ζήτ-ησις, εως, ἡ,
seeking, search for, κατ᾽ Εὐρώπης ζήτησιν ἐκπλῶσαι [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.44 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ βίου τε καὶ γῆς ζ. [[ [prev. author] 1.94, compare 2.54 ] Refs]; ἀνδρὸς κατὰ ζήτησιν in quest of him, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 55; ἡ ζ. τῶν δρασάντων 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.66; ζ. ἐπιστήμης 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 196d, etc.; τῆς τροφῆς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.57; τῆς ἀληθείας [prev. author] 1.20. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 searching, examining, ζήτησιν ἐποιέετο τῶν νεῶν searched the ships, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.118, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.30, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.43. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 inquiry, investigation, especially of a philosophic nature, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 406a, “Ap.” 29c, +others; περὶ τῆς τοῦ παντὸς φύσεως [prev. author] “Ti.” 47a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ζ. τοῦ μέλλοντος διὰ ὀρνίθων ποιεῖσθαι inquire into the future by augury, [[ [prev. author] “Phdr.” 244c: in _plural_, [prev. author] “Phd.” 66d, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.276S., 2.185S. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__4 judicial inquiry, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 1.10, “POxy.” 237 vi7 (2nd c.AD)] Refs 4th c.BC+], etc.: plural, suits, controversies, [[ “OGI” 629.9 (Palmyra, 2nd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]