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ἱκέτις

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἱκέτις ἱκέτιδος

Structure: ἱκετιδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: fem. of i(ke/ths, Hdt., Soph., etc.

Sense

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • Λοκροὶ δὲ μόλισ τὴν ἑαυτῶν καταλαβόντεσ, ἐπεὶ μετὰ τρίτον ἔτοσ τὴν Λοκρίδα κατέσχε φθορά, δέχονται χρησμὸν ἐξιλάσασθαι τὴν ἐν Ἰλίῳ Ἀθηνᾶν καὶ δύο παρθένουσ πέμπειν ἱκέτιδασ ἐπὶ ἔτη χίλια. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book E, chapter 6 33:1)
  • χιλίων δὲ ἐτῶν παρελθόντων μετὰ τὸν Φωκικὸν πόλεμον ἱκέτιδασ ἐπαύσαντο πέμποντεσ. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book E, chapter 6 35:4)
  • εἴ τισ ἐστὶν ἐν σοὶ ψυχῆσ ἡμέρου καὶ φιλανθρώπου καταλειπομένη μερίσ, ἐλέησον, ὦ Οὐετουρία, γυνὴ γυναῖκασ κοινωνησάσασ ἱερῶν ποτε καὶ ὁσίων, καὶ παραλαβοῦσα μετὰ σεαυτῆσ Οὐολουμνίαν τε τὴν ἀγαθὴν γυναῖκα καὶ τοὺσ παῖδασ αὐτῆσ καὶ τὰσ ἱκέτιδασ ἡμᾶσ φερούσασ τὰ νήπια ταυτὶ καὶ αὐτὰσ γενναίασ ἴθι πρὸσ τὸν υἱὸν καὶ πεῖθε καὶ λιπάρει καὶ μὴ ἀνῇσ δεομένη, μίαν ἀντὶ πολλῶν χάριν αἰτοῦσα παρ’ αὐτοῦ σπείσασθαι πρὸσ τοὺσ ἑαυτοῦ πολίτασ καὶ κατελθεῖν εἰσ τὴν δεομένην ἀπολαβεῖν αὐτὸν πατρίδα· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 8, chapter 40 4:1)
  • τῶν δ’ ἀντιπάλων ὑποκρινομένων τὰσ Ἱκέτιδασ δόξαι τὴν Καδμείαν νίκην αὐτοῖσ περιγενέσθαι, καὶ πάντασ ἀποθανεῖν μιμουμένουσ τὰ πράγματα τῶν ἐπὶ τὰσ Θήβασ στρατευσάντων. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xiii, chapter 97 7:3)

Related

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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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