ἐπιζητέω
epizeteo
seek after, wish for, miss
Appears 34 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
Click a work to list every occurrence by Bekker number — each links into the reader.
Dictionary (LSJ)
ἐπιζητέω, A. seek after, wish for, miss, τινά 3.36, Sull. 19; οὐδὲν ἄλλο χρῆμα οὕτω ἐν βραχέϊ ἐπεζήτησα ὡς . . 5.24; μηδὲν ἐπιζητείτω let her lack nothing, PTeb. 416.20 (iii A.D.); ἐ. τὸν ἄν θρωπονmake further search for . . , 18.133; τῆς αἰτίας αἰτίαν ἐπι ζητούσηςrequiring, 1.5.3, cf. 1.18: abs., οἱ ἐπιζητοῦντες the beaters (for game), Cyr. 2.4.25:—Pass., τὰ ἐπιζητούμενα περὶ τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν EN 1098b22, cf. 1172b35, 23; οἱ -ούμενοι criminals ‘wanted’, 80.15 (iii A.D.). b. request, πρός τινας ὁμολογίαν Anatolian Studies 38, cf. PMasp. 156.16 (vi A.D.). 2. seek for besides, μηδʼ ἕτερʼ ἐπιζήτει καλά 44.5; inquire further, περὶ . . 1.2, cf. 16.490. 3. Pass., ἐπιζητεῖται is matter of question, ἐ. πότερον . . EN 1169b13, cf. D. 1.22, Rh. 1.194S., al. 4. demand, require, 7.6 (iii B.C.):—Pass., POxy. 1194.2 (iii A.D.).
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
Index Aristotelicus. Hermann Bonitz's sense-by-sense analysis of
ἐπιζητέω — with the passages
he singles out as decisive for each meaning — will appear here. That curated,
interpretive selection is the layer LSJ and a raw concordance don't provide.
Digitisation in progress; this entry is not yet available.
‹ All lexicon entries