Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ζητητέος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ζητητέος ζητητέᾱ ζητητέον

Structure: ζητητε (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: zhte/w의 분사형,

Sense

  1. to be sought
  2. must seek

Examples

  • οὗτοι δὲ οὐδὲν Ἀττικῆσ πενίασ δέονται, ἀλλ’ ἔνθα πολὺσ χρυσὸσ ἢ ἄργυροσ ὀρύττεται, ἐκεῖ που ζητητέοι εἰσὶν ἡμῖν. (Lucian, Fugitivi, (no name) 24:6)
  • ζητητέοι γε μὴν οὐδὲν ἂν εἰήσαν οὔθ’ ἧττον οὔτε μᾶλλον, εἴθ’ οὕτωσ εἴτ’ ἐκείνωσ πεφύκασιν. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 111:1)

Synonyms

  1. to be sought

  2. must seek

Related

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

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