ἱκέτης
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
ῐ̔κνέομαι (hiknéomai, “to come”) + -της (-tēs, “-er”, masculine agent-noun suffix): literally, “comer”.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hi.ké.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)iˈke.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /iˈce.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /iˈce.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /iˈce.tis/
Noun
ῐ̔κέτης • (hikétēs) m (genitive ῐ̔κέτου); first declension (Epic, Attic, Ionic)
- One who comes looking for aid or protection, suppliant
- One who comes looking for purification after having murdered someone: common in the Iliad and Odyssey
Declension
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ῐ̔κέτης ho hikétēs |
τὼ ῐ̔κέτᾱ tṑ hikétā |
οἱ ῐ̔κέται hoi hikétai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ῐ̔κέτου toû hikétou |
τοῖν ῐ̔κέταιν toîn hikétain |
τῶν ῐ̔κετῶν tôn hiketôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ῐ̔κέτῃ tôi hikétēi |
τοῖν ῐ̔κέταιν toîn hikétain |
τοῖς ῐ̔κέταις toîs hikétais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ῐ̔κέτην tòn hikétēn |
τὼ ῐ̔κέτᾱ tṑ hikétā |
τοὺς ῐ̔κέτᾱς toùs hikétās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ῐ̔κέτᾰ hikéta |
ῐ̔κέτᾱ hikétā |
ῐ̔κέται hikétai | ||||||||||
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Related terms
- ἀνῐκέτευτος (anikéteutos)
- ἐξῐκετεύω (exiketeúō)
- εὐῐκέτευτος (euikéteutos)
- ἱκεσία (hikesía)
- ἱκέσιος (hikésios)
- ἱκεταδόκος (hiketadókos)
- ἱκετεία (hiketeía)
- ἱκέτευμα (hikéteuma)
- ἱκέτευσις (hikéteusis)
- ἱκετεύω (hiketeúō)
- ἱκετήριος (hiketḗrios)
- ἱκετηρίς (hiketērís)
- ἱκετήσιος (hiketḗsios)
- ἱκετικός (hiketikós)
- ἱκέτις (hikétis)
- ἱκεταδόχος (hiketadókhos)
- καθῐκετεύω (kathiketeúō)
- προϊκετεύω (proïketeúō)
- προσῐκετεύω (prosiketeúō)
References
- ἱκέτης in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ἱκέτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -της (agent noun)
- Ancient Greek 3-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns
- Ancient Greek first-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the first declension
- Epic Greek
- Attic Greek
- Ionic Greek