earnest+entreaty

gĕnu, ūs, n. (also nom. sing. gĕnum, n., Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 5, 44; and gĕnus, m., Lucil. ap. Non. 207, 28; gen. sing. genuis; dat. genui, genu, Mart. Cap. 3, § 293. —In neutr., nom. and acc. sing. genus, Cic. Arat. 45; 46; 399; 403; plur. gēnu͡a, as a dissyllable, Carey's Lat. Prosody, § 47; Verg. A. 5, 432; 12, 905; gen. plur. genuorum, Vitr. 9, 6 dub.; dat. plur. genubus, Sen. Thyest. 406; Hippol. 667; Mart. Cap. 3, § 293;

but usu. genibus,

Curt. 10, 5, 24; Tac. A. 12, 18; Liv. 44, 31 fin.; Ov. M. 13, 585) [kindr. with Sanscr. jānu; Gr. gonu; Goth. kniu; Germ. Knie; Engl. knee], the knee.

Lit.:

meus est ballista pugnus, cubitus catapulta est mihi, Umerus aries: tum genu ut quemque icero, ad terram dabo,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 17: hujus genus, Cic. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 22:

fine genus vestem ritu succincta Dianae,

Ov. M. 10, 536:

per aquam ferme genus tenus altam,

Liv. 44, 40, 8 Drak. N. cr.:

in ipsa genus utriusque commissura,

knee-joint, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 250:

sedatis tibi doloribus genus,

Fronto Ep. p. 134 Rom.:

dolorem genus suscitare,

id. ib. p. 138:

ne quem in cursu capite aut cubito offendam aut genu,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 3:

genu mehercule M. Antonium vidi, cum contente pro se ipse lege Varia diceret, terram tangere,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57:

genua inediā succidunt,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 30:

dumque virent genua,

Hor. Epod. 13, 4:

genuum junctura,

knee-joint, Ov. M. 2, 823:

genuumque tumebat orbis,

knee-pan, id. ib. 8, 809: ad genua accidere, Enn. ap. Non. 517, 16 (Com. Rel. v. 9 Vahl.):

procidere,

Sen. Contr. 7, 17, 12:

ad genua se alicui submittere,

Suet. Tib. 20; cf.:

genua amplexus genibusque volutans Haerebat,

Verg. A. 3, 607:

atqui pol hodie non feres, ni genua confricantur,

i. e. be clasped in earnest entreaty, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 80; so,

fricare,

ib. 88:

nunc tibi amplectimur genua egentes opum,

id. Rud. 1, 5, 16; cf.:

exurgite a genibus,

id. ib. v. 22: advolvi, Sall. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 311; Tac. A. 1, 13 fin.; 6, 49; 15, 71;

for which: genibus se advolvere or advolvi,

Liv. 8, 37 fin.; 28, 34, 4; Vell. 2, 80 fin.:

nixi genibus ab senatu petierunt, ne, etc.,

Liv. 43, 2, 2:

muta metu terram genibus summissa petebat,

Lucr. 1, 92:

corde et genibus tremit,

Hor. C. 1, 23, 8:

jus imperiumque Phraates Caesaris accepit genibus minor,

i. e. kneeling, beseeching, id. Ep. 1, 12, 28; Vulg. Phil. 2, 10 saep.:

genu ponere,

to bow the knee, Curt. 4, 6, 28; so,

alicui,

id. 8, 7, 13:

genu flectere, Hier. in. Eph. 3, 14: inflexo genu adorare aliquem,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 410:

nixi genibus,

on bended knees, Liv. 43, 2, 2:

per tua genua te opsecro,

Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 31:

genua incerare deorum,

i. e. to attach to the statues of the gods wax tablets with prayers written on them, Juv. 10, 55.—

Transf., of plants, a knot, joint, usually called geniculum:

a genibus (ferulae) exeuntia folia,

Plin. 13, 22, 42, § 123.

gĕnu, ūs, n. (also nom. sing. gĕnum, n., Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 5, 44; and gĕnus, m., Lucil. ap. Non. 207, 28; gen. sing. genuis; dat. genui, genu, Mart. Cap. 3, § 293. —In neutr., nom. and acc. sing. genus, Cic. Arat. 45; 46; 399; 403; plur. gēnu͡a, as a dissyllable, Carey's Lat. Prosody, § 47; Verg. A. 5, 432; 12, 905; gen. plur. genuorum, Vitr. 9, 6 dub.; dat. plur. genubus, Sen. Thyest. 406; Hippol. 667; Mart. Cap. 3, § 293;

but usu. genibus,

Curt. 10, 5, 24; Tac. A. 12, 18; Liv. 44, 31 fin.; Ov. M. 13, 585) [kindr. with Sanscr. jānu; Gr. gonu; Goth. kniu; Germ. Knie; Engl. knee], the knee.

Lit.:

meus est ballista pugnus, cubitus catapulta est mihi, Umerus aries: tum genu ut quemque icero, ad terram dabo,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 17: hujus genus, Cic. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 22:

fine genus vestem ritu succincta Dianae,

Ov. M. 10, 536:

per aquam ferme genus tenus altam,

Liv. 44, 40, 8 Drak. N. cr.:

in ipsa genus utriusque commissura,

knee-joint, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 250:

sedatis tibi doloribus genus,

Fronto Ep. p. 134 Rom.:

dolorem genus suscitare,

id. ib. p. 138:

ne quem in cursu capite aut cubito offendam aut genu,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 3:

genu mehercule M. Antonium vidi, cum contente pro se ipse lege Varia diceret, terram tangere,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57:

genua inediā succidunt,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 30:

dumque virent genua,

Hor. Epod. 13, 4:

genuum junctura,

knee-joint, Ov. M. 2, 823:

genuumque tumebat orbis,

knee-pan, id. ib. 8, 809: ad genua accidere, Enn. ap. Non. 517, 16 (Com. Rel. v. 9 Vahl.):

procidere,

Sen. Contr. 7, 17, 12:

ad genua se alicui submittere,

Suet. Tib. 20; cf.:

genua amplexus genibusque volutans Haerebat,

Verg. A. 3, 607:

atqui pol hodie non feres, ni genua confricantur,

i. e. be clasped in earnest entreaty, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 80; so,

fricare,

ib. 88:

nunc tibi amplectimur genua egentes opum,

id. Rud. 1, 5, 16; cf.:

exurgite a genibus,

id. ib. v. 22: advolvi, Sall. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 311; Tac. A. 1, 13 fin.; 6, 49; 15, 71;

for which: genibus se advolvere or advolvi,

Liv. 8, 37 fin.; 28, 34, 4; Vell. 2, 80 fin.:

nixi genibus ab senatu petierunt, ne, etc.,

Liv. 43, 2, 2:

muta metu terram genibus summissa petebat,

Lucr. 1, 92:

corde et genibus tremit,

Hor. C. 1, 23, 8:

jus imperiumque Phraates Caesaris accepit genibus minor,

i. e. kneeling, beseeching, id. Ep. 1, 12, 28; Vulg. Phil. 2, 10 saep.:

genu ponere,

to bow the knee, Curt. 4, 6, 28; so,

alicui,

id. 8, 7, 13:

genu flectere, Hier. in. Eph. 3, 14: inflexo genu adorare aliquem,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 410:

nixi genibus,

on bended knees, Liv. 43, 2, 2:

per tua genua te opsecro,

Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 31:

genua incerare deorum,

i. e. to attach to the statues of the gods wax tablets with prayers written on them, Juv. 10, 55.—

Transf., of plants, a knot, joint, usually called geniculum:

a genibus (ferulae) exeuntia folia,

Plin. 13, 22, 42, § 123.

ob-testātĭo, ōnis, f. [obtestor], an adjuring, conjuring; an engaging or obliging to any thing by calling God to witness (class.): obtestatio est, cum deus testis in meliorem partem vocatur: detestatio, cum in deteriorem, Paul. ex Fest. p. 184 Müll.:

quid ergo illa tua obtestatio tibicinis?

Cic. Dom. 48, 125:

viri,

Cic. Clu. 12, 35; id. Balb. 14, 33.—

Transf., an earnest entreaty, adjuration (rare); in plur.:

matronae in preces obtestationesque versae,

supplications, Liv. 27, 50:

senatus ad infimas obtestationes procumbens,

Tac. A. 1, 12: quā obtestatione discedens, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 5; Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 4; Suet. Tib. 40.

ἐπιλῑπᾰρέω,

A make earnest entreaty, Them.Or.34P.457 D.

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appeal; solicitation; entreaty

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1) ((an) earnest request or plea.) entreaty

2) (an urgent request: The hospital sent out a plea for blood-donors.) plea

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appeal (to, for) n.

tr[sʌplɪ'keɪʃən]

noun

1 formal use súplica

• ruego s.m.

• suplicación s.f.

• súplica s.f.

[ˌsʌplɪ'keɪʃǝn]

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n (prayer of) supplication

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Bittgebet n (prayer of) supplication

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invocation n.

bønn

subst. \/ˌsʌplɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n\/

1) ydmyk bønn, ansøkning

2) ( religion) forbønn, påkallelse

supplication for something ydmyk bønn om noe

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[s∧plik'eiʃən] n súplica, petição.

n. yalvarma, yalvarış, rica, niyaz

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prošnja; ponižna (pohlevna) prošnja ( for za); molitev ( for za)

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nome supplica f., implorazione f.

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► to supplicate

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nome supplica f., implorazione f.

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[ˌsʌplɪˈkeɪʃ^ən, AM -ləˈ-]

n ( form liter) Flehen nt kein pl geh ( for um + akk)

they have made a \supplication for help sie haben eindringlich um Hilfe gebeten

in \supplication flehentlich geh

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supplication s

1. demütige oder dringliche Bitte, Flehen n ( alle:

for um)

2. (Bitt)Gebet n

3. Gesuch n

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Gebet -e n.

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lūgums