Uncertain. Could be from unattested *ζᾱτός (*zātós), from the same root of δίζημαι (dízēmai, “to seek”), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂-, whence ζῆλος (zêlos, “zeal”) and ζημία (zēmía, “damage, loss”).
ζητέω • (zētéō)
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐζήτεον | ἐζήτεες | ἐζήτεε(ν) | ἐζητέετον | ἐζητεέτην | ἐζητέομεν | ἐζητέετε | ἐζήτεον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐζητεόμην | ἐζητέου | ἐζητέετο | ἐζητέεσθον | ἐζητεέσθην | ἐζητεόμεθᾰ | ἐζητέεσθε | ἐζητέοντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐζήτουν | ἐζήτεις | ἐζήτει | ἐζητεῖτον | ἐζητείτην | ἐζητοῦμεν | ἐζητεῖτε | ἐζήτουν | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐζητούμην | ἐζητοῦ | ἐζητεῖτο | ἐζητεῖσθον | ἐζητείσθην | ἐζητούμεθᾰ | ἐζητεῖσθε | ἐζητοῦντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐζήτηκᾰ | ἐζήτηκᾰς | ἐζήτηκε(ν) | ἐζητήκᾰτον | ἐζητήκᾰτον | ἐζητήκᾰμεν | ἐζητήκᾰτε | ἐζητήκᾱσῐ(ν) | ||||
subjunctive | ἐζητήκω | ἐζητήκῃς | ἐζητήκῃ | ἐζητήκητον | ἐζητήκητον | ἐζητήκωμεν | ἐζητήκητε | ἐζητήκωσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | ἐζητήκοιμῐ, ἐζητηκοίην |
ἐζητήκοις, ἐζητηκοίης |
ἐζητήκοι, ἐζητηκοίη |
ἐζητήκοιτον | ἐζητηκοίτην | ἐζητήκοιμεν | ἐζητήκοιτε | ἐζητήκοιεν | |||||
imperative | ἐζήτηκε | ἐζητηκέτω | ἐζητήκετον | ἐζητηκέτων | ἐζητήκετε | ἐζητηκόντων | |||||||
active | |||||||||||||
infinitive | ἐζητηκέναι | ||||||||||||
participle | m | ἐζητηκώς | |||||||||||
f | ἐζητηκυῖᾰ | ||||||||||||
n | ἐζητηκός | ||||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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