suppliant
Collocations
3VERB + SUPPLIANT
prostrate
SUPPLIANT + NOUN
knee, knees
PREP.
with
Definitions
adj
Entreating with humility; supplicant.
to bow and sue for grace with suppliant knee
Some plaques formed part of a mosaic that covered human life with its varied scenes of peace and war. Here we have warriors, the Cretan erect, and his darker-skinned enemy prostrate and suppliant.
Supplying; auxiliary.
your levy Must be suppliant
noun
One who pleads or requests earnestly.
In reuerence therefore of the hopes vvhich the Grecians haue repoſed in you, and of the preſence of Iupiter Olympius, in vvhoſe Temple here, vve are in a manner ſuppliants to you, receiue the Mitylenians into league, and ayde vs.
I touch your beard as a suppliant, embrace your knees, imploring you to have pity on my wretchedness.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — one praying humbly for something
- petitioner
- supplicant
- requester
adjective — humbly entreating
- supplicant
- supplicatory
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
5to bow and sue for grace with suppliant knee
WiktionarySome plaques formed part of a mosaic that covered human life with its varied scenes of peace and war. Here we have warriors, the Cretan erect, and his darker-skinned enemy prostrate and suppliant.
WiktionaryOedipus, King of my country, you can see our ages who are before your door; some it may be too young for such a journey, and some too old, Priests of Zeus such as I, and these chosen young men; while
WiktionaryIn reuerence therefore of the hopes vvhich the Grecians haue repoſed in you, and of the preſence of Iupiter Olympius, in vvhoſe Temple here, vve are in a manner ſuppliants to you, receiue the Mityleni
WiktionaryI touch your beard as a suppliant, embrace your knees, imploring you to have pity on my wretchedness.
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