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|Definition=ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[turning]] of a [[suppliant]] ([[ἱκέτης]]) [[to]] a god or man to [[implore]] [[protection]] or [[purification]], [[supplication]], A.''Eu.''718 (pl.); <b class="b3">λιταὶ καὶ π.</b> Plu.2.560e: hence,<br><span class="bld">2</span> any [[address]] to a [[god]], [[solemn]] [[invocation]], θεοὺς.. προστροπαῖς ἱκνουμένη A.''Pers.''216, cf. E.''Alc.''1156, ''IG''5(1).26.10 (Amyclae, ii/i B.C.); <b class="b3">ἱκεσία ξένων π.</b> E.''Heracl.''108 (lyr.); π. καὶ ἀρὰν ὑπὲρ τούτων ἐποιήσαντο Aeschin.3.110; <b class="b3">θεᾶς ἔχω προστροπήν</b> [[discharge]] the [[duty]] of [[minister]]ing to the [[goddess]], E.''IT''618; but <b class="b3">πόλεως προστροπὴν ἔχειν</b> [[address]] a [[petition]] to the [[city]], S.''OC''558; of [[libation]]s, A.''Ch.''85.<br><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">προστροπὴ γυναικῶν</b> [[suppliant]] [[band]] of [[women]], ib. 21.