λῐτᾰν-εύω,
in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] with λλ in augment tenses, ἐλλιτάνευε, ἐλλιτάνευσα: (λιτανός): — pray, entreat, πάντας δ᾽ ἐλλιτάνευε (variant{δὲ λ}.) [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.422:] Refs 8th c.BC+] — Constr. same as λίσσομαι, either absolutely, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.145: or with _accusative_ _person_, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” [same place], 9.581, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; that by which one prays in genitive, γούνων ἐλλιτάνευσα [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.481 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; for which in [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.357 we have ἀλλ᾽ ἄγε, γούνων ἁψάμενοι λιτανεύσομεν] Refs 8th c.BC+] (Epic dialect for -ωμεν); also with infinitive, [[ 23.196: with _accusative_ _person_ et ] Refs]infinitive, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 469, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 8.8, etc.: with ] Refs 8th c.BC+] adjective neuter, πολλὰ λ. τινά[[ [prev. work] 5.32 ] Refs]: rare in Attic dialect Poets, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 49 (uncertain reading), and in Prose, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.4.26, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 388b, LXX.Psa.44(45).12; λ. τὸ θεῖον 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 15.1.60; τοὺς θεοὺς εὐχαῖς 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.76. ] LXX+5th c.BC+]