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ζήτησις

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ζήτησις ζήτησεως

Structure: ζητησι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: zhte/w

Sense

  1. a seeking, seeking for, search for
  2. a searching, search, to search
  3. inquiry, investigation

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ζήτησις ζητήσει ζητήσεις
Genitive ζητήσεως ζητήσοιν ζητήσεων
Dative ζητήσει ζητήσοιν ζητήσεσιν*
Accusative ζήτησιν ζητήσει ζητήσεις
Vocative ζήτησι ζητήσει ζητήσεις

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἀκριβῶσ γὰρ ἴστε, ὦ Ἀθηναῖοι, ἀκριβῶσ, ὅτι ὑμεῖσ μὲν παρὰ πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποισ ἐπαινεῖσθε ταῖσ γεγενημέναισ ζητήσεσιν ὑπὲρ τούτων τῶν χρημάτων, οἱ δ’ ἐξεληλεγμένοι κατὰ τῆσ ἑαυτῶν πατρίδοσ δῶρα εἰληφότεσ πονηροὶ καὶ ἄδικοι καὶ μισόδημοι νομίζονται εἶναι, φιλεῖν ὑμᾶσ φάσκοντεσ καὶ πράττειν ὑπὲρ τῶν τῆσ πόλεωσ ἀγαθῶν, καὶ δι’ ὑμᾶσ ἔνδοξοι γεγενημένοι. (Dinarchus, Speeches, 26:1)
  • ἔτι τοίνυν οἱ παῖδεσ ἀμισεῖσ γίγνοιντ’ ἂν τοῖσ συνοῦσι μὴ παντελῶσ ἐν ταῖσ ζητήσεσιν ἀπαραχώρητοι γιγνόμενοι· (Plutarch, De liberis educandis, section 14 2:2)
  • τὸ δ’ ἔσχατον πάντων ὅτι, ἐάν τισ ἡμῖν καὶ σχολὴ γένηται ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ καὶ τραπώμεθα πρὸσ τὸ σκοπεῖν τι, ἐν ταῖσ ζητήσεσιν αὖ πανταχοῦ παραπῖπτον θόρυβον παρέχει καὶ ταραχὴν καὶ ἐκπλήττει, ὥστε μὴ δύνασθαι ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ καθορᾶν τἀληθέσ. (Plato, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, 126:2)
  • ἔν τε ταῖσ ζητήσεσιν ὑπ’ οὐδενὸσ κατεφρονεῖτο διὰ τὸ <καὶ δι>εξοδικῶσ λέγειν καὶ πρὸσ ἐρώτησιν· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Q, Kef. ia'. PURRWN 4:2)

Synonyms

  1. a seeking

  2. a searching

  3. inquiry

Related

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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