ἐπερωτάω

A. consult, inquire of, c. acc. pers., τὸ χρηστήριον, τὸν θεόν, εἰ . . Hdt. 1.53, Th. 1.118, etc.; τινὰ περί τινος Hdt. 1.32, cf. Orac. ap. D. 43.66; later, ἐν τῷ θεῷ LXX Jd. 18.5:—Pass., to be questioned, asked a question, Th. 5.45, Pl. Sph. 250a.

2. c. acc. rei, ask a question, ταῦτα, τάδε, Hdt. 1.30,55, cf. Antipho 1.10; also, ask about a thing, [τὰς ναῦς] καὶ τὸν πεζόν Hdt. 7.100; σμικρόν τι τῶν ῥηθέντων call it in question, Pl. Prt. 329a; ἐ. θυσίαις καὶ οἰωνοῖς ὅ τι χρὴ ποιεῖν inquire what . ., X. Oec. 5.19; ἐ. ἐς . . inquire about, LXX 2 Ki. 11.7:—Pass., τὸ ἐπερωτηθέν the question asked, v.l. in Pl. Tht. 146e.

3. c. acc. pers. et rei, ἐ. τοὺς προφήτας τὸ αἴτιον Hdt. 9.93 codd.; ἐπηρώτα ὑμᾶς τὸ ἐκ τοῦ νόμου κήρυγμα Aeschin. 1.79.

4. abs., put a question, esp. of a chairman putting a question to the vote, D. 22.9, SIG 898.17 (Chalcis, iii A.D.), al.

5. in Roman Law, put a formal question in stipulatio, most freq. in Pass., POxy. 905.19 (ii A.D.), etc.: also in Act., ib.1273.41 (iii A.D.).

b. hence later, guarantee, PIand. 48.9 (vi A.D.).

6. ask a further question, SIG 953.49 (Calymna, ii B.C.), al.