- πυνθάνομαι
- πυνθάνομαι mid. dep. (Hom.+; ins, pap, LXX, En, TestSol, EpArist, Philo, Joseph., Just.) impf. ἐπυνθανόμην; 2 aor. ἐπυθόμην (on the use of the two tenses s. B-D-F §328).① to seek to learn by inquiry, inquire, ask παρά τινος B 13:2 (Gen 25:22). τὶ παρά τινος (Pla., Gorg. 455c; SIG 1169, 30; 2 Ch 32:31; Jos., C. Ap. 1, 6) J 4:52 (ἐκείνην v.l.). τι ἀκριβέστερον πυνθάνεσθαι περὶ αὐτοῦ Ac 23:20 (π. περί τινος as X., An. 5, 5, 25; PHib 72, 11; POxy 930, 12; 1064, 4; Esth 6:4; Just., A I, 31, 2, D. 64, 2.—π. ἀκριβέστερον as PPetr II, 16, 13 [III B.C.]). π. (καὶ λέγειν) foll. by dir. quest. Ac 17:19 D (Just., D. 36, 6 al.). Foll. by indir. quest. (w. or without ἄν in the opt.; s. B-D-F §386, 1; Pla., Soph. 216d; 2 Macc 3:9; Jos., Ant. 8, 331 πυθ. τίς εἴη; BGU 893, 26 ἐπύθετο, πόσον ἔχει; POxy 1063, 6) Lk 15:26; 18:36; J 13:24; Ac 21:33. π. εἰ w. indic. foll. inquire whether … 10:18 (s. 2 Macc 3:9; Jos., Ant. 10, 259). π. παρά τινος w. indir. quest. foll. (Lucian, Nigr. 1; Jos., Vi. 258, Ant. 16, 328) Mt 2:4. Foll. by a dir. quest. (Plut., Demetr. 901 [27, 9]) Ac 4:7; 10:29; 23:19.② to determine someth. by inquiry, learn by inquiry w. ὅτι foll. (X., An. 6, 3, 23; PHamb 27, 7 [III B.C.] πυνθανόμενος αὐτοῦ, ὅτι ἀπῆλθεν) Ac 23:34. π. περί τινος (Appian, Bell. Civ. 4, 123 §515 περὶ τοῦ λιμοῦ) foll. by indir. quest. Dg 1.—DELG. M-M.
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