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λίσσομαι (lissomai) to implore ^G:V

λίσσομαι,

[Refs 8th c.BC+], Lyric poetry, Trag.; Epic dialect Iterat. λισσέσκετο [Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist 1 ἐλῐσάμην, Epic dialect ἐλλ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; subjunctive 2nd pers. singular λίσῃ [Refs 8th c.BC+]: aorist 2 infinitive λῐτέσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]. (For present λίτομαι, see entry):—beg, pray, either absolutely or with accusative person, λισσομένη προσέειπε Δία [Refs 8th c.BC+]; the thing by which one prays is found with ὑπέρ, λ. ὑπὲρ τοκέων, ὑπὲρ ψυχῆς καὶ γούνων, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: or simply in genitive, λ. Ζηνὸς ἠδὲ Θέμιστος [Refs 8th c.BC+]; also in Trag., πρὸ.. τέκνων σε λ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive is frequently added, as οὐδέ σ᾽ ἔγωγε λίσσομαι εἵνεκ᾽ ἐμεῖο μένειν I do not pray thee to remain, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; καὶ μὴ προδοῦναι λ. prays her not to abandon him, [Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive added, λίσσονται Δία.. Ἄτην ἅμ᾽ ἕπεσθαι they pray Zeus that Ate may follow, [Refs 8th c.BC+] entreat him to say the truth, [Refs]; or by ἵνα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 with accusative of things, beg or pray for, οἷ αὐτῷ θάνατον καὶ κῆρα λιτέσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+] with double accusative person et _of things_, ταῦτα μὲν οὐχ ὑμέας ἔτι λίσσομαι this I beg of you no more, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__3 in [LXX+8th c.BC+]. [The λ- frequently makes position in Epic dialect, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; written λλ after the augment, see above]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Job.17.2}