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Definition of Suppliants

Suppliant
Suppliant Sup"pli*ant, a. [F., p. pr. of supplier to entreat, L. supplicare. See Supplicate, and cf. Supplicant.] 1. Asking earnestly and submissively; entreating; beseeching; supplicating. The rich grow suppliant, and the poor grow proud. --Dryden. 2. Manifesting entreaty; expressive of supplication. To bow and sue for grace With suppliant knee. --Milton. Syn: Entreating; beseeching; suing; begging; supplicating; imploring. -- Sup"pli*ant*ly, adv. -- Sup"pli*ant*ness, n.

Meaning of Suppliants from wikipedia

- Look up suppliant in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Suppliants may refer to: The Suppliants (Aeschylus) by Aeschylus, an ancient Gr**** play where...
- The Suppliants (Ancient Gr****: Ἱκέτιδες, Hiketides; Latin: Supplices), also called The Suppliant Maidens, The Suppliant Women, or Supplices is a play...
- The Suppliant Maidens may refer to: The Suppliants (Aeschylus) by Aeschylus, an ancient Gr**** play where the Danaides s**** protection from King Pelasgus...
- The Suppliant Women may refer to: The Suppliants (Aeschylus) by Aeschylus, an ancient Gr**** play where the Danaides s**** protection from King Pelasgus...
- The Suppliants (Ancient Gr****: Ἱκέτιδες, Hiketides; Latin Supplices), also called The Suppliant Women, first performed in 423 BC, is an ancient Gr****...
- to him have survived intact: The Persians, Seven Against Thebes, The Suppliants, the trilogy known as The Oresteia (the three tragedies Agamemnon, The...
- p. 509. Euripides, The Suppliants 131–154. Euripides, The Suppliants 155–161. Kovacs 1998, pp. 5–6. Euripides, The Suppliants 925–927. Kovacs 1998, p...
- Suppliant Women may refer to: The Suppliants (Aeschylus) by Aeschylus, an ancient Gr**** play in which the Danaides s**** protection from King Pelasgus The...
- Metamorphoses. book 9, verse 666–797. Aeschylus, Suppliants in Persians. Seven against Thebes. Suppliants. Prometheus Bound, edited and translated by Alan...
- Identification: the suppliant performs conventional gestures or words in order to identify himself. 3. Request: the suppliant states what his request...