λιτή: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, (λίτομαι) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[prayer]], [[entreaty]], mostly in pl., λιτῇσι ἐλλισάμην <span class="bibl">Od.11.34</span>; καταβαίνειν ἐς λιτάς <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.116</span>; <b class="b3">λιταῖς ἀποτρέπει [αὐτὸν] μὴ πορεύεσθαι</b> ib.<span class="bibl">105</span>; λιταῖς πεῖσαί τινα <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>2.80</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">8.8</span>; μαλθάσσειν κέαρ λιταῖς <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>1008</span>; ηὔχετο λιταῖσι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pers.</span>499</span>; λιτᾶν ἀκούειν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ag.</span>396</span> (lyr.); λιτὰς κλύειν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Th.</span>172</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>1233</span>, etc.; λιταῖς σεβίζειν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1557</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">ἐπεύχεσθαι λιτάς</b> ib.<span class="bibl">484</span>; λ. δέχεσθαι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ant.</span> 1019</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν λιταῖς στέλλειν</b> [[with prayers]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span>60</span>; <b class="b3">λιταὶ θεῶν</b> [[prayers to]] the gods, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>262</span>; but <b class="b3">λιταὶ ἐμαυτοῦ ξυμμάχων τε</b> [[prayers for]] myself, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1309</span>: also c. gen. of that by which one prays, γενείου τοῦδ'… ἐκτεῖναι λιτάς <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>290</span>. (Poet., Ion. and late Prose, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span> 74.15</span> (ii A. D.).) </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[Λιταί]], [[αἱ]], personified, [[Prayers of sorrow and repentance]], <span class="bibl">Il.9.502</span> sq., <span class="title">AP</span>11.361 (Autom.).</span>

|mdlsjtxt=λῐτή, ἡ, [[λίτομαι]]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> a [[prayer]], [[entreaty]], [[mostly]] in pl., Od., Hdt., Trag.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> Λιταί, Prayers of [[sorrow]] and [[repentance]], personified in Il. 9. 502 sq.