to be gracious
Ancient Greek word, found 14 times in the texts on Socratos.
Homer, Odyssey 21.365: ἡμῖν ἱλήκῃσι καὶ ἀθάνατοι θεοὶ ἄλλοι.
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 2.708: ἱλήκοις· αἰεί τοι, ἄναξ, ἄτμητοι ἔθειραι,
Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 3.104.5: … ακὸν χορὸν τῶν γυναικῶν ὑμνήσας ἐτελεύτα τοῦ ἐπαίνου ἐς τάδε τὰ ἔπη, ἐν οἷς καὶ ἑαυτοῦ ἐπεμνήσθη· ἀλλ’ ἄγεθ᾽, ἱλήκοι μὲν Ἀπόλλων Ἀρτέμιδι ξύν, χαίρετε δ’ ὑμεῖς πᾶσαι. ἐμεῖο δὲ καὶ μετόπισθε μνήσασθ᾽, ὁππότε κέν τις ἐπιχθονίων …