προστροπή
προστροπή
προστροπή, ἡ,
προστρέπω
a turning oneself towards a god for purification, the supplication of a polluted person, Aesch.:— any address to a god, prayers, Aesch., Eur.; προστροπὴν θεᾶς the duty of praying to the goddess, the priestly office, Eur.; πόλεως προστροπήν a petition to the city, Soph.
πρ. γυναικῶν a suppliant band of women, Aesch.