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ἱκέτης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἱκέτης ἱκέτες

Structure: ἱκετη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: i(/kw

Sense

  1. one who comes to seek protection, a suppliant or fugitive, one who seeks purification after homicide

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

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