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ἱκετήριος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἱκετήριος

Structure: ἱκετηρι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: i(ke/ths

Sense

  1. of or fit for suppliants
  2. an olive-branch which the suppliant held, as a suppliant olive-branch

Examples

  • πάντα δ’ ἦν τὰ παρ’ αὐτοῖσ λόγια πᾶσι τότε διὰ στόματοσ, σημείων δὲ καὶ τεράτων πᾶν μὲν ἱερόν, πᾶσα δ’ ἦν οἰκία πλήρησ, ἐξ ὧν εὐχαὶ καὶ θυσίαι καὶ θεῶν ἱκετηρίαι καὶ δεήσεισ ἐπεῖχον τὴν πόλιν. (Polybius, Histories, book 3, chapter 112 8:1)

Synonyms

  1. of or fit for suppliants

Related

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

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