ἐξαιτέω
ἐξαιτέω
fut. ήσω
to demand or ask for from another, c. dupl. acc., τήνδε μʼ ἐξαιτεῖ χάριν Soph.; ἐξ. τινα πατρός to ask her in marriage from . . , Soph.:— ἐξ. τινα to demand the surrender of a person, Hdt., Dem.;— σμικρὸν ἐξ. to beg for little, Soph.
Mid. to ask for oneself, demand, Hdt., Soph., etc.
in Mid. also, = παραιτοῦμαι, to beg off, gain his pardon or release, Lat. exorare, Aesch., Xen.; c. inf. to beg that one may obtain, Eur.:—c. acc. rei, to avert by begging, Lat. deprecari, Eur.