The corpus record

λιτανεύω

litaneuo

pray, entreat

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Where it lives

Theogony 1 · 1.45/10k
Machabaeorum II 1 · 0.87/10k
Iliad 4 · 0.36/10k
Psalmi 1 · 0.29/10k
Odyssey 2 · 0.23/10k
Hellenica 1 · 0.15/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k

What it meant

λῐτᾰν-εύω · litan-euō — LSJ

pray, entreat

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,

In the wild

λιτάνευε · litaneue Theogony 468–473
ἐλλιτάνευε · ellitaneue Iliad 22.414
λιτάνευεν · litaneuen Iliad 23.196
λιτανεύσομεν · litaneusomen Iliad 24.357
λιτάνευε · litaneue Iliad 9.581
ἐλλιτάνευσα · ellitaneusa Odyssey 10.481

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Where it came from

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