Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἱκέσιος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἱκέσιος ἱκέσιᾱ ἱκέσιον

Structure: ἱκεσι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: i(ke/ths

Sense

  1. of or consisting of suppliants
  2. suppliant

Examples

  • πέφευγασ τὸν ἐμὸν Ἱκέσιον Δία· (Euripides, Hecuba, episode 3:3)
  • ὁ δέ νιν Εὐρυσθέωσ δοκῶν πατέρα προταρβοῦνθ’ ἱκέσιον ψαύειν χερόσ, ὠθεῖ, φαρέτραν δ’ εὐτρεπῆ σκευάζεται καὶ τόξ’ ἑαυτοῦ παισί, τοὺσ Εὐρυσθέωσ δοκῶν φονεύειν. (Euripides, Heracles, episode, lyric 2:13)
  • ἴδετε παρθένων ἱκέσιον λόχον δουλοσύνασ ὕπερ. (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, choral, strophe 12)
  • Ἀλκιβιάδην μὲν οὖν καὶ Νικιάδην καὶ Μέλητον, τούτουσ μὲν αὐτοὺσ εἶναι τοὺσ ποιοῦντασ, συμπαρεῖναι δὲ καὶ ὁρᾶν τὰ γιγνόμενα καὶ ἄλλουσ, παρεῖναι δὲ καὶ δούλουσ, ἑαυτόν τε καὶ τὸν ἀδελφὸν καὶ Ἱκέσιον τὸν αὐλητὴν καὶ τὸν Μελήτου δοῦλον. (Andocides, Speeches, 21:5)
  • τὸν δὲ Φίλιον καὶ Ἱκέσιον καὶ Ξένιον καὶ Φύξιον καὶ πάντα τὰτοιαῦτα ἁπλῶσ ἡ φιλανθρωπία καὶ τὸ χρηστὸν ἐμφαινόμενα προσομοιοῖ· (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 99:6)

Synonyms

  1. of or consisting of suppliants

  2. suppliant

Related

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

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