ζήτημα

A. that which is sought, Hp. VM 3; οὐ ῥάδιον 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 τοῦτ’ . . οὗ τυγχάνει ζ. Pl. Cra. 421a; ἐκεῖνό γ’ 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.