λίτανος

From LSJ

καὶ ὑποθέμενος κατὰ τῆς κεφαλῆς φέρειν τὰς πληγάς, ὡς ἐν ἐκείνῃ τοῦ τε κακοῦ τοῦ πρὸς ἀνθρώπους → and having instructed them to bring their blows against the head, seeing that the harm to humans ... (Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 1.50)

Source

German (Pape)

[Seite 54] (λιτή), bittend, flehend, μέλη λίτανα θεοῖσιν, Aesch. Suppl. 790.

French (Bailly abrégé)

η, ον :
suppliant.
Étymologie: λιτή.