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προστρόπαιος

προστρόπαιος, turning oneself towards

προστρόπ-αιος, Dor. ποτιτρόπαιος (A. Supp. 362, Eu. 176, both lyr.), ον, (προστροπή) prop.
  • turning oneself towards: hence,
      • 1 of one who has incurred pollution by committing a crime and turns to a god or man to obtain purification, suppliant for purification, τὸν προστρόπαιον, τὸν ἱκέτην S. Ph. 930, cf. A. Supp. 362, Eu. 234, 445, S. Aj. 1173, E. Heracl. 1015, etc.: as Adj., ἕδραν ἔχοντα π. A. Eu. 41; προστρόπαιοι λιταί S. OC 1309.
        • b suppliant for vengeance, A. Ch. 286, Ag. 1587, Antipho 2.3.10.
      • 2 of one who has not yet been purified after committing crime, polluted person, E. HF 1259; π. τῆς πόλεως bringing pollution on the city, prob. in Eup. 120; αὑτοῦ π., μὴ γὰρ δὴ τῆς πόλεως Aeschin. 2.158.
      • 3 of pollution incurred, π. αἷμα blood that cries for vengeance, E. Ion 1260, HF 1161; οὐδενὶ οὐδὲν π. καταλείψει Antipho 3.4.9: neut. as Subst., guilt, προστρόπαιον ἑαυτοῖς προσέθεντο D.C. 42.3.
    • II Pass. (= ᾧ ἄν τις προστρέποιτο δεόμενος, Eust. 1807.11), the god to whom the murdered person turns for vengeance, avenger, οἱ τῶν θανόντων π. Antipho 4.1.4, cf. 4.2.8, Plb. 23.10.2 (pl.), Paus. 2.18.2.

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