ζήτημα

ζήτ-ημα, ατος, τό,

• that which is sought, Hp. VM 3; οὐ ῥᾴδιον ζ. a thing not easy to find, of Pentheus’ mutilated limbs, E. Ba. 1139; δυσνοούμενον ζ., of God, Secund. Sent. 3.
• • II inquiry, question, S. OT 278, Act.Ap. 15.2, al.; esp. of a philosophic nature, τὸ περὶ νόμους ζ. Pl. Lg. 631a; τὰ περὶ φύσεως ζ. ib. 891c; ποιητικῶν ζ. λύσεις Metrod. Herc. 831.13; also τοῦτʼ . . οὗ τυγχάνει ζ. Pl. Cra. 421a; ἐκεῖνό γʼ ἦν τὸ ζ. πρῶτον, πότερον . . Id. Sph. 221c; search, σῶμα μυρίοις ζητήμασιν εὑρών E. Ba. 1218; μητρός after her, Id. Ion 1352.
  • • 2 official or judicial inquiry, POxy. 97.14 (ii A.D.).
  • III in pl., claims, PRyl. 117.14 (iii A.D.); subjects of dispute, SIG 785.8 (i A.D.), Act.Ap. 25.19.