ἱκεσία

See also: Ἱκεσία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἱκετείᾱ (hiketeíā) — Attic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hi.ke.sí.aː/ → /i.ceˈsi.a/ → /i.ceˈsi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hi.ke.sí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)i.keˈsi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.ceˈsi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.ceˈsi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.ceˈsi.a/

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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἱκεσία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἱκεσία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette