ζήτημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ζητέω (zētéō) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ζήτημᾰ • (zḗtēmă) 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 zḗtēmă 		τὼ ζητήμᾰτε
tṑ zētḗmăte 		τᾰ̀ ζητήμᾰτᾰ
tằ zētḗmătă
Genitive τοῦ ζητήμᾰτος
toû zētḗmătos 		τοῖν ζητημᾰ́τοιν
toîn zētēmắtoin 		τῶν ζητημᾰ́των
tôn zētēmắtōn
Dative τῷ ζητήμᾰτῐ
tōî zētḗmătĭ 		τοῖν ζητημᾰ́τοιν
toîn zētēmắtoin 		τοῖς ζητήμᾰσῐ / ζητήμᾰσῐν
toîs zētḗmăsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸ ζήτημᾰ
tò zḗtēmă 		τὼ ζητήμᾰτε
tṑ zētḗmăte 		τᾰ̀ ζητήμᾰτᾰ
tằ zētḗmătă
Vocative ζήτημᾰ
zḗtēmă 		ζητήμᾰτε
zētḗmăte 		ζητήμᾰτᾰ
zētḗmătă
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).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzi.ti.ma/

Noun

ζήτημα • (zítima) n (plural ζητήματα)

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

Declension

Declension of ζήτημα
singular plural
nominative ζήτημα (zítima) ζητήματα (zitímata)
genitive ζητήματος (zitímatos) ζητημάτων (zitimáton)
accusative ζήτημα (zítima) ζητήματα (zitímata)
vocative ζήτημα (zítima) ζητήματα (zitímata)
  • είναι ζήτημα (eínai zítima)
  • ζήτημα ζωής και θανάτου (zítima zoḯs kai thanátou)

References

  1. ^ ζήτημα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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