- δίζημαι
- δίζημαι, Hdt.7.103, Anacr.4, Theoc.16.68: [ per.] 2sg.A
δίζηαι Od.11.100
: [ per.] 3pl.δίζηνται B.1.67
, once in Trag., A.Supp.821 (lyr.); part.διζήμενος Od.16.391
, al., Hdt.7.142, al.: [tense] impf.ἐδίζητο Id.3.41
, Phoen.1.4: [tense] fut.διζήσομαι Od.16.239
, Lyc.682; [ per.] 2sg.διζήσεαι Parm. 8.6
: [tense] aor.ἐδιζησάμην Heraclit.101
. ([dialect] Ep., [dialect] Ion., Lyr., = [dialect] Att. ζητέω (which occurs only once in Hom.); cf.δίζω 11
):—seek out, look for among many,Πάνδαρον . . διζημένη εἴ που ἐφεύροι Il.4.88
, cf. 5.168, Anacr.4;ἐδιζησάμην ἐμεωυτόν Heraclit.
l. c.II seek for,ἢ καὶ διζησόμεθ' ἄλλους Od.16.239
;νόστον δίζηαι; 11.100
; νόστον ἑταίροισιν διζήμενος ἠδ' ἐμοὶ αὐτῷ devising means for a return, 23.253; μνάσθω ἐέδνοισιν διζήμενος seeking to win her by gifts, 16.391;γύην . . κατ' ὄρος δ. ἢ κατ' ἄρουραν Hes.Op.428
;δ. τὸ μαντήϊον
to seek out, seek the meaning of,Hdt.
7.142; ἀγγέλους δ. εἰ . . to inquire of them whether . . , Id.4.151; δ. ἐπ' ᾧ ἂν . . Id.3.41; ὅτινι . . Theoc.16.68<*> abs., Democr.108.III c. inf., seek, desire to do,πλέον δ. ἔχειν Hdt.2.147
, cf.A.l.c., B.l.c., and later [dialect] Ep., Tryph.525, etc.: c. acc. et inf., demand, require that . . ,σὲ δ. εἴκοσι εἶναι ἀντάξιον Hdt.7.103
. (Perh. redupl. fr. root of ζητέω.)
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