ἱκετήριος, -α, -ον
(< ἱκέτης, a suppliant), [in LXX: Jb 40:22(27), II Mac 9:18*;]
of a suppliant; as subst., ἡ ἱ. (sc. ῥάβδος),
1. in cl., an olive-branch, carried by a suppliant.
2. In late Gk. = ἱκεσία, supplication: pl., δεήσεις κ. ἱ., He 5:7.
SYN.: v.s. δέησις.