λίσσομαι,
[[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+], Lyric poetry, Trag.; Epic dialect Iterat. λισσέσκετο [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.451: ] Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist 1 ἐλῐσάμην, Epic dialect ἐλλ. [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.35; _imperative_ λίσαι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.394 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; subjunctive 2nd pers. singular λίσῃ [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.526 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: aorist 2 infinitive λῐτέσθαι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.47; _optative_ λῐτοίμην 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.406 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]. (For present λίτομαι, see entry):—beg, pray, either absolutely or with accusative person, λισσομένη προσέειπε Δία [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.502; εὐχωλῇσι λιτῇσί τε ἔθνεα νεκρῶν ἐλλισάμην 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.35, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; the thing by which one prays is found with ὑπέρ, λ. ὑπὲρ τοκέων, ὑπὲρ ψυχῆς καὶ γούνων, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.660, 22.338; λ. τινὰ ὑπὲρ πατρὸς καὶ μητέρος 24.467 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: or simply in genitive, λ. Ζηνὸς ἠδὲ Θέμιστος [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.68; λ. τινὰ γούνων 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.451, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.337 (for which in 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.45 we have λαβὼν ἐλλίσσετο γούνων,compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.142; τῆ ἑτέρῃ μὲν ἑλὼν ἐλλίσσετο γούνων 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.71; ἥπτετο χείρεσι γούνων ἱέμενος λίσσεσθ᾽ 20.469)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; also in Trag., πρὸ.. τέκνων σε λ. [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1045 (see. below): an ] Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive is frequently added, as οὐδέ σ᾽ ἔγωγε λίσσομαι εἵνεκ᾽ ἐμεῖο μένειν I do not pray thee to remain, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.174, compare 283, 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 10.69, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.207; πρός νυν θεῶν σε λ. ἐμοὶ πιθέσθαι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 428 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; καὶ μὴ προδοῦναι λ. prays her not to abandon him, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 202: more rarely with an _accusative_ and ] Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive added, λίσσονται Δία.. Ἄτην ἅμ᾽ ἕπεσθαι they pray Zeus that Ate may follow, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.511, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.30: sometimes followed by ὅπως, λίσσεσθαί μιν, ὅπως νημερτέα εἴπῃ] Refs 8th c.BC+] entreat him to say the truth, [[ 3.19 ] Refs]; or by ἵνα, [[[prev. work] 327: in Trag. parenthesis, μὴ πρόλειπε, λ., πάτερ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 748; μή, λίσσομαί σ᾽, αὔδα τάδε 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 368, compare “OT” 650 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 382. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]