ἱκετ-εύω,
future -σω[[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 462 (conjecture Markl.), 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 7.69 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist 1 ἱκέτευσα: used by [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus] Refs 8th c.BC+] only in imperfect and aorist with ῐ for the sake of meter, but in Trag. ῑ from the augment:—middle and passive (see. below):—approach as a suppliant, ἐπεί σε φυγὼν ἱκέτευσα [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.277, +others; ἐς Πηλῆ᾽ ἱκέτευσε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.574 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐς Θήβας ἱ. [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 13 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἱ. σε τῶνδε γουνάτων, πρὸς γονάτων σε, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 752, “Med.” 854 (Lyric poetry): _absolutely_, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.48, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 7.69, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “de Pietate - Herkulanische Studien” 63. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 supplicate, beseech, with accusative person et infinitive, ὁ δέ με μάλα πόλλ᾽ ἱκέτευεν ἱππόθεν ἐξέμεναι [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.530, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.11, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1414, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 468 (Lyric poetry); δέομαι ὑμῶν καὶ ἱ. καὶ ἀντιβολῶ.. βοηθῆσαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 27.68; δεόμενον καὶ ἱκετεύοντα σοφίας μεταδιδόναι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 282b ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἱ. τὸν θεόν, ἵνα.. [[ Aristeas 233; ἱκετεύεις ἵνα ἀφεθῇς 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 3.24.76; ἱ. ὡς.. 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Anach.” 1 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: with genitive person et infinitive, beg of one that.., [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1242: with _dative_, interpolated in 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 2.8 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, τοῦ θεοῦ ἱκετευθέντος ὑπὸ σοῦ [[ 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 6.2.2. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]