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|Definition=-εως, ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[seeking]], [[search for]], κατ' Εὐρώπης ζήτησιν ἐκπλῶσαι Hdt.2.44; <b class="b3">κατὰ βίου τε καὶ γῆς ζ.</b> Id.1.94, cf. 2.54; <b class="b3">ἀνδρὸς κατὰ ζήτησιν</b> 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.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[searching]], [[examining]], <b class="b3">ζήτησιν ἐποιέετο τῶν νεῶν</b> [[search]]ed the [[ship]]s, Hdt.6.118, cf. Lys.12.30, Aeschin.1.43.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[inquiry]], [[investigation]], especially of a [[philosophic]] [[nature]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Cratylus|Cra.]]''406a, ''Ap.''29c, al.; περὶ τῆς τοῦ παντὸς φύσεως Id.''Ti.''47a; <b class="b3">ζ. τοῦ μέλλοντος διὰ ὀρνίθων ποιεῖσθαι</b> [[inquire into]] the [[future]] by [[augury]], Id.''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''244c: in plural, Id.''Phd.''66d, Phld.''Rh.''1.276S., 2.185S.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[judicial inquiry]], Din.1.10, ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''237 vi7 (ii A.D.), etc.: pl., [[suit]]s, [[controversy|controversies]], ''OGI''629.9 (Palmyra, ii A.D.).