ἱκέτις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ῐ̔κνέομαι (hĭknéomai, “to come”) +‎ -τις (-tis, noun action, result, or process suffix): literally, “comer”.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hi.ké.tis/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)iˈke.tis/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈce.tis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈce.tis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈce.tis/

Mark the vowel length of the ambiguous vowel ἱ by adding a macron after it if it is long, or a breve if it is short. By default, Module:grc-pronunciation assumes it is short if unmarked.
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Noun

ἱκέτῐς • (hikétĭs) f (genitive ἱκέτῐδος); third declension

female equivalent of ἱκέτης (hikétēs)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ῐ̔κέτῐς; τῆς ῐ̔κέτῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῐ̔κέτῐς hē hĭkétĭs	τὼ ῐ̔κέτῐδε tṑ hĭkétĭde	αἱ ῐ̔κέτῐδες hai hĭkétĭdes
Genitive	τῆς ῐ̔κέτῐδος tês hĭkétĭdos	τοῖν ῐ̔κετῐ́δοιν toîn hĭketĭ́doin	τῶν ῐ̔κετῐ́δων tôn hĭketĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ ῐ̔κέτῐδῐ têi hĭkétĭdĭ	τοῖν ῐ̔κετῐ́δοιν toîn hĭketĭ́doin	ταῖς ῐ̔κέτῐσῐ / ῐ̔κέτῐσῐν taîs hĭkétĭsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ῐ̔κέτῐδᾰ tḕn hĭkétĭdă	τὼ ῐ̔κέτῐδε tṑ hĭkétĭde	τᾱ̀ς ῐ̔κέτῐδᾰς tā̀s hĭkétĭdăs
Vocative	ῐ̔κέτῐς hĭkétĭs	ῐ̔κέτῐδε hĭkétĭde	ῐ̔κέτῐδες hĭkétĭdes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Related terms

ἀνῐκέτευτος (anĭkéteutos)
ἐξῐκετεύω (exĭketeúō)
εὐῐκέτευτος (euĭkéteutos)
ἱκεσία (hikesía)
ἱκέσιος (hikésios)
ἱκεταδόκος (hiketadókos)
ἱκεταδόχος (hiketadókhos)
ἱκετεία (hiketeía)
ἱκέτευμα (hikéteuma)
ἱκέτευσις (hikéteusis)
ἱκετεύω (hiketeúō)
ἱκετήριος (hiketḗrios)
ἱκετηρίς (hiketērís)
ἱκέτης (hikétēs)
ἱκετήσιος (hiketḗsios)
ἱκετικός (hiketikós)
καθῐκετεύω (kathĭketeúō)
προϊκετεύω (proïketeúō)
προσῐκετεύω (prosĭketeúō)

References

“ἱκέτις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“ἱκέτις”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011