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ἱκετευτέος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἱκετευτέος ἱκετευτέᾱ ἱκετευτέον

Structure: ἱκετευτε (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. to be besought or entreated

Declension

First/Second declension

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

  • ἵνα δ’ οὖν λάβῃσ, κολακευτέοσ μὲν αὐτὸσ καὶ ἱκετευτέοσ, θεραπευτέοσ δὲ καὶ ὁ οἰκονόμοσ, οὗτοσ μὲν κατ’ ἄλλον θεραπείασ τρόπον οὐκ ἀμελητέοσ δὲ οὐδὲ ὁ σύμβουλοσ καὶ φίλοσ. (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 38:2)
  • ἐμοὶ μὲν δοκεῖ νὴ τὴν Ἥραν ἐλευθέρῳ μὲν ἀνδρὶ εὐκτὸν εἶναι μὴ τυχεῖν δούλου τοιούτου, δουλεύοντα δὲ ταῖσ τοιαύταισ ἡδοναῖσ ἱκετευτέον τοὺσ θεοὺσ δεσποτῶν ἀγαθῶν τυχεῖν· (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 5 6:3)

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

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