λιτανεία
ἀλλ' ἐπὶ καὶ θανάτῳ φάρμακον κάλλιστον ἑᾶς ἀρετᾶς ἅλιξιν εὑρέσθαι σὺν ἄλλοις → even at the price of death, the fairest way to win his own exploits together with his other companions | but even at the risk of death would find the finest elixir of excellence together with his other companions | but to find, together with other young men, the finest remedy — the remedy of one's own valor — even at the risk of death
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A entreaty, LXX 2 Ma.3.20, 10.16, PTeb.284.9 (i B. C.), Corn.ND12: pl., D.H.4.67; -εῖαι πρὸς τοὺς θεούς Jul.Ep.114, cf. Iamb.Myst.1.15.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
λῐτᾰνεία: ἡ, δέησις, ἱκεσία, ἱκετεία, Διον. Ἁλ. 4. 67· ― παρ’ Ἐκκλ. «παράκλησις πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν καὶ ἱκεσία κοινὴ καὶ δι’ ὀργὴν ἐπιφερομένην καὶ χάριν εὐχαριστίας ὑπὲρ ἀγαθῶν ἐκδωρηθέντων» Συμεὼν Θεσσαλονίκ. κατὰ Αἱρεσ., κλ.