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