ζητέω
Appearance
Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain. Could be from unattested *ζᾱτός (*zātós), from the same root of δίζημαι (dízēmai, “to seek”), Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂- (“to go, seek”),[1] whence ζῆλος (zêlos, “zeal”) and ζημία (zēmía, “damage, loss”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /zdɛː.té.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ze̝ˈte.o/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ziˈte.o/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ziˈte.o/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ziˈte.o/
Verb
[edit]ζητέω • (zētéō)
- to seek, search after, look for
- 2022 May 18, Seumas Macdonald, chapter 5, in Linguae Graecae Per Se Illustrata[1]:
- ἡ μὲν οὖν Εἰρήνη βάλλει ὑπὲρ τὸν Δημήτριον τὴν σφαῖραν. ὁ δὲ παῖς ἀπέρχεται καὶ ζητεῖ αὐτήν
- hē mèn oûn Eirḗnē bállei hupèr tòn Dēmḗtrion tḕn sphaîran. ho dè paîs apérkhetai kaì zēteî autḗn
- But then Irene threw the ball over Demetrius. So the boy went away seeking the ball.
- 2022 May 18, Seumas Macdonald, chapter 5, in Linguae Graecae Per Se Illustrata[2]:
- οὗτος δὲ εἰς τοὺς ἀγροὺς αὐτοῦ σήμερον πορεύεται. τὶ ἐνθάδε ζητεῖς;
- hoûtos dè eis toùs agroùs autoû sḗmeron poreúetai. tì entháde zēteîs;
- But he is being carried towards his fields today. What are you looking for here?
- to inquire into, examine, consider
- to strive for, desire, wish
- 55 CE – 135 CE, Epictetus, Enchiridion 8:
- Μὴ ζήτει τὰ γινόμενα γίνεσθαι ὡς θέλεις, ἀλλὰ θέλε τὰ γινόμενα ὡς γίνεται καὶ εὐροήσεις.
- Mḕ zḗtei tà ginómena gínesthai hōs théleis, allà théle tà ginómena hōs gínetai kaì euroḗseis.
- Don’t hope that events will turn out the way you want, welcome events in whichever way they happen: this is the path to peace.
- Μὴ ζήτει τὰ γινόμενα γίνεσθαι ὡς θέλεις, ἀλλὰ θέλε τὰ γινόμενα ὡς γίνεται καὶ εὐροήσεις.
Inflection
[edit] Present: ζητέω, ζητέομαι (Uncontracted)
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐζήτεον | ἐζήτεες | ἐζήτεε(ν) | ἐζητέετον | ἐζητεέτην | ἐζητέομεν | ἐζητέετε | ἐζήτεον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐζητεόμην | ἐζητέου | ἐζητέετο | ἐζητέεσθον | ἐζητεέσθην | ἐζητεόμεθᾰ | ἐζητέεσθε | ἐζητέοντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐζήτουν | ἐζήτεις | ἐζήτει | ἐζητεῖτον | ἐζητείτην | ἐζητοῦμεν | ἐζητεῖτε | ἐζήτουν | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐζητούμην | ἐζητοῦ | ἐζητεῖτο | ἐζητεῖσθον | ἐζητείσθην | ἐζητούμεθᾰ | ἐζητεῖσθε | ἐζητοῦντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Derived terms
[edit]- ἀζητητος (azētētos)
- ἀναζητέω (anazētéō)
- ἀναζήτησις (anazḗtēsis)
- ἀντιζητέω (antizētéō)
- διαζητέω (diazētéō)
- δυσζήτητος (duszḗtētos)
- ἐζητημένος (ezētēménos)
- ἐκζητέω (ekzētéō)
- ἐκζήτησις (ekzḗtēsis)
- ἐπιζητέω (epizētéō)
- ἐπιζήτησις (epizḗtēsis)
- ἐπιζητητέος (epizētētéos)
- ζηταρετησιάδης (zētaretēsiádēs)
- ζητεύω (zēteúō)
- ζήτημα (zḗtēma)
- ζητήσιμος (zētḗsimos)
- ζητησιμος (zētēsimos)
- ζήτησις (zḗtēsis)
- ζητητέος (zētētéos)
- ζητητής (zētētḗs)
- ζητητικός (zētētikós)
- ζητητός (zētētós)
- παραζητέω (parazētéō)
- προσαναζητέω (prosanazētéō)
- προσεπιζητέω (prosepizētéō)
- συζητέω (suzētéō)
- συζήτησις (suzḗtēsis)
References
[edit]- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ζητέω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 500-1
Further reading
[edit]- “ζητέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ζητέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ζητέω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ζητέω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- ζητέω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- G2212 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[3], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- aspire idem, page 45.
- court idem, page 179.
- demand idem, page 209.
- desire idem, page 215.
- examine idem, page 287.
- hunt idem, page 410.
- inquire idem, page 443.
- investigate idem, page 457.
- look idem, page 498.
- make idem, page 508.
- probe idem, page 643.
- quest idem, page 665.
- scrutinise idem, page 743.
- search idem, page 746.
- seek idem, page 749.
- strive idem, page 827.
- wish idem, page 983.
- “ζητέω”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011