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ἱκέτης (hiketēs) a supplicant ^G:N-M

ἱκέτης-ης, ου, ὁ,

(ἱκνέομαι) one who comes to seek aid or protection, suppliant; frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+] of one who comes to seek for purification after homicide, ἀνὴρ ἱ. [ἱκέτηςαι ἱζόμενοι τοῦ θεοῦ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.113, compare 5.71; ἱ. σέθεν ἔρχομαι 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 5.19, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 634, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.136; ἱ. πατρῴων τάφων [prev. author] 3.59; δέξασθαι ἱκέτηςην 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 27 (\_anapaest meter\_)">Refs 8th c.BC+]; of pilgrims to a healing shrine, ἐγκεκοιμις μένων τῶν ἱκετᾶν [ἱκέτηςας 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.35 ">Refs 1st c.BC+] W.:—wrongly explained as protector of suppliants by some Grammars in [Refs 8th c.BC+]