Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἱκετήσιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἱκετήσιος ἱκετήσιᾱ ἱκετήσιον

Structure: ἱκετησι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. tutelary god of suppliants

Examples

  • Ζεὺσ σφέασ τίσαιτο ἱκετήσιοσ, ὅσ τε καὶ ἄλλουσ ἀνθρώπουσ ἐφορᾷ καὶ τίνυται ὅσ τισ ἁμάρτῃ. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 13 27:9)

Synonyms

  1. tutelary god of suppliants

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

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