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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[demand]] or [[ask for from]] another, c. dupl. acc., τήνδε μ' ἐξαιτεῖ χάριν S.''OC''586, cf. [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Orestes|Or.]]''1657, ''Supp.''120; <b class="b3">ἐ. τινὰ πατρός</b> [[ask]] her [[in marriage]] from... S.''Tr.''10; <b class="b3">ἐ. τινά</b> [[demand the surrender of]] a person, esp. a criminal, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.74, cf. D.18.41 (Pass.), ''IG''22.457b17 (iv B. C.); [[demand]] a slave for torture, Antipho6.27, Lys.7.36; τὸν ἐλεύθερον ἐ. D.29.14 (also <b class="b3">ἐ. τὴν βάσανον</b> ib.13); ἐ. [τινὰ] βασανίζειν Id.37.51; <b class="b3">σμικρὸν ἐ.</b> [[ask]] or [[beg for]] little, S.''OC''5; ἐ. τινὰ ποιεῖν τι Id.''OT''1255, E.''Rh.''175.<br><span class="bld">II</span> Med., [[ask for oneself]], [[demand]], Act., [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 1.159,9.87, S.''El.''656, etc.; <b class="b3">χάριν παρά τινος</b> I.ys.20.31; τινά ''Ev.Luc.'' 22.31; <b class="b3">πέμψον τὸν δαίμονα ὃν ἐξῃτησάμην</b> [[for]] whose [[aid]] I [[prayed]], PMag.Par.1.434, cf. 1290.<br><span class="bld">2</span> in Med. also, = [[παραιτοῦμαι]], [[beg off]], [[gain]] his [[pardon]] or [[release]], A.''Ag.''662, X.''An.''1.1.3, Lys.20.15 (Pass.), Plu.''Per.''32, etc.; αὑτὸν ἐξαιτήσεται D.21.99; also ἐ. ὑπέρ τινος make intercession for.., E.''Ba.''360: c. inf., <b class="b3">τοὺς κάτω.. ἐξῃτησάμην τύμβου κυρῆσαι</b> I [[begged]] of them to [[allow]] me to obtain, Id.''Hec.'' 49, cf. ''Med.''971.<br><span class="bld">3</span> c. acc. rei, [[avert by begging]], τὰ πρόσθεν σφάλματα Id.''Andr.''54; τὰς γραφὰς παρανόμων Aeschin.3.196.