Ancient Greek

From Ancient Greek λιτανός ‎(litanós, “praying”), from λιτή ‎(litḗ, “prayer”).

Verb

λιτανεύω • ‎(litaneúō)

1. pray, entreat

References

• λιτανεύω in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• λιτανεύω in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• λιτανεύω in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «λιτανεύω» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• λιτανεύω in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter