λιτή: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, ([[λίτομαι]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[prayer]], [[entreaty]], mostly in plural, λιτῇσι ἐλλισάμην Od.11.34; καταβαίνειν ἐς λιτάς [[Herodotus|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 [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''1008; ηὔχετο λιταῖσι Id.''Pers.''499; λιτᾶν ἀκούειν Id.''Ag.''396 (lyr.); λιτὰς κλύειν Id.''Th.''172 (lyr.), cf. [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Orestes|Or.]]''1233, etc.; λιταῖς σεβίζειν [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Coloneus|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, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Coloneus|OC]]''1309: also c. gen. of that by which one prays, γενείου τοῦδ'… ἐκτεῖναι λιτάς [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Orestes|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.).