supplication
supplication
subs.
Entreaty: P. and V. προστροπή, ἡ, or pl. (rare P.), ἱ̆κεσία, ἡ, V. λῐταί, αἱ, ἄ̆φιξις, ἡ, P. ἀντιβολία, ἡ, ἀντιβόλησις, ἡ. ἱκετεία, ἡ.
Method of supplication: P. ἱκέτευμα, τό (Thuc. 1.137).
Make supplication: P. ἱκετηρίαν τιθέναι.
Prayer to, the gods: P. ἐπιθειασμός, ὁ, P. and V. εὐχή, ἡ, Ar. and V. εὔγμᾰτα, τά, V. κᾰτεύγμᾰτα, τά, ἀ̆ρά, ἡ (Eur. Phoen. 1364).
subs.
Entreaty: P. and V. προστροπή, ἡ, or pl. (rare P.), ἱ̆κεσία, ἡ, V. λῐταί, αἱ, ἄ̆φιξις, ἡ, P. ἀντιβολία, ἡ, ἀντιβόλησις, ἡ. ἱκετεία, ἡ.
Method of supplication: P. ἱκέτευμα, τό (Thuc. 1.137).
Make supplication: P. ἱκετηρίαν τιθέναι.
Prayer to, the gods: P. ἐπιθειασμός, ὁ, P. and V. εὐχή, ἡ, Ar. and V. εὔγμᾰτα, τά, V. κᾰτεύγμᾰτα, τά, ἀ̆ρά, ἡ (Eur. Phoen. 1364).
SUPPLICATION
obsecratio: obtestatio (a beseeching by things sacred or dear to anybody): preces supplices (humble entreaties). Earnest supplication precum constantia (Tac. Germ. 8 1): preces infimae (entreaties in the most submissive terms: ☞ supplicatio with religious ceremonies = a Litany). Vid: also PRAYER.
obsecratio: obtestatio (a beseeching by things sacred or dear to anybody): preces supplices (humble entreaties). Earnest supplication precum constantia (Tac. Germ. 8 1): preces infimae (entreaties in the most submissive terms: ☞ supplicatio with religious ceremonies = a Litany). Vid: also PRAYER.
supplication:
I. An entreaty: (prex), prĕcis, em, e, f.: obsecrātio, obtestātio: v.PRAYER . ENTREATY . To make s., supplicare, etc.: v. TO SUPPLICATE . (The use of supplicia = supplications is rare [Sall. Cat. 52] and not to be imitated.)
II. A formal and general appeal to the gods, in Roman usage: supplĭcātio: to decree a s. on account of anything, s. pro aliqua re decernere, Cic. Cat. 3, 6, 15: to decree a s. for two days, s. in biduum d., Liv. 10, 23: the pl. often occurs, of s.s prolonged for several days: Liv. l. c.: Cic.
I. An entreaty: (prex), prĕcis, em, e, f.: obsecrātio, obtestātio: v.
II. A formal and general appeal to the gods, in Roman usage: supplĭcātio: to decree a s. on account of anything, s. pro aliqua re decernere, Cic. Cat. 3, 6, 15: to decree a s. for two days, s. in biduum d., Liv. 10, 23: the pl. often occurs, of s.s prolonged for several days: Liv. l. c.: Cic.