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προστρόπαιος
προστρόπαιος προσ-τρόπαιος, Doric ποτι-τρόπαιος, ον, προστροπή turning oneself towards, hence one who (having incurred pollution by sin or crime) turns to a god for purification, a suppliant, Soph., etc.; as adj. suppliant, πρ. λιταί Soph. of one who has not yet been purified, a polluted person, Lat. homo piacularis, Aesch., Eur. of the pollution incurred, πρ. αἷμα blood- guiltiness, Eur. a suppliant for vengeance, Aesch. pass. to whom the murdered person turns for vengeance, i. e. an avenger, Aeschin., etc.

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turning oneself towards

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προστρόπαιος προσ-τρόπαιος, Doric ποτι-τρόπαιος, ον, προστροπή turning oneself towards, hence one who (having incurred pollution by sin or crime) turns to a god for purification, a suppliant, Soph., etc.; as adj. suppliant, πρ. λιταί Soph. of one who has not yet been purified, a polluted person, Lat. homo piacularis, Aesch., Eur. of the pollution incurred, πρ. αἷμα blood- guiltiness, Eur. a suppliant for vengeance, Aesch. pass. to whom the murdered person turns for vengeance, i. e. an avenger, Aeschin., etc.
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28372
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n28405
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prostro/paios

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