προστροπή: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[turning]] of a [[suppliant]] ([[ἱκέτης]]) [[to]] a god or man to [[implore]] [[protection]] or [[purification]], [[supplication]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>718</span> (pl.); <b class="b3">λιταὶ καὶ π</b>. Plu.2.560e: hence, </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> any [[address]] to a [[god]], [[solemn]] [[invocation]], θεοὺς . . προστροπαῖς ἱκνουμένη <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>216</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>1156</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>5(1).26.10 (Amyclae, ii/i B.C.); <b class="b3">ἱκεσία ξένων π</b>. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Heracl.</span>108</span> (lyr.); π. καὶ ἀρὰν ὑπὲρ τούτων ἐποιήσαντο <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.110</span>; <b class="b3">θεᾶς ἔχω προστροπήν</b> [[discharge]] the [[duty]] of [[minister]]ing to the [[goddess]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>618</span>; but <b class="b3">πόλεως προστροπὴν ἔχειν</b> [[address]] a [[petition]] to the [[city]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>558</span>; of [[libation]]s, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>85</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">προστροπὴ γυναικῶν</b> [[suppliant]] [[band]] of [[women]], ib. <span class="bibl">21</span>.</span>