beseech
From LSJ
πάτερ, ἄφες αὐτοῖς, οὐ γὰρ οἴδασιν τί ποιοῦσιν → father, forgive them, for they know not what they do
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
P. and V. αἰτεῖν (or mid.), παραιτεῖσθαι. ἱκετεύεις δεῖσθαι (gen.), λιπαρεῖν, Ar. and P. ἀντιβολεῖν, V. λίσσεσθαι, ἀντιάζειν, προσπίτνειν, προστρέπειν, προστρέπεσθαι, ἱκνεῖσθαι, ἐξικετεύειν. Ar. and V. ἄντεσθαι.
ask for: P. and V. παραιτεῖσθαι (acc.), προσαιτεῖν (acc.), V. ἐπαιτεῖν (acc.).
