ζήτημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ζητέω (zētéō) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zdɛ̌ː.tɛː.ma/ → /ˈzi.ti.ma/ → /ˈzi.ti.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zdɛ̌ː.tɛː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈze̝.te̝.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈzi.ti.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈzi.ti.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈzi.ti.ma/

Noun

ζήτημᾰ • (zḗtēma) n (genitive ζητήμᾰτος); third declension

1. an inquiry, question
2. (in the plural) claims, subjects of dispute

Declension

Third declension of τὸ ζήτημᾰ; τοῦ ζητήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ζήτημᾰ tò zḗtēma	τὼ ζητήμᾰτε tṑ zētḗmate	τᾰ̀ ζητήμᾰτᾰ tà zētḗmata
Genitive	τοῦ ζητήμᾰτος toû zētḗmatos	τοῖν ζητημᾰ́τοιν toîn zētēmátoin	τῶν ζητημᾰ́των tôn zētēmátōn
Dative	τῷ ζητήμᾰτῐ tôi zētḗmati	τοῖν ζητημᾰ́τοιν toîn zētēmátoin	τοῖς ζητήμᾰσῐ / ζητήμᾰσῐν toîs zētḗmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ζήτημᾰ tò zḗtēma	τὼ ζητήμᾰτε tṑ zētḗmate	τᾰ̀ ζητήμᾰτᾰ tà zētḗmata
Vocative	ζήτημᾰ zḗtēma	ζητήμᾰτε zētḗmate	ζητήμᾰτᾰ zētḗmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ζήτημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ζήτημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ζήτημα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• (no entry for the specified headword) Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ζήτημα”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ζήτημα (zḗtēma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzi.ti.ma/

Noun

ζήτημα • (zítima) n (plural ζητήματα)

1. matter, issue
2. question, subject, issue

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	ζήτημα (zítima)	ζητήματα (zitímata)
genitive	ζητήματος (zitímatos)	ζητημάτων (zitimáton)
accusative	ζήτημα (zítima)	ζητήματα (zitímata)
vocative	ζήτημα (zítima)	ζητήματα (zitímata)

Related terms

• είναι ζήτημα (eínai zítima)
• ζήτημα ζωής και θανάτου (zítima zoḯs kai thanátou)