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ζητ-έω , Dor. part. ζάτεισα Theoc.1.85: impf. ἐζήτουν, Ep. 3sg.
A.ζήτειIl.14.258 (nowh. else in Hom.): aor. 1 “ἐζήτησαIsoc.16.14: pf. “ἐζήτηκαDin.2.19:—Med., aor. 1 ἐζητησάμην ἀν-) Longus Prooem.2:—Pass., fut. “ζητηθήσομαιS.E.P.1.60, M.8.16; but ζητήσομαι in pass. sense, ib.1.28, Gal.1.649:—seek, seek for, ἐμὲ δ᾽ ἔξοχα πάντων ζήτει Il.l.c.; “ζ. πημάτων ἀπαλλαγάςA.Pr.318, cf. 264; “εὑρήσεις ζητῶνAr.Pl.105; μὴ ζητῶν without seeking, X.Ages. 8.1; τὸ ζητούμενον ἁλωτόν what is sought for may be found, S.OT 110.
4. search or inquire into, investigate, examine, of philosophical investigation, “ζ. τὰ θεῖαX.Mem.1.1.15; “ζ. καὶ ἐρευνῶ κατὰ τὸν θεόνPl.Ap.23b; “ζητουμένης ἀρετῆς τι ἐστίνId.Men.79d; τὸ ζητούμενον the matter of inquiry, the question, Id.Tht.201a, Arist. Top.110a7, Str.2.1.18, A.D.Adv.188.13; also of judicial inquiry, “ζ. περὶ ἀδικημάτωνDin.1.8; ζήτησιν τὴν ὑπέρ τινος ζ. ib.10; ἔνοχος εἶναι τοῖς ζητουμένοις ib.55: generally, “ζ. πότερον . . Pl.Phlb.27c; “ζ. πρὸς ἐμαυτόνLuc.Lex.17.
5. require, demand, “τῶν πράξεων παρὰ τοῦ στρατηγοῦ τὸν λόγον ζητοῦντεςD.4.33: metaph., περικράνιος ὑμὴν . . τὴν ἐπιδιαίρεσιν ζ. requires the opening up of the wound, Heliod. ap. Orib.46.7.3.
II. seek after, desire, “ἀμήχαναE.Alc.203; “ἐμοὶ ζητῶν ὄλεθρονS.OT659; of natural tendencies, “ θερμὸς ὕφαμμον χώραν ζητεῖThphr.HP8.11.8:—Pass., “ζητούμενοςsought after, in great demand, PMag.Par.1.3086,3114.
2. c. inf., seek to do, ἐκμαθεῖν τι ζ. Hdt.3.137, A.Pr.776; “μεταλαβεῖνAr.Pl.370. cf. Pl.Prt. 322b, Men.90e, SIG372.7 (Samothrace, iii B.C.): c. fut. inf., “ζητεῖς ἀναπείσεινAr.Pl.573 codd. (sed leg. -πείθειν): c. acc. et inf., seek or desire that, Pl.R.443b, Chrm.172c.
III. have to seek, feel the want of, “ἵνα μὴ ζητέοιεν σιτίαHdt.1.94; “ΝέρωναPlu.Galb.8:—Pass., “ζητούμενος οἷς ἀπέλειπεςEpigr.Gr.215.3 (Rhenea).
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