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προστρέπω ,
A.turn towards, esp. towards a god as a suppliant, approach with prayer, supplicate, “τοσαῦτά σ᾽, Ζεῦ, προστρέπωS.Aj.831: c. acc. pers. et inf., entreat one to do, μή μ᾽ ἀτιμάσῃς . . , ὧν ( = τούτων )“ σε προστρέπω φράσαιId.OC50: c. acc. rei et inf., pray that . . , “ὀλέσθαι πρόστρεπ᾽ Ἀργείων χθόναE.Supp.1195:—Med., with aor. “προσετραπόμηνHom.Epigr.15.1; π. δῶμα, δόμους, Hom. l.c., A.Eu.205; “τὴν Διὸς . . ἘργάνηνS.Fr.844: in late Prose, Plu.Cleom.39, Ael. NA15.21, etc.; reverence, celebrate, τινα Plu.2.1117a.
II. Med., make a matter of supplication, appeal to, “τοῦ παθόντος προστρεπομένου τὴν πάθηνPl.Lg.866b.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (7):
    • Aeschylus, Eumenides, 205
    • Euripides, Suppliants, 1195
    • Plato, Laws, 866b
    • Sophocles, Ajax, 831
    • Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus, 50
    • Sophocles, Ichneutae, 844
    • Aelian, De Natura Animalium, 15.21
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