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Ancient Greek
Etymology
ῐ̔κνέομαι (hiknéomai, “to come”) + -της (-tēs, “-er”, masculine agent-noun suffix): literally, “comer”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hi.ké.tɛːs/ → /iˈce.tis/ → /iˈce.tis/
Noun
ῐ̔κέτης • (hikétēs) m (genitive ῐ̔κέτου); first declension (Epic, Attic, Ionic)
- One who comes looking for aid or protection, suppliant
- One who comes looking for purification after having murdered someone: common in the Iliad and Odyssey
Declension
References
- ἱκέτης in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ἱκέτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press