ἱκεσία

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ἱκέτης (hikétēs, “suppliant”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἱκεσῐ́ᾱ • (hikesíā) f (genitive ἱκεσῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. supplication, the prayer of a suppliant

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἱκεσῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ἱκεσῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἱκεσῐ́ᾱ
hē hikesíā 		τὼ ἱκεσῐ́ᾱ
tṑ hikesíā 		αἱ ἱκεσῐ́αι
hai hikesíai
Genitive τῆς ἱκεσῐ́ᾱς
tês hikesíās 		τοῖν ἱκεσῐ́αιν
toîn hikesíain 		τῶν ἱκεσῐῶν
tôn hikesiôn
Dative τῇ ἱκεσῐ́ᾳ
têi hikesíāi 		τοῖν ἱκεσῐ́αιν
toîn hikesíain 		ταῖς ἱκεσῐ́αις
taîs hikesíais
Accusative τὴν ἱκεσῐ́ᾱν
tḕn hikesíān 		τὼ ἱκεσῐ́ᾱ
tṑ hikesíā 		τᾱ̀ς ἱκεσῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s hikesíās
Vocative ἱκεσῐ́ᾱ
hikesíā 		ἱκεσῐ́ᾱ
hikesíā 		ἱκεσῐ́αι
hikesíai
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