ἱκετεύω

hiketeuōVerbG7714

to entreat

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1.to approach as a suppliant, *ἐπεί σε ἱκέτευσα *(Odyssey by Homer); ἐς Πηλῆ= *ἱκέτευσε *(Iliad by Homer); ἱκ. *τινὰ γονάτων *or *πρὸς γονάτων *(Euripides)
2.to supplicate, beseech one to do a thing, with accusative et infinitive, (Odyssey by Homer), attic:—;also with genitive pers. et infinitive to beg of one that . , (Euripides)
3.with accusative rei, to ask a thing as a suppliant, (Euripides)

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