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ἱκεσία

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἱκεσία

Structure: ἱκεσι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: i(ke/ths

Sense

the prayer of a suppliant, entreaties

Declension

First declension

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἱκεσία	ἱκεσίᾱ	ἱκεσίαι
Genitive	ἱκεσίᾱς	ἱκεσίαιν	ἱκεσιῶν
Dative	ἱκεσίᾱͅ	ἱκεσίαιν	ἱκεσίαις
Accusative	ἱκεσίᾱν	ἱκεσίᾱ	ἱκεσίᾱς
Vocative	ἱκεσίᾱ	ἱκεσίᾱ	ἱκεσίαι

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

τὸ δὲ δημοσίαισ ἱκεσίαισ καὶ δεήσει πρέσβεων καὶ λιταῖσ ἱερέων ἀπηνῶσ χρησάμενον εἶτα χαρίσασθαι τῇ μητρὶ τὴν ἀναχώρησιν, οὐ τῆσ μητρὸσ ἦν τιμὴ, ἀλλ’ ἀτιμία τῆσ πατρίδοσ, οἴκτῳ καὶ παραιτήσει διὰ μίαν γυναῖκα σῳζομένησ, ὡσ οὐκ ἀξίασ σῴζεσθαι δι’ αὑτήν, ἐπίφθονοσ γὰρ ἡ χάρισ καὶ ὠμὴ καὶ ἀχάριστοσ ἀληθῶσ καὶ πρὸσ οὐδετέρουσ ἔχουσα τὸ εὔγνωμον· (Plutarch, Comparison of Alcibiades and Coriolanus, chapter 4 4:1)
πανταχοῦ δ’ ὁ Κλώδιοσ ἀπήντα κατὰ τοὺσ στενωπούσ, ἀνθρώπουσ ἔχων ὑβριστὰσ περὶ αὑτὸν καὶ θρασεῖσ, οἳ πολλὰ μὲν χλευάζοντεσ ἀκολάστωσ εἰσ τὴν μεταβολὴν καὶ τὸ σχῆμα τοῦ Κικέρωνοσ, πολλαχοῦ δὲ πηλῷ καὶ λίθοισ βάλλοντεσ ἐνίσταντο ταῖσ ἱκεσίαισ. (Plutarch, Cicero, chapter 30 5:1)
"οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ χρῆσθε ἡμῖν λαβοῦσαι καὶ κομίζετε πρὸσ ἐκεῖνον, εἰ μηδὲν ἄλλο, ταῖσ ὑπὲρ τῆσ πατρίδοσ ἱκεσίαισ ἐναποπνεῦσαι δυναμένασ. (Plutarch, Lives, chapter 33 5:4)
αἱ δὲ τῶν καθειργμένων γυναῖκεσ ἐπὶ τὴν εἱρκτὴν παραγενόμεναι, πολλαῖσ ἱκεσίαισ. (Plutarch, Mulierum virtutes, 1:2)
αἱ δὲ τῶν καθειργμένων γυναῖκεσ ἐπὶ τὴν εἱρκτὴν παραγενόμεναι, πολλαῖσ ἱκεσίαισ καὶ δεήσεσι παρείθησαν ὑπὸ τῶν φυλάκων ὅσον ἀσπάσασθαι καὶ προσειπεῖν τοὺσ ἄνδρασ. (Plutarch, Mulierum virtutes, 3:1)

Synonyms

the prayer of a suppliant
- ἀντιβολία (entreaty, prayer)
- δέησις (an entreating, asking: a prayer, entreaty)

ἱκετεία (supplication)
καθικετεύω (to beg earnestly)
ὀλοφυρμός (lamentation)
ὀδυρμός (a complaining)
πένθιμος (mournful)
φενακισμός (cheatery)
ἀντιστασιώτης (one of the opposite faction or party)
φρενοβλάβεια (damage of the understanding)
αὐτοχειρία (murder perpetrated by one's own hand)
ἐπόπτης (an overseer)
ἀκατάσχετος (not to be checked)
ἀδακρυτί (without tears)
ἐπιδιώκω (to pursue after)
ψυχαγωγός (leading souls to the nether world)
καταφθορά (destruction)
κοπετός (noise)
νίκημα (victory)
συστρατιώτης (a fellow-soldier)
χαριστήριος (of or for thanksgiving)
κηδεμονία (care)
ἱλασμός (a means of appeasing)
Ἀντιάτης (an inhabitant of Antium)
ἡμίεργος ()
ἀνύβριστος (not insulted)
ἀπείθεια (disobedience)
αὐτοκέλευστος (self-bidden)
παρασπόνδημα (a breach of faith)
κακίζω (to abuse)
θρησκεία (religious worship or usage)
ἰσόμαχος (equal in battle)

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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the prayer of a suppliant

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