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|Definition=εως, ἡ, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[supplication]], [[entreaty]], π. παραιτεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Criti.</span>107a</span>; <b class="b3">μηδεμία τῆς μονῆς π. γιγνέσθω</b> no [[application for leave]] to stay, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>915c</span>; πρόφασιν εἰσδέχεσθαι καὶ π. <span class="bibl">Plb.16.17.8</span>; [[petition]], POxy.899v21 (iii A. D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[deprecating]], <span class="bibl">Th.1.73</span>; [[excuse]], [[apology]], <span class="bibl">Plb.39.1.5</span>, <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>2.64a</span> (pl.), Chor. in <span class="title">Rev.Phil.</span>1.73, etc.; [[pardon]], ἁμαρτημάτων <span class="bibl">Ph.2.296</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">223</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[declining]], Plu.2.124b; [[dismissal]], <span class="bibl">D.C.78.22</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> [[intercession]], [[begging off]], <span class="bibl">Gorg.<span class="title">Pal.</span>33</span>, <span class="bibl">D.9.37</span>.</span>