zhta
ΖζΖζ, ζῆτα (q.v.), τό, indecl., seventh (later sixth) letter of Gr. alphabet (cf. IG14.2420): as numeral ζ´ = ἑπτά and ἕβδομος (σ´, i.e. ϝϝαῦ, the digamma, being retained to represent ἕξ, ἕκτος), but ζ᾽ = 7,000. Zeta, being a double consonant (pronounced either as zd or as dz acc. to dialect and date), made a short vowel at the end of the foregoing syllable long by position; exc. before pr. names, which could not otherwise come into the hexam., ἄστῠ Ζελείης Il.4.103, 121; ὑλήεσσᾰ Ζάκυνθος h.Ap.429, etc.: afterwds. pronounced as Engl. z, cf. ζμῆνος PCair.Zen.151.4 (iii B.C.), ζμύρνης ib.9 (iii B.C.), ἀμφιζβήτησιν Mitteis Chr.31 viii 6 (ii B.C.), cf. Ael.Dion.Fr.187; sts. σζ was written, ἐνδέσζμους IG22.1672.308 (iv B.C.), θυσιάσζειν IG 3.73.

zhta
ζῆταζῆτα, τό, indecl., the letter ζ, Pl.Cra.419b, etc.; of the sixth book of the Iliad, POxy.930.15 (ii/iii A.D.), Epigr.Gr.1095. (Semitic zayin, influenced by the names of the following letters, Gr.ἦτα, θῆτα.)

zhtarethsiadhs
ζηταρετησιάδηςζητᾰρετησιάδης, ου, ὁ, virtue-seeker, Epigr. ap. Hegesand.2.

zhthma
ζήτημαζήτ-ημα, ατος, τό, that which is sought, Hp.VM3; οὐ ῥάδιον ζ. a thing not easy to find, of Pentheus' mutilated limbs, E.Ba.1139; δυσνοούμενον ζ., of God, Secund.Sent.3. inquiry, question, S.OT278, 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.Ion1352. official or judicial inquiry, POxy.97.14 (ii A.D.). in pl., claims, PRyl.117.14 (iii A.D.); subjects of dispute, SIG785.8 (i A.D.), Act.Ap.25.19.

zhthmatikos
ζητηματικόςζητ-ηματικός, ή, όν, = ζητητικός 2, Sch.Pl.p.212H.

zhthmation
ζητημάτιονζητ-ημάτιον, τό, Dim. of foreg. 11, Arr.Epict. 2.16.20, Lib.Decl.46Pr.2.

zhthr
ΖητήρΖητήρ, epith. of Zeus in Cyprus, Hsch.

zhthsimos
ζητησιμοςζητ-ησιμος, ον, to be searched, τὰ ζ. places to be beaten for game, X. Cyn.6.6.

zhthsis
ζήτησιςζήτ-ησις, εως, ἡ, seeking, search for, κατ᾽ Εὐρώπης ζήτησιν ἐκπλῶσαι Hdt.2.44; κατὰ βίου τε καὶ γῆς ζ. Id.1.94, cf. 2.54; ἀνδρὸς κατὰ ζήτησιν in quest of him, S.Tr.55; ἡ ζ. τῶν δρασάντων Th.8.66; ζ. ἐπιστήμης Pl.Tht.196d, etc.; τῆς τροφῆς Th.8.57; τῆς ἀληθείας Id.1.20. searching, examining, ζήτησιν ἐποιέετο τῶν νεῶν searched the ships, Hdt.6.118, cf. Lys.12.30, Aeschin.1.43. inquiry, investigation, esp. of a philosophic nature, Pl.Cra.406a, Ap.29c, al.; περὶ τῆς τοῦ παντὸς φύσεως Id.Ti.47a; ζ. τοῦ μέλλοντος διὰ ὀρνίθων ποιεῖσθαι inquire into the future by augury, Id.Phdr.244c: in pl., Id.Phd.66d, Phld.Rh.1.276S., 2.185S. judicial inquiry, Din.1.10, POxy.237 vi7 (ii A.D.), etc.: pl., suits, controversies, OGI629.9 (Palmyra, ii A.D.).

zhthteos
ζητητέοςζητ-ητέος, α, ον, to be sought, S.Aj.470, Ar.Th. 604, etc. ζητητέον, one must seek, Id.Nu.761, Sannyr.8; ἤ τινα ἑτέραν [δύναμιν] . . ἡμῖν ζ. Pl.Phlb.58d.

zhththrion
ζητητήριονζητ-ητήριον, τό, = βασανιστήριον, Anon. ap. Suid.

zhthths
ζητητήςζητ-ητής, οῦ, ὁ, seeker, inquirer, τινος Pl.R. 618c; φαῦλος ζ. Id.Chrm.175e. ζητηταί, οἱ, at Athens, commissioners to inquire into extraordinary offences to to recover moneys owing to the State, And.1.14 (sg.), Lys.21.16, D.24.11, Pl.Com.125 (sg.).

zhthtikos
ζητητικόςζητ-ητικός, ή, όν, disposed to search or inquire, Pl.Men.81e, Ptol.Tetr.6; τινος into a thing, Pl.Ax.366b; περί τι Id.R.528c. οἱ ζ. διάλογοι Plato's dialogues of search or investigation, opp. οἱ ὑφηγητικοί, Thrasyll. ap. D.L.3.49; τὸ ζ. ἔχουσι πάντες οἱ τοῦ Σωκράτους λόγοι are devoted to search or inquiry, Arist.Pol.1265a12. Adv. -κῶς Procl.in Prm.p.515S. οἱ ζητητικοί, a name given to the Sceptics, D.L.9.69; ἡ ζητητική their philosophy, ib.70; ἡ ζ. ἀγωγή S.E. P.1.7.

zhthtos
ζητητόςζητ-ητός, ή, όν, sought for, τινι S.OC389.

zhtreion
ζήτρειονζήτρ-ειον or ζητρ-εῖον, τό, a place of punishment for slaves at Chios, Eup.19D., Theopomp.Com.63, cf. EM411.33, Eust.837.44:

zhtreion
ζήτριονζήτρ-ιον, prob. in Herod.5.32, cf. Choerob. ap. EM l.c.: metaph. in dat. pl. -ίοις, 'treadmills', dub. in Phld.Oec.p.44J.
the forms ζώστειον, Ar.Fr.93; ζώντειον or ζητρ-εῖον, Poll.3.78, Zonar.; ζώτειον, EM414.40 are incorrect.

zhtros
ζητρόςζητρ-ός, ὁ, executioner, Hsch.

zhtwr
ζήτωρζήτωρ, ορος, ὁ, = ζητητής, Hsch., Phot.