ἐρώτησις

erotesis

questioning, interrogation

Appears 33 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Theaetetus 6
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147c5
148e3
154d1
167d6
167d6
166a7
Laws 5
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Book II 2
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673c1
673b8
Book X 2
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895d5
893b5
Book XII 1
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963d10
Meno 4
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79c4
79c8
79e1
86a7
Sophist 4
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217c4
251d3
225b8
240a2
Hippias Minor 3
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363d4
372b1
373b2
Protagoras 3
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312d8
336c5
338e5
Alcibiades I 2
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113a7
114a4
Philebus 2
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29e8
42e4
Symposium 2
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204d8
204d10
Letters 1
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344b6
Phaedo 1
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75d2

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐρώτησις, εως, ἡ, A. questioning, interrogation, Hp. Steril. 213, Pl. Prt. 312d, al., X. Cyr. 8.4.13, al. ; ἐ. ποιήσασθαι Isoc. 8.58 ; τινος about a thing, Pl. Tht. 147c ; ἐρωτήσεως [ἐπιρρήματα] interrogative adverbs, D.T. 642.12. II. ἐ. ἀντιφάσεως (ʼIs A B or is it not B ?ʼ) Arist. APr. 24a25, b10 ; v. ἐρώτημα II. III. proposition, matter submitted, δηλοῖ τὴν ἐ. φόβον ἔχειν Cat.Cod.Astr. 1.103.

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