ζήτ-ημα, ατος, τό,
that which is sought, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ ῥάδιον ζ. a thing not easy to find, of Pentheus' mutilated limbs, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1139 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δυσνοούμενον ζ., of God, [[ 2nd c.AD: Secundus Gnomologus “Sententiae - FPG” 3. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II inquiry, question, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 278, NT.Act.15.2, +others] NT+5th c.BC+]; especially of a philosophic nature, τὸ περὶ νόμους ζ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 631a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ περὶ φύσεως ζ[[. [prev. work] 891c; ποιητικῶν ζ. λύσεις 4th c.AD: Metrodorus Epigrammaticus “Herc.” 831.13 ] Refs 4th c.AD+]; also τοῦτ᾽.. οὗ τυγχάνει ζ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 421a; ἐκεῖνό γ᾽ ἦν τὸ ζ. πρῶτον, πότερον.. [prev. author] “Sph.” 221c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; search, σῶμα μυρίοις ζητήμασιν εὑρών [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1218 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μητρός after her, [[ [prev. author] “Ion” 1352. ] Refs]
__II.2 official or judicial inquiry, [[ POxy. 97.14 (2nd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__III in plural, claims, [[ PRyl. 117.14 (3rd c.AD)] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; subjects of dispute, [[ “SIG” 785.8 (1st c.AD), NT.Act.25.19. ] NT+1st c.AD+]