"ζήτημα" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ζήτημα in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /zdɛ̌ː.tɛː.ma/, /ˈzi.ti.ma/, /ˈzi.ti.ma/, /zdɛ̌ː.tɛː.ma/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈze̝.te̝.ma/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈzi.ti.ma/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈzi.ti.ma/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈzi.ti.ma/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: ζητέω (zētéō) + -μα (-ma). Etymology templates: {{af|grc|ζητέω|-μα}} ζητέω (zētéō) + -μα (-ma) Head templates: {{grc-noun|ζήτημᾰ|ζητήμᾰτος|n|third}} ζήτημᾰ • (zḗtēmă) n (genitive ζητήμᾰτος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ζήτημα|ζητηματος}} Forms: ζήτημᾰ [canonical], zḗtēmă [romanization], ζητήμᾰτος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], τὸ ζήτημᾰ [nominative, singular], ζητήμᾰτε [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ ζητήμᾰτᾰ [nominative, plural], τοῦ ζητήμᾰτος [genitive, singular], ζητημᾰ́τοιν [dual, genitive], ζητημᾰ́των [genitive, plural], τῷ ζητήμᾰτῐ [dative, singular], ζητημᾰ́τοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς ζητήμᾰσῐ [dative, plural], ζητήμᾰσῐν [dative, plural], toîs zētḗmăsĭ [dative, plural], toîs zētḗmăsĭn [dative, plural], τὸ ζήτημᾰ [accusative, singular], ζητήμᾰτε [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ ζητήμᾰτᾰ [accusative, plural], ζήτημᾰ [singular, vocative], ζητήμᾰτε [dual, vocative], ζητήμᾰτᾰ [plural, vocative]
  1. an inquiry, question
    Sense id: en-ζήτημα-grc-noun-mMq8aFVR Categories (other): Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 29 34 27
  2. (in the plural) claims, subjects of dispute Tags: in-plural
    Sense id: en-ζήτημα-grc-noun-60or8FYR Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -μα, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension: 35 65 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -μα: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 10 29 34 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 29 34 27

Inflected forms

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      "ipa": "/ˈzi.ti.ma/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈzi.ti.ma/"
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      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
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