ἐξαιτέω

English (LSJ)

   A demand or ask for from another, c. dupl. acc., τήνδε μ' ἐξαιτεῖ χάριν S.OC586, cf. E.Or.1657, Supp.120; ἐ. τινὰ πατρός ask her in marriage from... S.Tr.10; ἐ. τινά demand the surrender of a person, esp. a criminal, Hdt.1.74, cf. D.18.41 (Pass.), IG22.457b17 (iv B. C.); demand a slave for torture, Antipho6.27, Lys.7.36; τὸν ἐλεύθερον ἐ. D.29.14 (also ἐ. τὴν βάσανον ib.13); ἐ. [τινὰ] βασανίζειν Id.37.51; σμικρὸν ἐ. ask or beg for little, S.OC5; ἐ. τινὰ ποιεῖν τι Id.OT1255, E.Rh.175.    II Med., ask for oneself, demand, Act., Hdt. 1.159,9.87, S.El.656, etc.; χάριν παρά τινος I.ys.20.31; τινά Ev.Luc. 22.31; πέμψον τὸν δαίμονα ὃν ἐξῃτησάμην for whose aid I prayed, PMag.Par.1.434, cf. 1290.    2 in Med. also, = παραιτοῦμαι, beg off, gain his pardon or release, A.Ag.662, X.An.1.1.3, Lys.20.15 (Pass.), Plu.Per.32, etc.; αὑτὸν ἐξαιτήσεται D.21.99; also ἐ. ὑπέρ τινος make intercession for .., E.Ba.360: c. inf., τοὺς κάτω . . ἐξῃτησάμην τύμβου κυρῆσαι I begged of them to allow me to obtain, Id.Hec. 49, cf. Med.971.    3 c. acc. rei, avert by begging, τὰ πρόσθεν σφάλματα Id.Andr.54; τὰς γραφὰς παρανόμων Aeschin.3.196.