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ἱκετήσιος?

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration: hiketēsios

Principal Part: ἱκετήσιος ἱκετήσια 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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