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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

Examples

  • ὦ καλλίνικε γῆσ Ἀθηναίων ἄναξ, Θησεῦ, σὸσ ἱκέτησ καὶ πόλεωσ ἥκω σέθεν. (Euripides, Suppliants, episode 1:1)
  • ἐγὼ δὲ καινῇ ξυμφορᾷ πεπληγμένοσ ἱκέτησ ἀφῖγμαι πρὸσ σέ. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Prologue, iambics 1:19)
  • εἶτ’ ὦ Λάκωνεσ, πρὸσ γὰρ ὑμᾶσ τρέψομαι, οὐκ ἴσθ’ ὅτ’ ἐλθὼν δεῦρο Περικλείδασ ποτὲ ὁ Λάκων Ἀθηναίων ἱκέτησ καθέζετο ἐπὶ τοῖσι βωμοῖσ ὠχρὸσ ἐν φοινικίδι στρατιὰν προσαιτῶν; (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Choral, anapests 1:12)
  • τῶν σῶν δὲ γονάτων πρωτόλεια θιγγάνω ἱκέτησ, ἀφύλλου στόματοσ ἐξάπτων λιτάσ· (Euripides, episode, iambic 2:5)
  • ἱκέτησ γὰρ Ἑλένησ γόνασι προσπεσὼν βοᾷ ‐ τίσ; (Euripides, episode, iambic21)

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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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