ἐπερωτάω: Difference between revisions

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