προστροπή

A. turning of a suppliant (ἱκέτης) to a god or man to implore protection or purification, supplication, A. Eu. 718 (pl.); λιταὶ καὶ π. Plu. 2.560e: hence,

2. any address to a god, solemn invocation, θεοὺς . . προστροπαῖς ἱκνουμένη A. Pers. 216, cf. E. Alc. 1156, IG 5(1).26.10 (Amyclae, ii/i B.C.); ἱκεσία ξένων π. E. Heracl. 108 (lyr.); π. καὶ ἀρὰν ὑπὲρ τούτων ἐποιήσαντο Aeschin. 3.110; θεᾶς ἔχω προστροπήν discharge the duty of ministering to the goddess, E. IT 618; but πόλεως προστροπὴν ἔχειν address a petition to the city, S. OC 558; of libations, A. Ch. 85.

3. π. γυναικῶν suppliant band of women, ib. 21.