middle voice prolonged from a primary putho (which occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses); to question, i.e. ascertain by inquiry (as a matter of information merely; and thus differing from «2065», which properly means a request as a favor; and from «154», which is strictly a demand for something due; as well as from «2212», which implies a search for something hidden; and from «1189», which involves the idea of urgent need); by implication, to learn (by casual intelligence):--ask, demand, enquire, understand.