λιτανεύω

litaneuo

pray, entreat

Appears 6 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 4
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Book 9 1
Chapter ?

9581
Book 22 1
Chapter ?

22414
Book 23 1
Chapter ?

23196
Book 24 1
Chapter ?

24357
Odyssey 2
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Book 7 1
Chapter ?

7145
Book 10 1
Chapter ?

10481

Dictionary (LSJ)

λιτανεύω, in Hom. with λλ in augm. tenses, ἐλλιτάνευε, ἐλλιτάνευσα: (λιτανός): —A. pray, entreat, πάντας δʼ ἐλλιτάνευε (v.l. δὲ λ.) Il. 15.422:— Constr. same as λίσσομαι, either abs., Od. 7.145: or c. acc. pers., Il. l. c., 9.581, etc.; that by which one prays in gen., γούνων ἐλλιτάνευσα Od. 10.481; for which in Il. 24.357 we have ἀλλʼ ἄγε, γούνων ἁψάμενοι λιτανεύσομεν (Ep. for -ωμεν); also c. inf., 23.196: c. acc. pers. et inf., Hes. Th. 469, Pi. N. 8.8, etc.: c. Adj. neut., πολλὰ λ. τινά ib.5.32: rare in Att. Poets, Men. 49 (dub. l.), and in Prose, X. HG 2.4.26, Pl. R. 388b, LXXPs. 44(45).12; λ. τὸ θεῖον Str. 15.1.60; τοὺς θεοὺς εὐχαῖς D.H. 4.76.

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