. rei, [[ask]] a [[question]], [[ταῦτα]], [[τάδε]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.30</span>,<span class="bibl">55</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Antipho 1.10</span>; also, [[ask about]] a thing, [τὰς ναῦς] καὶ τὸν πεζόν <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.100</span>; <b class="b3">σμικρόν τι τῶν ῥηθέντων</b> [[call]] it [[in question]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>329a</span>; <b class="b3">ἐ. θυσίαις καὶ οἰωνοῖς ὅ τι χρὴ ποιεῖν</b> [[inquire]] what... <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>5.19</span>; <b class="b3">ἐ. ἐς .</b>. [[inquire]] about, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">2 Ki.</span>11.7</span>:—Pass., [[τὸ ἐπερωτηθέν]] = [[the question asked]], [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>146e</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> c. acc. pers. et rei, ἐ. τοὺς προφήτας τὸ αἴτιον <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.93</span> codd.; ἐπηρώτα ὑμᾶς τὸ ἐκ τοῦ νόμου [[κήρυγμα]] <span class="bibl">Aeschin.1.79</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> abs., [[put a question]], especially of a chairman putting a question to the vote, <span class="bibl">D.22.9</span>, <span class="title">SIG</span>898.17 (Chalcis, iii A.D.), al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> in Roman Law, [[put a formal question]] in [[stipulatio]], most freq. in Pass., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>905.19</span> (ii A.D.), etc.: also in Act., ib.<span class="bibl">1273.41</span> (iii A.D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> hence later, [[guarantee]], PIand.48.9 (vi A.D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span> [[ask a further question]], <span class="title">SIG</span>953.49 (Calymna, ii B.C.), al.</span>