A.the prayer of a suppliant, supplication, E.Or.1337, Plu.Sol.12, J.AJ11.8.4, AP5.215 (Agath.); “πρὸς παντοίαν ἱ. τραπῆναι” D.S.20.14: pl., Ph.2.2; ἱκεσίαισι σαῖς at thy entreaties, E.Ph.91; ἱκεσίας ποιεῖσθαι, on behalf of the state, Aeschin. 3.121; = Lat. supplicatio, D.H.8.43.
ἱκεσ-ία , ἡ, (ἱκέτης) (replaced by ἱκετεία in Att., cf. Phryn.3, PS p.77 B., but found in IG12.434; used later, SIG781.11 (Nysa, i B.C.), 888.11 (Scaptopara, iii A.D.), etc.):—