ἱκεσία

See also: Ἱκεσία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἱκετείᾱ (hiketeíā) — Attic

Etymology

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

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 • (hikesĭ́ā) 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 hikesĭ́ā	τὼ ἱκεσῐ́ᾱ tṑ hikesĭ́ā	αἱ ἱκεσῐ́αι hai hikesĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς ἱκεσῐ́ᾱς tês hikesĭ́ās	τοῖν ἱκεσῐ́αιν toîn hikesĭ́ain	τῶν ἱκεσῐῶν tôn hikesĭôn
Dative	τῇ ἱκεσῐ́ᾳ têi hikesĭ́āi	τοῖν ἱκεσῐ́αιν toîn hikesĭ́ain	ταῖς ἱκεσῐ́αις taîs hikesĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν ἱκεσῐ́ᾱν tḕn hikesĭ́ān	τὼ ἱκεσῐ́ᾱ tṑ hikesĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς ἱκεσῐ́ᾱς tā̀s hikesĭ́ās
Vocative	ἱκεσῐ́ᾱ hikesĭ́ā	ἱκεσῐ́ᾱ hikesĭ́ā	ἱκεσῐ́αι hikesĭ́ai
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