ἱκετ-ήριος, poet.ἱκτήριος,α,ον, asAdj.in the latter form only,
A. oforfit for suppliants,ἱ. θησαυρός, of hair offered to a god, S. Aj. 1175 ; κλάδοι
Id. OT 3
;ἱκτήριοι,=ἱκέται, ib. 327 ;φωτῶν ἱκτήρια,
= φῶτας ἱκτηρίους , Id. OC 923 .
II. ἱκετηρία, poet.ἱκτηρία, Ion.
-ίη(sc.ῥάβδος),ἡ,olive-branch which the suppliant held in his handas a symbol of his condition, λευκοστεφεῖς ἱκτηρίας
A. Supp. 192
;ἱκετηρίην λαβεῖν, φέρειν, Hdt. 5.51 , 7.141 ; ἱκετηρίαν ἔχειν
Ar. Pl. 383
; καταθεῖναι ἐν τῷ Ἐλευσινίῳ
And. 1.110
, cf. UPZ 1.9
(iv B.C.); esp. of petitions laid before the Athenian people,ἱ. θεῖναιAnd.l.c., Arist. Ath. 43.6 (less correctly θέσθαι