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|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[demand]] or [[ask for from]] another, c. dupl. acc., τήνδε μ' ἐξαιτεῖ χάριν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>586</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>1657</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Supp.</span>120</span>; <b class="b3">ἐ. τινὰ πατρός</b> [[ask]] her [[in marriage]] from... <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>10</span>; <b class="b3">ἐ. τινά</b> [[demand the surrender of]] a person, esp. a criminal, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.74</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.18.41</span> (Pass.), <span class="title">IG</span>22.457b17 (iv B. C.); [[demand]] a slave for torture, <span class="bibl">Antipho6.27</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.7.36</span>; τὸν ἐλεύθερον ἐ. <span class="bibl">D.29.14</span> (also <b class="b3">ἐ. τὴν βάσανον</b> ib.13); ἐ. [τινὰ] βασανίζειν <span class="bibl">Id.37.51</span>; <b class="b3">σμικρὸν ἐ</b>. [[ask]] or [[beg for]] little, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>5</span>; ἐ. τινὰ ποιεῖν τι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OT</span>1255</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Rh.</span>175</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Med., <b class="b2">ask for oneself, demand</b>, Act., <span class="bibl">Hdt. 1.159</span>,<span class="bibl">9.87</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>656</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">χάριν παρά τινος</b> I.ys.<span class="bibl">20.31</span>; τινά <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span> 22.31</span>; <b class="b3">πέμψον τὸν δαίμονα ὃν ἐξῃτησάμην</b> [[for]] whose [[aid]] I [[prayed]], PMag.Par.1.434, cf. 1290. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> in Med. also, = [[παραιτοῦμαι]], [[beg off]], [[gain]] his [[pardon]] or [[release]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>662</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.1.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.20.15</span> (Pass.), <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Per.</span>32</span>, etc.; αὑτὸν ἐξαιτήσεται <span class="bibl">D.21.99</span>; also ἐ. ὑπέρ τινος <b class="b2">make intercession for .</b>., <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>360</span>: c. inf., <b class="b3">τοὺς κάτω . . ἐξῃτησάμην τύμβου κυρῆσαι</b> I [[begged]] of them [[to allow]] me to obtain, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Hec.</span> 49</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Med.</span>971</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> c. acc. rei, [[avert by begging]], τὰ πρόσθεν σφάλματα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Andr.</span>54</span>; τὰς γραφὰς παρανόμων <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.196</span>.</span>